Paper 2 Practice Questions

Answer one question. Compare and contrast two of the literature works you have studied.

1.  How do two of the works you have studied portray the struggle to be understood?

2.  Some literary texts, although set in a particular place or time, convey ideas that are universal. In what ways is this true in two of the works you have studied?

3.  Discuss how two works you have studied present concepts of good and bad, not as absolute notions, but as a matter of individual perception.

4.  Referring to two works you have studied, discuss how the author has created a convincing “world”.

5.  Referring to two of the works you have studied, discuss both how and why the text invites the reader to identify with situations, characters and/or ideas.

6. Often the appeal for the reader of a literary work is the atmosphere a writer creates (for example, peaceful, menacing or ironic). Discuss some of the ways atmospheres are conveyed and to what effect in two of the works you have studied.

7. Writers often choose words, phrases and names of characters and places not only for their literal meaning, but for further meanings that they may suggest to the reader. With reference to two of the works you have studied, discuss how such words and their associations contribute to your understanding and appreciation of the works.

8. How is “home” depicted in two of the works you have studied and what is the significance?