What is the difference between story and plot? What is the difference between plot summary and plot interpretation? How do you analyze the relationship between the main plot and a subplot? What are the purposes of literary elements and literary techniques? What are the writer’s literary devices and reader’s literary devices? How do you recognize and appreciate ways in which writer use language, structure and style to achieve his intended effects on the reader? How do you shift from mere appreciation of a literary text to critical literary appreciation? How do you engage in literary analysis & what is the purpose? What is the difference between topic and theme and how do you arrive at the theme? How do you compare the theme and the moral message? How do you develop an interpretation of a work of literature (drama, poetry and prose) and what is the purpose? How do you present critical appreciations or your individual responses to literary texts composed in different forms and in different periods and cultures? How do you know your individual response is valid? What are the differences between Critical Literary Appreciation, Literary Criticism, and Literary Theory? Why should there be a Literary theory at all?
J.B. Priestley uses Act 1 of An Inspector Calls to introduce and develop the theme of social responsibility, critiquing the selfishness of the upper class and emphasizing the interconnectedness of society. The play suggests that individuals must consider the impact of their actions on others, especially those less fortunate.
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Students need to bring in evidence in the form of quotations from the text of “To kill A Mockingbird”, explain the situation/encounter, and expand the given short answer to make it a fully-fledged essay-type answer written in PEEL [Point, Evidence, Explanation, Link] format.
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Essay-type interpretative questions with answers for the Pearson Edexcel IGCSE OL examination written in the PEEL format (Point, Evidence, Explanation, Link), calls for answers ranging between 300-500 words:Essay-type interpretative questions
Read moreInferential questions on Romeo and Juliet are specially composed to extend a helping hand to the students sitting for Edexcel OL English Literature in 2025/2026 by bunPeiris of Moratuwa, Sri Lanka
Content: Inferential questions from Act1 and 2 of Romeo and Juliet with a guide to composing answers in PEEL (Point, Evidence, Explanation, Link) format from Romeo and Juliet Acts 1 and 2.
Objective: to train students in answering inferential comprehension questions as part of the process of coaching them to compose interpretative responses for essay-type examination questions in Edexcel, OL English Literature 2025-2026
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Read moreUnseen TextLanguage, Form and Structure [2] Unseen Text: Sri Lanka National AL English II, Cambridge OL English Language 1123, Cambridge AS & A Language & Literature Written by bunPeiris How do you answer the questions given on unseen literary passage? An unseen text can be any of the following.[a] Literary passage, e.g. extract from fiction, drama, poetry, essay or biography.[b] […]
Read moreCambridge Assessment Streamlines Cambridge OL English Language 1123 Syllabus Furthermore to Cambridge AS & A Language & Literature. Written by bunPeiris Cambridge Assessment International Education, by encompassing another Assessment Objective [AO] that the students “demonstrate understanding of how writer achieve effects and influence readers”, (Cambridge Assessment International, Cambridge O Level English) now streamlines Cambridge OL English Language [1123] syllabus furthermore to […]
Read moreThe Nightingale and The Rose Guided Ouestion 2 for Sri Lanka’s National GCE OL Appreciation Of English Literary Texts. Developed by bunPeiris. THE NIGHTINGALE AND THE ROSE by OSCAR WILDE [1854-1900 ] Here is a set of literal comprehension question [*1] [A] and a pair of inferential comprehension question [*2] [B] & [C] that will enable you to compose an […]
Read moreThe Nightingale and the Rose Q1by bunPeiris [Question 1]In Oscar Wilde’s “The Nightingale and the Rose”, the student, referring to the songs of Nightingale says, “She has form’’, yet she has no “feelings”. He also says the nightingale does not “mean anything”, and also doubts whether her songs do “any practical good’’. Discuss. Hints. [Support material for you to answer […]
Read moreStudy Literatureto gain a Superior Command in English and to learn how to live. Written by bunPeiris The Cambridge O Level curriculum [*1] intimates us, “It develops learners’ skills in creative thinking, enquiry and problem solving and is structured so they build practical skills and theoretical knowledge. Indeed, better still is Cambridge AS & A Level curriculum [*2] that says […]
Read moreThe Eagle by Tennyson , A Model Essay Type Answer Writing essay type answers to Literature in English question paper at the examinations.Written by bunPeiris. Notes and Comments at the end are solely for the purpose of making you grasp a possible format. Question:The poem entitled, “”The Eagle”, seems to carry a deeper meaning that irrespective of the fame and […]
Read moreQUESTION [Undergraduate level, B.A. in English] “Examine how international writers writing in English attempt to portray the social, cultural and political issues unique to their countries of origin, through the medium of poetry. Discuss with reference “Prayer Before Birth” by Louis Macneice, “A worker Reads History” by Bertolt Brecht and “Slave’s Dream” by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. ANSWERBy bunPeirisInternationally renowned poets […]
Read moreQuestion [Undergraduate level. B.A. in English, Sri Lanka]“Uprooted”, English translation of Sinhalese Gamperaliya is an authentic portrayal of the sweeping social transformation that took place in Sri Lanka (then Ceylon) in the mid-20th century, subsequent to the collapse of the feudal system. Discuss.Answer Written by bunPeiris of Moratuwa. It is true “Uprooted” of realistic fiction genre is an authentic portrayal […]
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Feminism in South Asia Written by Bun Peiris of Moratuwa Q. “Third wave feminists or rather post-feminists believe that women in the modern society have already achieved gender equality, and feminism is no longer relevant to today’s society.” Do you agree? Substantiate your answer with examples drawn from South-Asian literary works. “Most evident from the televised Judiciary Committee hearings was […]
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In Macbeth “we are shown a soul tortured by an agony which admits not a moment’s repose, and rushing in frenzy towards its doom.” (Bradley, A.C., Shakespearean Tragedy) Discuss. “Let every man be master of his time” Shakespeare: Macbeth [3.I.4] Macbeth, a Soul Tortured Written in PEEL [Point, Evidence, Explanation, link] format by bunpeiris. A Once beautiful mind is […]
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