Here are CXC past paper-type short story questions. These are the types of short story questions that have been on CXC English A past papers NB CXC suggests spending no more than 45 minutes to answer the short story question on Paper 2 of the English A exam. They also suggest 400 – 450 words as the short story length 1. Write a story entitled, “The decision…
Year: 2015
Sample CSEC English A Persuasive Writing Past Paper Questions
Here are CXC past paper type persuasive essay questions. These are the types of persuasive essay questions that have been on CXC English A past papers NB: CXC suggests spending no more than 30 minutes to answer the persuasive essay question on Paper 2 of the English A exam. They also suggest 250 – 300 words as the…
CSEC English A Sample Summary Writing Question
Here is a CXC past paper type summary writing question. This is the type of summary writing question that has been on CXC English A past papers NB: CXC suggests spending no more than 35 minutes to answer the summary writing question in Section one, paper 2 of the English A exam. Read carefully the following conversation between Ross and Susan and then…
Man of the House by Frank O’Connor
Sullivan is a little boy of ten years. It’s a small family of two persons with meagre means. The mother is working and the son like any other boy of his age goes to school. He is a loving son and for the mother her son is as good as gold itself. SUMMARY The story starts with the terrible sound…
To Da-duh, in Memoriam by Paule Marshall Analysis – CSEC English B Short Story
‘‘To Da-duh, in Memoriam’’ is an autobiographical story told from the point of view of an adult looking back on a childhood memory. The story opens as the nine-year-old narrator, along with her mother and sister, disembarks from a boat that has brought them to Bridgetown, Barbados. It is 1937, and the family has come to visit from their home…