Of Love And Shadows - Insight text guide
Of Love And Shadows - Insight text guide
Insight Text Guides take students into the deeper layers of meaning in a range of popular novels, plays, films, short-story collections and nonfiction texts. They are designed to develop detailed knowledge, in-depth understanding and genuine insight into each text.
The guides are written by practising English teachers, professional writers, reviewers and academics who are experts in their fields. Each guide presents a clear, comprehensive and accessible analysis.
There are over 150 titles in the Insight Text Guides series and new titles are published every year.
EACH TITLE FEATURES:
- An overview of the text for quick reference, including notes on the author’s life and work, a plot synopsis, a character map and brief character summaries
- Discussion of the historical, cultural and social contexts relevant to the text
- Close analysis of each chapter/scene/story, with chapter questions
- Detailed analysis of characters, themes and ideas
- Discussion of different responses to and interpretations of the text
- Guidelines on successful essay writing
- Essay topics, a sample analysis of a topic and a sample essay on the text.
DESCRIPTION
DESCRIPTION
Insight Text Guides - Of Love and Shadows is designed to help secondary English students understand and analyse the text. This comprehensive study guide to Isabel Allende’s novel contains detailed character and chapter analysis and explores genre, structure, themes and language. Essay questions and sample answers help to prepare students for creating written responses to the text.
BOOK DETAILS
BOOK DETAILS
ISBN 9781921088681
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
About the writer:
Maria Joseph, BA (Hons), CELTA, Dip Ed, PhD, has taught literature at the University of Adelaide and the Open University in Singapore. She specialises in Australian literature and contemporary women’s literary fiction. She has also taught English language and linguistics in Singapore and Japan. She is an award-winning short-story writer.
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