Essay writing skills – overview of different styles of essays eg:

PEEL

Point, Explanation, Evidence, Link

SEAL

Sentence, Explanation, Analysis, Link

TEPA

Technique, Evidence, Purpose, Analysis

for exam preparation

Practice essay:

Come, you spirits
That tend on mortal thoughts, unsex me here,
And fill me from the crown to the toe top-full
Of direst cruelty!

Lady Macbeth (Act 1 Sc 5)

Discuss how Macbeth’s characters rise to power through ambition.

Use quotes.

Approx. 1000 words

“Macbeth is basically a man of conscience but with a fatal weakness: ambition.” Discuss with reference to at least two other characters.