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York Notes offer an exciting approach to English literature. This market leading series fully reflects student needs. They are packed with summaries, commentaries, exam advice, margin and textual features to offer a wider context to the text and encourage a critical analysis.
York Notes, The Ultimate Literature Guides.
This book is part of a book series called York Notes .
There are 80 pages in this book. This book was published 2003 by Pearson Education Limited .
Martin J Walker has 15 years experience as a teacher of English. He also has 20 years experience in GCSE examinations. He now trains teachers in assessment methods and has written our series of AQA English Workbooks.
This book has the following chapters: - Intro - How to Study a Play, Novel- Author Profile - Historical timeline, context with dates, author life, works , historical events. - Map/family tree/character tree- Summaries (numbered summaries for every scene)- Commentary - covering themes, characters, language analysis, style- exam questions end of each section- Answers to Checkpoints and exam questions- Exam questions with annotated model answers (D grade - B grade)- Coursework assignments/resources/top marks/advice- Key Quotations - how to use them. - Glossary/Literary terms- Timeline of events- Other titles in the Series
This book contains the following story:
Julius Caesar
Beware the ides of March' warns a soothsayer. Caesar, grown arrogant on military victory, assumes the people will acclaim his dictatorship. But the staunch republicans Brutus and Cassius conspire to assassinate him. Civil war follows, as Antony and Octavius seek revenge.