YOUR SUBJECT LESSONS
French & literature
Read, interpret and build a supported argument.
- 01Identify the question and the passage.
- 02Connect an observation to a precise quotation.
- 03Explain the effect instead of listing devices.
FROM PRINCIPLE TO PRACTICE
Lessons in a useful order
From foundations to high school: a mental model, worked example and four exercises with solutions per chapter.
French & literature
Narrative: who speaks and sees?
The author is a real person; the narrator is the storytelling voice.
Lesson and 4 exercisesFrench & literature
Sentences, clauses and grammatical roles
A word class describes what a word is; a function describes its role in a sentence.
Lesson and 4 exercisesFrench & literature
Poetry: from device to interpretation
Analysis is not a collection of named devices.
Lesson and 4 exercisesFrench & literature
Drama: words, stage, audience
Drama combines dialogue and stage directions.
Lesson and 4 exercisesFrench & literature
Rhetorical devices: technique to meaning
Similes use an explicit comparison marker; metaphors compare without one.
Lesson and 4 exercisesFrench & literature
Literary commentary: show how a text works
Understand the whole passage, then form an interpretive question.
Lesson and 4 exercisesFrench & literature
French oral preparation: explain, do not recite
A linear explanation follows a passage’s movements and shows how meaning develops.
Lesson and 4 exercisesFrench & literature
Literary essay: reason with the assigned work
A literary essay answers a question about an assigned work and study pathway under your actual exam instructions.
Lesson and 4 exercises