IGCSE English - Literature In English (0475) — October–November 2024, Paper 12

SONGS OF OURSELVES VOLUME 1: from Part 4. Read this poem ('Funeral Blues' by W H Auden), and then answer the question that follows it: In what ways does Auden use words and images…

SONGS OF OURSELVES VOLUME 1: from Part 4. How does Adcock make The Telephone Call such an intriguing poem?

SONGS OF OURSELVES VOLUME 2: from Part 4. Read this poem ('Stanzas Written in Dejection, Near Naples' by Percy Bysshe Shelley), and then answer the question that follows it:…

SONGS OF OURSELVES VOLUME 2: from Part 4. In what ways does Wotton strikingly convey his thoughts and feelings in The Character of a Happy Life?

TED HUGHES: from New Selected Poems. Read this poem ('Relic'), and then answer the question that follows it: Explore the ways in which Hughes makes this poem so intriguing.

TED HUGHES: from New Selected Poems. In what ways does Hughes make the bird so powerful in Hawk Roosting?

CHIMAMANDA NGOZI ADICHIE: Purple Hibiscus. Read this passage, and then answer the question that follows it: How does Adichie make this such a dramatic and significant moment in…

CHIMAMANDA NGOZI ADICHIE: Purple Hibiscus. Explore the ways in which Adichie strikingly contrasts Eugene and Aunty Ifeoma.

CHARLES DICKENS: Great Expectations. Read this passage, and then answer the question that follows it: How does Dickens make this a shocking but moving moment in the novel?

CHARLES DICKENS: Great Expectations. Explore how Dickens memorably portrays the marriage of Joe Gargery and Pip's sister (Mrs Joe).

DAPHNE DU MAURIER: Rebecca. Read this passage, and then answer the question that follows it: Explore how du Maurier makes this moment in the novel so unsettling.

DAPHNE DU MAURIER: Rebecca. 'At times the narrator seems to lose all hope of being happy at Manderley.' In what ways does du Maurier strikingly convey this? Do not use the passage…

JHUMPA LAHIRI: The Namesake. Read this passage, and then answer the question that follows it: How does Lahiri make this such a powerful moment in the novel?

JHUMPA LAHIRI: The Namesake. Explore the ways in which Lahiri memorably conveys the significance of shared meals in the novel.

JOAN LINDSAY: Picnic at Hanging Rock. Read this passage, and then answer the question that follows it: Explore the ways in which Lindsay makes this such an unsettling and…

JOAN LINDSAY: Picnic at Hanging Rock. How does Lindsay make Dora and Reg Lumley such unlikeable characters?

YANN MARTEL: Life of Pi. Read this passage, and then answer the question that follows it: What vivid impressions of Pi's state of mind does Martel create for you at this moment in…

YANN MARTEL: Life of Pi. To what extent does Martel persuade you that Pi is able to control Richard Parker? Do not use the passage printed in Question 17 when answering this…

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

H G WELLS: The War of the Worlds. Explore the ways in which Wells memorably portrays the narrator.

from STORIES OF OURSELVES Volume 2. Read the following extract from The Widow's Might (by Charlotte Perkins Gilman), and then answer the question that follows it: How does Gilman…

from STORIES OF OURSELVES Volume 2. Explore the ways in which Hughes vividly portrays the boy thief (Roger) in Thank You M'am.