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    HKDSE English Paper 2 Sample questions on Learning English through Short Stories Compiled by Melinda Lo I : Question types: A. on reading and appreciating short stories 1. A student at your school has posted this blog on the Intranet for your school: Write a letter in response to this‚ either agreeing or disagreeing with Keith. Do not give an address and sign your letter ‘Billy Ho.’ 2. ‘The best way to improve one’s English is to

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    A Father

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    In the essay‚ A Father‚ by Bharati Mukherjee‚ the author has three main characters each is caught between the Indian and American cultures. The Bhowmick family‚ which includes the father‚ the mother‚ and their daughter‚ are all experiencing the constant pull of Indian and American identities. In the essay we hear the story mainly from Mr. Bhowmick. He sees America as a frightening place and he tries to hold onto his Indian culture by keeping the statue on Kali and praying to her. According to the

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    the memoir‚ “RomulusMy Father” by Raimond Gaita and the MMORPG “World of Warcraft” by Blizzard Entertainment. Both of these texts explore how culture‚ gender‚ race and tradition can all create barriers to belonging. Barriers to belonging can be broken down as fast as they are put up. In the memoir “RomulusMy Father”‚ this idea is explored throughout the book. For example‚ in the second chapter when Romulus is sent to work in the town of Baringhup‚ little is done to provide Romulus and his family

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    Design in Context

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    DESIGN IN CONTEXT “ A style does not go out of style as long as it adopts to its period. When there is an incompatibility between the style and a certain state of mind‚ it is never the style that triumphs.” Coco Chanel Visual communications are a reflection of their time and often depict the fashion‚ taste and trends of a period. The impact of social change can be clearly seen in many areas of design including fashion‚ architecture‚ graphic design and product design. What was

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    write a eulogy wiring as a son‚ speaking about my father. I wrote this as my father is very close to me‚ and it put me in a difficult situation where it makes me truly understand his importance. A eulogy follows the form of an introduction followed by the person’s early life and education‚ their career‚ hobbies and interest‚ qualities and achievements and a closing statement. I followed this structure including some memorable stories which suits my father’s life‚ humorous. A eulogy written as if

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    Historical context and social criticism are both crucial to the novels of the period but also inseparably intertwined. The influence of both these factors are especially clear in Coetzee’s Foe‚ Behn’s Oroonoko and Richardson’s Pamela‚ three very different novels from different times all of which rely on‚ and are clearly influenced by‚ their historical context in order to validate the relevance of their social criticisms. Writing and living in Apartheid South Africa‚ it is evident in Foe Coetzee

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    Historical Thinking

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    The issue of unnatural acts and historical thinking had become debatable in most of the Congressional debates in 1995. The citizens had become confused between the two and therefore they did not know which one was the best to describe the nation’s history. As a result‚ the Americans have never been convinced that history’s place is appropriate for curriculum purposes. However‚ there are various reasons as to why the Americans do not recognize the study of history as being important in a curriculum

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    Shakespeare's Context

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    Year 11 Elizabethan English research task Research the context of Shakespeare’s ’King Lear’ (including personal‚ social‚ historical‚ personal and workplace context) and write a 1500 word report. In your report you may use sub-headings. For each element of context‚ identify the similarities and differences between Shakespeare’s context and your context. E.g. During Shakespeare’s lifetime the stability of Queen Elizabeth’s rule was threatened‚ just like the stability of our prime ministers’ is threated

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    Historical Linguistics

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    in a context where it is necessary to show more explicitly the pieces which some example is composed of. It is standard practice to use an asterisk (*) to represent reconstructed forms‚ as for example Proto-Indo-European *p;;)ter ’father’. A convention in this text (not a general one in linguistics) is the use of )C to represent ungrammatical or non-occurring forms. Outside of historical linguistics‚ an asterisk is used to indicate ungrammatical and non-occurring forms; but since in historical linguistic

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    Technology in Context

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    Response Essay #4 Technology in Context The readings from Bijker‚ Klinenberg‚ and Kimmelman collectively address the issue of storm water management within a variety of contexts: from its historical development to examples of successful strategies worldwide. Climate change is a global reality‚ and is prompting national responses to manage the severe weather it brings. Ultimately‚ the contexts affecting US water management strategy today have and will make the difference between the failures of

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