The Day the World Almost Came to An End Notes – CSEC English B Short Story

SUMMARY This short story was told from the perspective of an adult and chronicles the events behind a child’s (the adult narrator) belief that the world was about to end. The story is set on a plantation in Louisiana in 1936, where the church was the axis around which plantation life revolved. Despite this fact, the narrator was holding on…

A Stone’s Throw Analysis- CSEC English B Poem

A Reading of the Poem Overview of the Poem          A crowd has caught a woman (Line 2: ‘We’ve got her! Here she is’). The persona implies to the reader that the woman is not decent (Line 6: ‘A decent-looking woman, you’d have said,’// Lines 11-14: And not the first time//By any means//She’d felt men’s hands//Greedy over…

ANSWER- Punctuating of Dialogue Activity- CSEC English A

Peggy said, ‘I have two cats. Do you have any pets?’. “I have two dogs, three fish and seven snails,” said Joe. “I have two cats,” said Peggy, “Do you have any pets?”. “I’m not sure,” said Sue, “if I know how to do this test”.  “Has he brought any papers home?” asked mother. “He shook the tree so hard,”…