UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE INTERNATIONAL EXAMINATIONS General Certificate of Education Advanced Subsidiary Level and Advanced Level LITERATURE IN ENGLISH Paper 3 Poetry and Prose Additional Materials: *8973287783* 9695/31 October/November 2009 2 hours Answer Booklet/Paper READ THESE INSTRUCTIONS FIRST If you have been given an Answer Booklet‚ follow the instructions on the front cover of the Booklet. Write your Centre number‚ candidate number and name on all the work you hand in. Write in dark blue
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Patricia Polacco (b. July 11‚ 1944‚ Lansing‚ Michigan) is the author and illustrator of numerous picture books for children. Although she struggled in school and was unable to read until age 14 due to dyslexia‚ she found relief by expressing herself through art. Polacco endured teasing and hid her disability until a schoolteacher recognized that she could not read and began to help her. Thank you‚ Mr. Falker is Polacco’s retelling of this encounter and its outcome. Early years The early
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Patricia Cornwell‚ a famous writer‚ once said‚ that “I believe the root of all evil is the abuse of power”. To receive power in one’s life‚ they bring out strong emotions‚ such as fear or guilt to persuade the person to obey their commands. But‚ these people are simply exercising their power‚ and only have a relationship with them asymmetrically. The person will authority has the ability to limit the choices of another‚ and uses physically or psychologically pain only to pursue their goal. A person
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In Sold‚ I believe the author-Patricia McCormick-was trying to inform readers about the horrors of many young girls’ daily lives. The book explains the journeys of how the young girls enter human trafficking and how they rely on the other girls in the house. I believe the purpose of this book is to inform the readers of the horrors of what the world is like and it is not as innocent as many people may naively believe it is just because noting that horrible has happened to them. Along with just
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Some parents believe their children are their property and believe they can do whatever they want with their children‚ even if it means selling them to a sex trafficker. In the book Sold‚ Patricia McCormik gives an example of how the step-father of the protagonist‚ Lakshmi‚ views her‚ "But a girl is like a goat. Good as long as she gives you milk and butter. But not worth crying over when it’s time to make a stew"(McCormik 8). In this third world country‚ women and girls are to be used and are for
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ART STUDY FOR TEST: * Evaluate the use of different material and techniques in the development of an artist’s body of work. In your answer‚ you must refer to at least two examples of their work. Patricia Piccinini is an Australian artist that uses a variety of different materials and techniques such as; sculpture‚ video‚ drawing‚ installation and digital prints‚ as well as the help from unnamed fabricators in the development of her body of work. The use of these different materials and
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I’m reading a book called cut. by Patricia McCormick My main character is callie. A girl who cuts herself. She hurt herself. Never too deep‚ never enough to die but enough to feel the pain. Enough to feel the scream inside. The reason i chose this book is that it looks interesting and it talks about teenage in our generation. It talks about himself and Cellie is like any teen girl‚ she does very well in school‚ she’s addiction to cutting herself. This novel is important‚ feeling of hopeless‚ helplessness
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JonBenét Patricia Ramsey (/ˌdʒɒnbəˈneɪ pəˈtrɪʃə ˈræmzi/; August 6‚ 1990 – December 25 or 26‚ 1996) was a six-year-old American beauty queen who was murdered in her family’s home in Boulder‚ Colorado‚ on December 25‚ 1996. A lengthy ransom note was found in the house‚ and her father‚ John Ramsey‚ found the little girl’s body in the basement of their house about eight hours after she was reported missing. She sustained a broken skull from a blow to the head and had been strangled; a garrote was found
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In satirical novels dealing with dragons by Patricia C Wrede the main character Cimorene is no ordinary princess.She is an adventurous girl who runs away from her familial societal obligations join forces with a fierce‚ powerful‚ kind‚ dragon named Kuzal.Cimorene Was justified and ignoring the social norms of medieval society because as a princess her family does not let her have many privileges and does not let her be free. One reason that Cimorene is justified by going against your family
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The author of this book is Malala Yousafzai with co-author‚ Patricia McCormick. It was published in October 8‚ 2013 by Little‚ Brown and Company in New York‚ Boston and and by Weidenfeld & Nicolson in the U.K.. Malala is an activist for children who are denied education worldwide. She has been delivering speeches to influence others to take a stand in giving all children free‚ quality education for twelve years. Purpose: This book exist to let readers know her story. How she got shot by the Taliban’s
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