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Final Revision Critical Essay, Texts and Close Reading Critical Essay In a critical essay, you need to show that you can: Understand the main events and the themes of the poem; Keep your arguments relevant to the task; Engage with the text, showing your opinions and thoughts about it; Critical Essay Analyse the techniques used and make relevant comments about them; Use evidence from the poem (quotations or references to events) to support your arguments; Write in a fluent, clear, well-structured way; Be technically accurate (spelling, grammar, paragraphing). Critical Essay Avoid: Micro-analysis (analysing every single word in detail - particularly in prose/drama essays); The guided tour (writing down everything you know about the text from beginning to end – you must tailor your answer). Critical Essay Introduction: outline your essay focus. Main body: each paragraph should deal with a separate idea in as much detail as possible. Conclusion: should contain an evaluation. References: must be in context and relevant. The Thought-Fox Writer: Ted Hughes Plot: Writer sits waiting for inspiration; sees/imagines fox in the forest; finishes writing. Themes: isolation; difficulties of artistic process; man and animal; nature. The Thought-Fox Narrative voice: 1st person; writer (possibly Hughes) = narrator. Characters: narrator (writer); fox. Setting: Time - present; Place – looking from room window into forest. Imagery: nature; fox as extended metaphor for difficult writing process. Mr Bleaney Writer: Philip Larkin Plot: Young man rents room from landlady; imagines the life of the previous tenant based on assumptions and hearsay. Themes: isolation; meaning of life; youth vs old age; the unknown future; fear. Mr Bleaney Narrative voice: 1st person; young man (not Larkin) = narrator. Characters: narrator (young man); landlady. Setting: Time - present; Place – rented room. Symbols: curtains; books; bags. Death of a Salesm