#englishlitstudent

[race1401]

The world around me is painted in oranges and auburns.... isn’t it sad that the leaves are appreciated and seen as prettier as they fall to their death?

[emergingfromthedarkness]

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Finished another journal last night 😄 . . . . . . . #unilife #uni #students #writing #reading #englishlitstudent #writersofinstagram #memories #books

[literaetures]

archive moodboard: @englishlitstudent

[liddychen]

I’m so sorry!

I just accidentally deleted someone’s question about ELAT preparation and I can’t get it back :( 

I remember that it was about how I deal with the ELAT though so I’ll answer here. 

So I try to use the ELAT past papers from the Cambridge website (https://www.admissionstesting.org/for-test-takers/elat/preparing-for-elat/) and hand them to my teacher for marking. I tend to have to find alternative extracts though as they are restricted on the past papers due to copyright. 

The best advice overall, I think, is to have a go and then to look at analysis of the extract from online and work out what techniques you missed or could have developed on. 

I hope this has helped, and feel free to message me for more advice (I’m so sorry again that I deleted the original message). 

[piecesoflaura-blog]

When years of office work, development of your organisational skills, and being a lover of One Note pay off and your entire uni module (textbooks and all) can be in on one document on any device and all you have to do is sign in to your Outlook. Just need to type up my hand written notes of the chapters I've finished so far :) #topgeek #englishlitstudent #oustudent #openuniversity #ou2017 #a230 #readingandstudyingliterature #organisation #onenote #procrastinationatitsfinest

[jawnkeets]

tagged by @conan-doyles-carnations, ty!

— ONE insecurity

• it’s a different thing every week. like to shake it up a bit ya kno

—— TWO fears

• not being successful

• dying

——— THREE turn-ons

hahahha idek

———— FOUR life goals

• become a lit professor

• get my poetry published

• travel

• literally be the most famous and successful person in the entire world

————— FIVE things i like

• visiting galleries

• my ode to a nightingale mug

• autumn

• old books

• the rain

—————— SIX weaknesses

• melancholic

• distrust of people, reason/ logic, evidence of the stability and coherency of spacetime

• hypochondriac

• inability to communicate my internal world to the external world resulting in a disconnect between how others view me and how i view myself. also identity instability

• love of chaos

• superiority complex and inferiority complex at the same time

——————— SEVEN things i love

• romanticism

• poetry

• altered states of consciousness

• academia aesthetic

• music where distorted human voices are integrated into the soundscape (e.g. crystal castles, aphex twin)

———————— tag EIGHT people:

@stellunas

@englishlitstudent

@the-metal-kettle

@cassiopeaia

@wholockedhousekeeper

@jehanfleur

@minimalismstudies

@alain-fournier

- if u guys would like, and it’s also an open tag!!!

[marias-studyblr]

Hi ^_^ Can you suggest studyblrs that are based on English literature or English Language Teaching (ELT)? Thank you. 😊❤

Hello!! yes, I can! And sorry for the lateness in these, I have so many and they always take me time to make.❤ 

I wasn’t able to find any ELT studyblr I’m sorry :c , the closest was an English teacher: @95heartmindsoul who blogs about their work, and @testedbytutors teaching english.

but here are tons of active English lit studyblrs:

@englishlitstudent - Becca, English Literature student in the UK

@literatureandstuff - English Literature student

@nicoletriestolearn - Nicole, studying English literature at King’s College London

@norwegianstudentlife - is going to take English literature next semester

@studying-scarlet - Allie, studies A Levels English Literature

@problematicprocrastinator - Beth, studies A Levels English Literature

@lit-space - studies A Levels English Literature

@amarastudies - Amara, studying English literature

@beyondthebooks - Jess, hoping to study A Level English Language and Literature at college

@theliteraryblogger - aspiring to study English Literature and Drama at university

@caffeineandcrying - Ell, studies A Levels English Literature, hoping to study English Lit at university

@mousethatreads - English major

@maddistudies - Maddy, 1st year english major in new england and possibly double majoring with communication

@hepburn-studies - Annie, English Literature major

@you-go-big-or-go-home - Mamta, 1st year English Literature undergrad

@alwaysbringabookwithyou - Grace, studying English Literature at Oxford

@study-for-success - studying English Literature at the University of St Andrews

@alexandrianstudies - BA English Literature and Creative Writing Student at UoB

@justkeeprevising - 2nd year studying BA English at the University of Southampton

@sarah-studying - 2nd year literature student at the University of Chester

@diamondrequiem-study - Sarah, 1st year university student double majoring in English Literature and German

@annoteate - Megan, English literature student at Lancaster University

@literally-studying - Tabby, studies English Literature, Ph.D. student at the University of Buckingham

@18thcenturybibliophile - graduated with a First Class Honours in English Literature from the University of Portsmouth, future QMUL Postgraduate

@study-write-read - Katie, English Major Graduate student

ELT and English Literature studyblrs please tag yourselves so I can add you to this list!

[balaenabooks]

Excellent Taste Tag

Thanks for tagging me @the-forest-library ! :D

Rules: tag nine people with excellent taste.

Colour(s) I’m currently wearing: Blue and...dark blue

Last band t-shirt I bought: I don’t have one, but if I did, it would be an Enya shirt

Last band I saw live: Tim McGraw years ago (I don’t like seeing live concerts because they are SO UNGODLY LOUD, and I don’t even like country music)

Last song I listened to: Flight of the Silverbird by Two Steps from Hell

Last movie I watched: The Nightmare Before Christmas

Last three tv shows I watched: (do YouTube shows count?) JonTron, DBZ Abridged, Nostalgia Critic

Last three characters I identified with: Bilbo Baggins (The Hobbit), Ishmael (Moby-Dick) and Belle (Beauty and the Beast) <--kind of a cliche answer, I know

Book I’m currently reading: Unaware by JC Spencer (I’m trying to read more YA, and it’s written by a local author)

Tagging (no pressure, just fun!): @fuzzhugs , @englishlitstudent , @twofacetoo , @adventurelandia , @lit-literature-memes , @grumpnuggets , @comixqueen , @happybibliosaurus , @squonkhunter

[mylifeisaseries]

Reading Habits Tag

Tagged by @englishlitstudent, because us lit nerds need to stick together!

Do you have a certain place at home for reading?

Usually my bed or the couch, depending on my mood.

Bookmark or random piece of paper?

I can do both but my mum recently got me a really nice flowery fabric bookmark and I use it all the time.

Can you just stop reading or do you have to stop after a chapter/a certain amount of pages?

Definitely the latter. I usually read around 50 pages at a time (less if it’s dense) and I get nervous if I don’t stop in the right place.

Do you eat or drink while reading?

Sometimes, I especially love drinking tea while reading.

Multitasking: Music or TV while reading?

No TV, but I do listen to music. I can read over songs with lyrics, but if I really need to focus I’ll listen to instrumentals. There’s a whole playlist made of just Sleeping At Last’s instrumentals on Spotify, I’ve been loving reading to it lately.

Reading at home or everywhere?

Anywhere. At the moment I read at home, at work and on the bus. For some reason I tend to get surges of anxiety whenever I take public transports in my hometown, and reading or writing usually keeps the anxiety at bay during my trips to and from work.

Reading out loud or silently in your head?

In my head, definitely. I’m still self-conscious about my accent (I once had kids I was babysitting get frustrated at me for it during story time), which comes out stronger than ever when I read out loud because I can’t anticipate what I’m about to say.

Do you read ahead or even skip pages?

Absolutely not! Alright, occasionally, when I’m anticipating something I’ll take a look at the next page to see if it’s happening yet.

Breaking the spine or keeping it like new?

I’ll do my best to keep it like new, but I mostly buy my books second hand so I’m used to well-loved ones.

Do you write in your books?

Never! Last semester one of my professors required us to do so and I used a complicated system with post-its and a notebook instead.

Thank you for the tag! I always love to discuss anything literature, especially over on my lit blog @thebooknerdqueen. I’m going to tag @fanbows, @obscurelittlebird, @englishproblems and @rosiealbrecht!

[h-studying-blog]

Hello!

After weeks of perusing the gloriousness that are studyblrs, I’ve decided to give it a whirl! 

A little about me: My name is Hannah and I’m from New Jersey, USA. I’m 18, and will be turning 19 in two months. In September, I will be moving into college in upstate NY. I’ll be majoring in English Literature (planning on adding Education as a double major). I’ve always found enjoyment in reading, and have always had a HUGE love and emulation for writing. 

Future goals: I aspire to work towards a PhD in 18th century literature/romantic literature. 

Big big goals: Complete my grad studies at NYU or the University of St. Andrews in Scotland. 

That’s just about all there is to know! (Cats and coffee are also included.)

Pictured above: For my summer reading I’m tackling Scotland: The Story of a Nation by Magnus Magnusson. When reading meaty, historical, books such as this, I heavily rely on taking notes and jotting down my own timelines. My side reading includes Walden & Civil Disobedience by Henry David Thoreau, Nostromo by Joseph Conrad, and The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling by Henry Fielding. 

Studyblrs who inspired me: @tszstudies @englishmajorinrepair @sundaymorningnovel @thoodleoo @romireads @englishlitstudent @caffeinebooks @wonderwomangrad @post--grad and many more!!

[obscurelittlebird]

Do you have any blog recommendations that also blog about classic literature? I am also just now finishing reading Jane Eyre for the first time and I've fallen completely in love with it!

Considering Tumblr suggests posts for me to reblog which are my own posts because it can’t find anything else similar, I too find myself at a loss for classic literature blogs. So I’ve just compiled a list of blogs that I follow and recommend :)

@dorky-darcy    @writingmademeitsbitch    @halfagony-halfhope   

@englishlitstudent    @my-dear-mr-rochester​   @janeeyrequotes    @lizziebennet 

@dearestloveliestelizabeth   @janeaustenapproved    @darcybae    @darcybeth

@incorrectpride-prejudicequotes   @doesmyforeheadpleaseyou    

@incorrectliteraryquotes    @jealous-bell   @north-and-prejudice​     @fine-eyes

If anyone knows of any others, please feel free to add them!

[emergingfromthedarkness]

Doing writer things aka drinking and staring at blank pages . . . . . . #unilife #uni #students #writing #reading #englishlitstudent #journals #stoutandblack #handwriting #writersofinstagram #vegan #memories #books #bookworm #guiness #pink #loner #fortheloveofwords #photography

[literaetures]

tagged by the lovely and wonderful @jawnkeets thank you! sm! 💛

if i were a month, i’d be: april/november 

if i were a day of the week, i’d be: sunday

if i were a planet, i’d be: saturn

if i were a sea animal, i’d be: manta ray

if i were a god/goddess, i’d be: selene

if i were a piece of furniture, i’d be: canapé sofa

if i were a gemstone, i’d be: moonstone

if i were a flower, i’d be: ranunculus (buttercups)

if i were a kind of weather, i’d be: sunshower

if i were a color, i’d be: honey/mustard yellow or amber

if i were an emotion, i’d be: melancholy

if i were a fruit, i’d be: pineapple

if i were a sound, i’d be: a fireplace crackling or the wind rushing by you

if i were an element, i’d be: air

if i were a place, i’d be: england or italy

if i were a mythological creature, i’d be: vampire

if i were a taste, i’d be: sweet but rich, like dark chocolate

if i were a scent, i’d be: fresh flowers

if i were an object, i’d be: a leather bound book with faded gold words

if i were a body part, i’d be: hands

if i were a song, i’d be: white winter hymnal by fleet foxes

if i were a pair of shoes, i’d be: oxfords or ankle boots

i tag: @oscarwiilde, @ardentlyjane, @oylmpians, @kieraknightlcy, @piacssos, @alicehoffmans, @lucreziaborgia, @katedniels, @modernmissbennet, @englishlitstudent, @nostlagiac, @anastasiasromanovs, @queen-daenerys, @candlewinds, @hauntedpemberley, @towyns, @pemberlaey, @elizabennets, @charlottemarney, @vangcgh and @fleurrdelacour !

[piecesoflaura-blog]

Thinking ahead to the summer... #examprep #a230 #oustudent #ou2017 #readingandstudingliterature #englishlitstudent #othello #theduchessofmalfi

[jawnkeets]

tagged by the lovely @asteriea, thank u so much 💛

if i were a month, i’d be: november

if i were a day of the week, i’d be: friday

if i were a planet, i’d be: saturn

if i were a sea animal, i’d be: narwhal

if i were a god/goddess, i’d be: can't compare myself 2 any of them but my fav is dionysus i think

if i were a piece of furniture, i’d be: chaise lounge

if i were a gemstone, i’d be: amethyst or moonstone

if i were a flower, i’d be: gypsophila

if i were a kind of weather, i’d be: a distant storm

if i were a color, i’d be: rose

if i were an emotion, i’d be: ambedo or melancholy

if i were a fruit, i’d be: apple

if i were a sound, i’d be: waves lapping against the shore

if i were an element, i’d be: water

if i were a place, i’d be: stamford (uk)

if i were a mythological creature, i’d be: werewolf

if i were a taste, i’d be: sweet

if i were a scent, i’d be: lavender

if i were an object, i’d be: an old, yellowing book

if i were a body part, i’d be: hands

if i were a song, i’d be: travelling to alaska by lorenzo masotto

if i were a pair of shoes, i’d be: doc martens or oxfords

i tag: @conan-doyles-carnations @alain-fournier @d-winifred @englishlitstudent @the-metal-kettle @jehanfleur @jjohnkeats @jawnham @literaetures @queersandcommies @wholockedhousekeeper @cassiopeaia @lanternheart @wholockedhousekeeper

[fxckmypvssy]

Was going to have a night off from #Stufyprep but the anxiety guilts got to me #aa100 #oustudentslive #englishlitstudent #humanities #manchester #aa100theartspastandpresent #oustudent #clsssof16