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Month: August 2017
The 2018 CSEC English B Paper 2 Exam Format
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Birdshooting Season by Olive Senior- CSEC English B
Summary As the poem’s title suggests the poem “Birdshooting Season” shows the rituals surrounding bird shooting season and the happenings in a house when both men and women prepare for the season. The poem is narrated by what seems to be a child member of the household as he/she tells the happenings in preparation for the hunt, thus the poem…
Guidelines for Analyzing a Poem
Analyze the title of the poem. Read the poem all the way through at least twice. Read it aloud. Then, analyze the poem line by line, stanza by stanza Find the literal meaning of the poem. Identify the figurative devices in the poem Examine the figurative meaning of the poem. Review the structure of the poem Determine the rhyme scheme…
The Day the World almost came to an End Questions
What is the setting of the story (time and place)? What was the central feature of the protagonist/narrator’s life? Why was the protagonist holding on to being a sinner? Who gave the protagonist/narrator the idea that the world was about to reach its end? How did this individual know that the world was about to end? What part did the…