IGCSE English - Literature In English (0475) — May–June 2024, Paper 13

SONGS OF OURSELVES VOLUME 1: from Part 4. Read this poem ('Ozymandias' by Percy Bysshe Shelley), and then answer the question that follows it: Explore the ways in which Shelley…

SONGS OF OURSELVES VOLUME 1: from Part 4. How does Lowell make Night Sweat such a disturbing poem?

SONGS OF OURSELVES VOLUME 2: from Part 4. Read this poem ('Verses Written on Her Death-bed at Bath to Her Husband in London' by Mary Monck ('Marinda')), and then answer the…

SONGS OF OURSELVES VOLUME 2: from Part 4. Explore the ways in which Pope makes his ideas so memorable in this extract from An Essay on Criticism.

TED HUGHES: from New Selected Poems. Read this poem ('Wind'), and then answer the question that follows it: Explore the ways in which Hughes powerfully conveys the violence of…

TED HUGHES: from New Selected Poems. In what ways does Hughes make Roe-Deer such a mysterious poem?

CHIMAMANDA NGOZI ADICHIE: Purple Hibiscus. Read this passage, and then answer the question that follows it: Explore the ways in which Adichie makes this such a vivid introduction…

CHIMAMANDA NGOZI ADICHIE: Purple Hibiscus. 'Uncle Eugene is not a bad man, really,' says Amaka. To what extent does Adichie persuade you to agree?

CHARLES DICKENS: Great Expectations. Read this passage, and then answer the question that follows it: How does Dickens create such disturbing impressions of Miss Havisham at this…

CHARLES DICKENS: Great Expectations. Explore two moments in the novel which Dickens makes particularly moving. Do not use the passage printed in Question 9 when answering this…

DAPHNE DU MAURIER: Rebecca. Read this passage, and then answer the question that follows it: In what ways does du Maurier make this such a powerfully dramatic moment in the novel?

DAPHNE DU MAURIER: Rebecca. Jack Favell says of himself that he is 'harmless'. Explore the ways in which du Maurier shows that this is completely untrue.

JHUMPA LAHIRI: The Namesake. Read this passage, and then answer the question that follows it: Explore the ways in which Lahiri strikingly contrasts Ashoke and Ashima at this…

JHUMPA LAHIRI: The Namesake. To what extent does Lahiri make it possible for you to feel sympathy for Moushumi?

JOAN LINDSAY: Picnic at Hanging Rock. Read this passage, and then answer the question that follows it: How does Lindsay memorably portray Albert at this moment in the novel?

JOAN LINDSAY: Picnic at Hanging Rock. In what ways does Lindsay create striking impressions of Irma?

YANN MARTEL: Life of Pi. Read this passage, and then answer the question that follows it: Explore the ways in which Martel makes this such an entertaining moment in the novel.

YANN MARTEL: Life of Pi. In what ways does Martel memorably convey Pi's changing feelings towards Richard Parker?

H G WELLS: The War of the Worlds. Read this passage, and then answer the question that follows it: How does Wells powerfully create tension at this moment in the novel?

H G WELLS: The War of the Worlds. How does Wells strikingly convey the narrator's feelings about the Martians? Do not use the passage printed in Question 19 when answering this…

from STORIES OF OURSELVES Volume 2. Read the following extract from The Reservoir (by Janet Frame), and then answer the question that follows it: How does Frame make this moment…

from STORIES OF OURSELVES Volume 2. In what ways does Hughes make Thank You M'am such a moving story?