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List Of Similes
An excellent collection of common similes may be seen for view

How To Work Out A Percentage
If you are given a percentange question, many people find them difficult to do. The best way to

How To Cope With House Sharing
Living with other people can be great fun, especially if you were friends beforehand, but it can

List Of Mottos
For a good list of common mottos, go

How To Calculate Percentage Change
Percentage change has the formula of the change divided by the original amount multiplied by

How To Write An Essay
1.) Choose your question, read it a few times and ensure you understand it. If it is a long/complex

How To Do Mental Arithmetic
How to do mental arithmetic: if you need to multiply 2 numbers together i.e. 29 x 36

How To Read Hieroglyphs
Symbols stand for certain sounds (unlike the English alphabet where some letters have many sounds

How To Do Well In Exams
To pass exams I have found that writing the main points into a few lines and constantly re-reading

How To Do Basic Algebra - I
The first thing to do with an equation is to try to simplify it. This means we collect together

How To Revise Effectively
When revising for exams make a small diagram of topics to do with each subject. Then give each

How To Save Money As A Student
Food is essential but can be expensive if you buy all the wrong things. You can save a lot of money

How To Improve Your Vocabulary
Every day when you wake up, pick a letter from the alphabet, then choose a word that begins with

What Does Renaissance Mean
The word means 're-birth'. This is the period between 1400 - 1750, roughly, where there was much

List Of Proverbs
For an excellent and comprehensive collection of proverbs, visit this site

How To Pack For University
When you first go away to university it is difficult to know exactly what clothing you should take

List Of Palindromes
If a sentence reads the same right to left as it does left to right, then it is a palindrome.

Who Was Ambrose Pare
He was a Renaissance doctor, in the French army. He made a dressing from egg yolk, oil and

How A Student Can Save Money
Food is essential but can be expensive if you buy all the wrong things. You can save a lot of money

List Of Collective Nouns
Do you know your bevy of quail from your gam of whales? Thought not! Look here

How To Write A Poem
Often times in English, you will be asked to write a poem. How to do so? Inspiration can be hard

How To Manage Your Money
How to manage your money simply - try out what's on offer at www.norwichunion.com. This is a really

How To Wake Up For An Exam
Make sure you wake up in time for that exam. As well as setting the alarm clock, preferably too,

How To Understand Aerobic And Anaerobic Respiration
Aerobic respiration requires oxygen in order to generate energy. This is the typical respiration

How To Tell If A Student Has Cheated
Want to see if something is copied from the web? Maybe your a teacher who wants to see if a

How To Revise Whilst Asleep!
My tip for revising: Get out your tape recorder, record all the facts you need to revise, then

How To Use The Periodic Table
To use the periodic table is really quite simple. Vertical columns are periods, and horizontal

How An X-ray Works
When studying biology, you become familiar with X-rays, that let surgeons penetrate through our

What Is A Palisade Cell
This is cell that has the function in plants of carrying out the crucial activity of

What Is An LEDC
This is a Less Economically Developed Country. It is based on economic

How To Spot Rhyming Couplets
Rhyming couplets are a popular device in a lot of poetry, as they sound pleasant to the ear like

How To Make Sure You Don't Lose Easy Exam Marks
It is astonishing but is shown time and time again, that two people with the same knowledge can go

How To Ripen Fruit Quickly
Fruit may be ripened quickly with the plant hormone ethene. Bananas are an example of a crop that

How To Factorise A Quadratic
Factorising a quadratic simply means "put into brackets, please", specifically, two brackets. To

How To Keep Schoolkids Quiet
Keep KS1 children quiet by holding a whispering competition during choosing time. Award stickers to

How To Reduce Overdraft Charges
Ask your bank to tell you how they were calculated as they stand at present. Apparently the

How To Start And End A Letter
Letter writing is simple, but you need to follow some basic rules in your exam to ensure that you

How To Cope With Going To College
College can of course be a stressful time, but my advice to coping with college, the people and the

How To Learn Foreign Vocabulary
If you are studying a language either at university or night classes, it is vital that you improve

How To Make Essay Research Easier
Save time when researching essays by only reading the first and last paragraph of each chapter of a