Neap Comparing Guides

The Neap smartstudy® English Reading and Comparing guide to Pair 5: The Crucible and The Dressmaker provides students with a thorough overview of this challenging topic and prepares them for the end-of-year VCE English Units 3&4 exam. The Neap Comparative Guide to The Crucible by Arthur Miller and The Dressmaker by Rosalie Ham features:

• general advice on how to approach the comparative section of the VCE English course
• an easy-to-follow layout
• background information on the authors of the two texts, such as personal history, writing careers and other published works
• the historical and cultural contexts in which the two texts were written
• key quotes in addition to detailed chapter summaries
• the central comparative concepts of The Crucible and The Dressmaker
• explanation of important textual features, such as setting and context, language use, and the differences between a play and a novel
• images to help with learning, such as a Venn diagram comparing the two texts
• key words selected to describe each character
• in-depth main character summaries and secondary character summaries coupled with key quotes for each character
• essay writing tips that break down the planning process and help with comparative essay writing
• two sample essays; one with essay structure explained and one complete essay
• focus questions as well as exam-style questions to prepare for the VCE English Units 3&4 exam
• marginal notes throughout, including explanations of key ideas and terms, and tricky language