Past+Paper+Questions

Below are past paper questions. Please try to rewrite the questions below them to them more focused and as easy as possible to follow. Then click on the first word of each question to go through to another page. Submit your thesis statements and essay plans here. 1 . Compare **the ways in which writers of two or three novels or short stories in your study have sought to make their portrayal of characters and/or situations credible.** 2. With **close reference to two or three novels or short stories in your study, compare the ways in which writers have used narrative strategies and with what effect.**

3. Compare**the ways in which writers have explored the relationship between experience and understanding. Refer in detail to any two or three works of literature in your study.**

4. How **far, and in what ways, do writers present issues of self-awareness and/or self-deception in two or three novels or short stories you have studied?**

5. Symbols **and/or motifs are an essential element of many novels and short stories. How have either or both of these devices been used and, in your opinion, how successfully, in two or three of the works you have studied?** 

6. **“In the end is my beginning.” This is a statement made by an author to describe how he organizes his works. What do you understand by the sentence, and how does it cast light on the literary strategies employed in two or three works you have studied?** 7. The actions of people in relation to “taboos” or forbidden behaviour often generate some of the tension in novels. Show how in different or similar ways novels in your study have employed this and other sources of tension to ensure the engagement of the reader. 8. “Art lives in the realm of ambiguity and it is art only as long as the ambiguity is sustained.” To what extent have novelists employed ambiguity in various aspects of novels in your study and what is your estimate of the effect of ambiguity in these works?

9. Circular and linear are two structural principles that often appear in literary art. How have versions of one or both of these structures been used by contemporary writers and with what outcomes?

Below are some actual past papers which you can download: Paper 1:
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 * [|A1EngHL P1 M06 TZ0.pdf] || [|A1EngHL P1 M06 TZ0 M.pdf] ||
 * [|A1EngHL P1 M05 TZ0.pdf] || [|A1EngHL P1 M05 TZ0 M.pdf] ||
 * [|A1EngHL P1 N05 TZ0.pdf] || [|A1EngHL P1 N05 TZ0 M.pdf] ||
 * [|A1EngHL P1 N04 TZ0.pdf] || [|A1EngHL P1 N04 TZ0 M.pdf] ||
 * [|A1EngHL P1 M03.pdf] || [|A1EngHL P1 M03 M.pdf] ||
 * [|A1EngHL P1 N03.pdf] || [|A1EngHL P1 N03 M.pdf] ||
 * [|A1EngHL P1 N02.pdf] || [|A1EngHL P1 N02 M.pdf] ||

Paper 2:
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 * [|A1EngHL P2 M06 TZ0.pdf] || [|A1EngHL P2 M06 TZ0 M.pdf] ||
 * [|A1EngHL P2 M05 TZ0.pdf] || [|A1EngHL P2 M05 TZ0 M.pdf] ||
 * [|A1EngHL P2 N05 TZ0.pdf] || [|A1EngHL P2 N05 TZ0 M.pdf] ||
 * [|A1EngHL P2 N04 TZ0.pdf] || [|A1EngHL P2 N04 TZ0 M.pdf] ||
 * [|A1EngHL P2 M03.pdf] || [|A1EngHL P2 M03 M.pdf] ||
 * [|A1EngHL P2 N03.pdf] || [|A1EngHL P2 N03 M.pdf] ||
 * [|A1EngHL P2 N02.pdf] || [|A1EngHL P2 N02 M.pdf] ||