Present your own interpretation

In the course of academic study, or as part of a freelance writing job, you may find yourself asked to write a Literary Analysis Essay. In this type of essay, you present your views on a certain novel, short story, poem, or play script. You can even present an analysis of a literary essay that deals with a topic in depth. In essence, a Literary Analysis Essay is you putting forth reasons as to why your observations on a particular work are valid ones.

In a way, a literary analysis essay is akin to an argumentative essay. You want to promote your views, opinions, and ideas on a work. Your goal is to put your best argument forward for your way of understanding the work. You can use elements of other essay types to do this, such as compare and contrast. This is where you may compare the novel, poem, or other work to another author's work. There can be elements of the narrative essay in this type of essay as well.

The UK on a Budget

from Visit Britain

Want to make the most of your money in the UK? Here are some handy top tips to stop you breaking the budget on a night out.

Build Your Business English Skills

(and More through Reading Annual Reports)

It seems multi-tasking is the flash word of the digital age. With a plethora of technology around us, gadgets and gizmos allow us to do many things at once. With hand-held mobile devices we can be listening to music, while text messaging a friend. All the while, we're watching a digital monitor at an airport to catch that flight to wherever we're going.

Breakfast’s Ready!

by Margaret Watson

All of us are used to foreign cuisine, even if we have never left our home country. We have at least heard of, if not tried, food from many lands - pasta perhaps or pizza, curry or moussaka , couscous and Salad Nicoise. Few of us have problems with such things. Breakfasts though can be another matter. Go into a French supermarket for instance and look in vain for your favourite cereal or even English sausage and bacon. In Germany my daughter was offered doughnuts and sauerkraut. I think my weirdest breakfast ever was on a plane which served a very spicy, stone cold, spinach omelette which I was assured was a ‘Full English Breakfast’. Americans eat bacon with syrup and pancakes and I know at least one Australian who eats grated beetroot for breakfast on the days she doesn’t eat grated apple - but she was just strange whatever her nationality. When I lived in Pakistan a kind hearted neighbour bought me what she had for breakfast several times a week until I plucked up the courage to tell her that large amounts of boiled, spicy spinach just weren’t my thing.

Take Advantage of Technology

Build Your English Reading Skills and your Digital Library

by Mike Ugilini

Innovative advances in technology always present new opportunities for engaging in learning activities. When it comes to building your English reading skills you no longer have to limit yourself to print format presentations of your favourite works. Today, you have the luxury of utilizing new tools for learning English and building a digital library.

Writing Definition Essays

You'll Definitely Require a Plethora of Information

Sometimes, writing essays requires that you describe something exactly. You want to give your readers a complete picture of the subject of your essay. This may be an essay on a certain idea. It may be you writing about a person, place, or thing. It may simply be you describing or stating what a word or term means, and it means you are in effect writing a definition essay.