UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE INTERNATIONAL EXAMINATIONS IGCSE LITERATURE IN ENGLISH: SYLLABUS 0486 NOTES FOR TEACHERS ON STORIES SET FOR STUDY FROM STORIES OF OURSELVES: THE UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE INTERNATIONAL EXAMINATIONS ANTHOLOGY OF SHORT STORIES IN ENGLISH FOR EXAMINATION IN JUNE AND NOVEMBER 2010‚ 2011 AND 2012 CONTENTS Introduction: How to use these notes 1. The Signalman Charles Dickens 2. The Yellow Wallpaper Charlotte Perkins Gilman 3. How It Happened Arthur Conan Doyle
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Words are powerless when looked at individually but they have the potential for good or evil‚ when someone who can properly use them to his or her advantage. That is what Nathaniel Hawthorne quote means‚ and I fully agree with him. An example of words being used for evil could be a dictator trying to convince his people that he is best for the country. An example of words being used for good could be a civil rights activist trying to persuade people to get along and to treat everyone with respect
Free Good and evil Evil Nathaniel Hawthorne
Practical analysis 1 While reading the following story‚ I noted its plot structure: 1. Are the events arranged chronologically? Do they catch and hold the reader’s interest? All the events arranged chronologically‚ they catch readers interest‚ because after two Soapy’s attempts ”to go to the Island” that were failed it’s interesting to know what’s the end will be. 2. What is the role of the exposition? The exposition is the beginning section in which the author provides the necessary background
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The Evolution of the Word Tomb “At the bottom of the heart of every human being‚ from earliest infancy until the tomb‚ there is something that goes on indomitably expecting‚ in the teeth of all experience of crimes committed‚ suffered‚ and witnessed‚ that good and not evil will be done” – Simone Weil (French social Philosopher‚ Mystic and Activist in the French Resistance during World War II. 1909-1943) The word tomb has been used in many forms of literature throughout history. From the beautiful
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Li-Young Lee’s poem “A Story” depicts the complex relationship between a father and his son. Lee portrays the complexity of their relationship by using point of view to understand how the father feels in this situation. The structure of this poem helps paint the fears the father has by shifting to the future. Also the use of diction adds emotion to the love that is being shared by the father and his son. Through the point of view‚ the structure‚ and the diction used in the poem‚ Lee is able to convey
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of average difficulty and who would like to gain some information about the vocabulary resources of Modern English (for example‚ about synonyms and antonyms)‚ about the stylistic peculiarities of English vocabulary‚ about the complex nature of the word ’s meaning and the modern methods of its investigation‚ about English idioms‚ about those changes that English vocabulary underwent in its historical development and about some other aspects of English lexicology. One can hardly acquire a perfect command
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Praise of The “F” Word” Mary Sherry gave a very good argument about the failure of children in school. Mary Sherry thesis was “Tens of thousands of 18-year-olds will graduate this year and be handed meaningless diplomas.” Mary Sherry uses the idioms like‚ “Meaningless diplomas” and “Their validity will be questioned”. This gave us as readers evidence that argument exists. I think Marry Sherry did this to get our attention. This essay also shows that there are two sides to every story. Marry Sherry
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Foreign Words and Phrases. Irina Vardanyan Foreign words and phrases shouldn’t become a bête noire‚ but‚ ceteris paribus‚ English sentences should be in English… (Jack Lynch 2008) Throughout its history‚ English has been shaped and enriched by words and phrases of French‚ Scandinavian‚ Italian‚ Latin‚ Greek and German origin. When cultures come into contact with one other‚ borrowing takes place primarily in the realm of lexical terms (Anderson 1973)
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good memories from their childhood. Everyone likes to remember their childhood. My childhood was rough‚ but I made sure that every night I got a bed time story. IN order for that to happen I had to pick out a book‚ 10 minutes before I had to go to bed. When I was growing up this was the best book in the world to me. Each time I wanted a story read to me‚ I would pick this book up and ask my mother to read it to me. This book brought so much hope and wisdom to me‚ it made me think about everything
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Word-formation in English by Ingo Plag Universität Siegen in press Cambridge University Press Series ‘Cambridge Textbooks in Linguistics’ Draft version of September 27‚ 2002 i TABLE OF CONTENTS Introduction .......................................................................................................... 1 1. Basic concepts 1.1. What is a word? 4 4 1.2. Studying word-formation 12 1.3. Inflection and derivation 18 1.4. Summary 23 Further reading 23 Exercises 24 2. Studying
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