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TED-Ed: The power of a great introduction - Carolyn Mohr
Never underestimate the power of an intriguing start. When analyzing the literary greats like Charles Dickens and Kurt Vonnegut, be inspired by their craft and learn how to write a tantalizing introduction and strong thesis for your...
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Identifying and emulating Baum's use of pathetic fallacy in 'The Wizard of Oz'
Pupil outcome: I can confidently understand and use pathetic fallacy. Key learning points: - Pathetic fallacy is a literary technique in which emotions are ascribed to non-human objects and things. - Pathetic fallacy helps to show the...
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Allusion in Literature: Conveying Meaning with Brevity
This video explores allusion, a literary technique that briefly mentions well-known references to convey deeper meanings. It emphasizes the importance of audience knowledge for effective allusions, using examples from Charles Dickens,...
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Exploring Anaphora: The Power of Repetition in Writing
This video focuses on anaphora, a literary technique involving the repetition of words or phrases at the start of successive clauses. It highlights its emotional impact, with examples from "A Tale of Two Cities," the Declaration of...
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Why Are There So Many Adaptations of A Christmas Carol?
With close to 400 filmed adaptations and countless stage performances, A Christmas Carol is one of the most adapted works of all time. And so it should be no surprise that many of these versions draw harsh criticism from viewers and...
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Miss Havisham: Betrayal, Revenge, and Reckoning
Miss Havisham is a wealthy and reclusive character in Charles Dickens' novel Great Expectations. As a young woman, she was left at the altar, leading her to become bitter and manipulative. She raises her adoptive daughter, Estella, to be...
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Abel Magwitch: From Convict to Compassionate Benefactor
Abel Magwitch is a captivating character in Charles Dickens' Great Expectations. Initially a fearsome convict, he evolves into a compassionate and paternal figure for the protagonist, Pip. Through his journey of redemption, Magwitch...
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Pip: Ambition, Identity, and Redemption
Pip is the main character of Great Expectations by Charles Dickens. He is a young orphan who dreams of becoming a gentleman. While working as a blacksmith's apprentice, he learns that an anonymous benefactor has bestowed him with...
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Great Expectations Part III: Tragedy and Transformation
A video overview of part II of Charles Dickens' novel Great Expectations. Using excerpts from the 1946 version of the movie, this video summarizes the ending of the story. Pip discovers that Jaggers knows much more about Magwitch and...
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Great Expectations Part II: Becoming a Gentleman
A video overview of part II of Charles Dickens' novel Great Expectations. Using excerpts from the 1946 version of the movie, we review important events and interactions in part II of the book. Pip has moved to London and is adjusting...
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Great Expectations Part I: From Humble Beginning to High Society
A video overview of part I of Charles Dickens' novel Great Expectations. Using excerpts from the 1946 version of the movie, this video introduces the main characters and explores the key events in part I. We meet Pip and his family,...
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Unboxing the Archive: Victorian Child Criminals
National Archives: This video explores primary sources that tell us more about life as a Victorian child criminal in Britain. It also gives insight as to many of the characters found in Charles Dickens novels, especially including Oliver...
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Food & Fiction: Memorable Meals in Literature | PBS Digital Studios
Food varies wildly from place to place and from culture to culture; since humans are such sensory creatures, using words to evoke the experience of eating is an excellent way to bring a text to life. Hosted by Lindsay Ellis Written by...
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Phil Beadle's Masterclass: Punctuation - Commas
Year 10 and 11 students learn about using commas
Inspiring teacher Phil Beadle leads Year 10 and 11 English students through the five uses of commas, in this CPD resource full of lesson ideas. In this energetic and lively masterclass,...
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A Christmas Carol Goes to Court: Charles Dickens in Chancery
National Archive: A Christmas Carol, published 19 December 1843 is one of Charles Dickens’ most beloved works and did much to create our image of an archetypal Victorian Christmas. But its success immediately caused its author trouble,...
Institute for New Economic Thinking
Sylvia Nasar: Charles Dickens, Economist (1/5)
In part 1 of this INET interview, Sylvia Nasar talks about her book, Grand Pursuit: The Story of Economic Genius. She suggests that Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol was an early work of economics. Dickens realized that the old view of...
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The History Of Christmas Shopping!
If you've ever said, "Christmas has gotten too commercial!" well, you're not the first. How did a religious observance turn into a national spending spree?
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GCSE Secondary English Age 13-17 - Reading: Comparing Writers' Ideas and Perspectives Part 3 - Explained
SchoolOnline's Secondary English videos are brilliant, bite-size tutorial videos delivered by examiners. Ideal for ages 13-17, they cover every key skill in English Reading and Writing that students need to master in clear and easy to...
Mythology & Fiction Explained
A Christmas Carol - The Story of Ebenezer Scrooge (A Charles Dickens Story)
Mythology & Fiction Explained retells the classic Christmas story, A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens
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Great Authors: Charles Dickens
In this video, we learn about the life and work of the famous writer Charles Dickens. The video covers his early years, including his family's struggles with debt and his own experience working in a factory as a child. We also learn...
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New book by Heather O'Neill and daughter Arizona a love letter to Montreal's Metro
Mother-and-daughter team Heather and Arizona O'Neill speak with CBC Montreal's Sudha Krishnan about working together on 'Valentine in Montreal', and their love for the 'biggest museum in the world'.
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Delmonico's Celebrates Women's Luncheon
The iconic NYC restaurant used to be like all the others in the 1800s: women who wanted to eat there needed to be accompanied by a male chaperone. Until one day, exactly 150 years ago, a Charles Dickens event and a journalist pushed the...
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London Tide trailer at the National Theatre
London Tide trailer at the National Theatre
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Looking back. Dickens' 200 birthday anniversary
Madrid, 7 feb (EFE).- London conmemorates Charles Dickens' 200 birthday anniversary. Exhibitions, reprintings and tributes are dedicated to one of the 19th Century best writers. Founder of the Daily News, Dickens was the author of novels...