GVV – Juno, A Doll’s House and The Great Gatsby for Leaving Cert English Comparative #625Lab

The general vision and viewpoint of a text can be shaped by the reader's attitude to a central character. Compare the extent to which your attitude to a central character…

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Theme or Issue – The Playboy of the Western World, Brooklyn, Foster for Leaving Cert English Comparative #625Lab

“A theme or issue can reveal a character’s strengths or weaknesses”. a) With reference to one text on your comparative course, discuss how a theme or issue revealed a character's…

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Theme or Issue – Wuthering Heights, Big Maggie, Juno for Leaving Cert English #625Lab

“In many texts, a theme or issue may not be resolved to the complete satisfaction of the reader.” (a) Discuss the extent to which a theme or issue is resolved…

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GVV – 1984, The Handmaid’s Tale and Unforgiven for Leaving Cert English Comparative #625Lab

Key moments in texts can influence our sense of the general vision and viewpoint. (a) Discuss the extent to which your sense of the general vision and viewpoint of one…

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Discursive essay on positive and negative aspects of different types of advertising for Leaving Cert English #625Lab

Write a discursive essay in which you explore the positive and negative aspects of different types of advertising. #625Lab Feedback: this is a decent attempt at a discursive essay. This sort…

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GVV – All My Sons, The Great Gatsby and Brooklyn for Leaving Cert English Comparative #625Lab

“The general vision and viewpoint of a text can be changed or reinforced by the ending of a text”. #625Lab. Corrected by experienced examiner, graded as H3 with feedback on…

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GVV – All My Sons, The Great Gatsby, Brooklyn for Leaving Cert English Comparative #625Lab

“Significant events in texts and the impact they have on readers often helps clarify the general vision and viewpoint of those texts” – with reference to the three texts on…

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Descriptive essay: how the landscape reflects the transition of the seasons for Leaving Cert English #625Lab

Write a descriptive essay in which you capture how the landscape reflects the transition of the seasons. You may choose to include some or all of the seasons in your essay. (2018)…

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Cultural Context – I’m Not Scared, Macbeth, Death and Nightingales #625Lab

“The main characters in the text are often in conflict with the world or culture in which they inhabit”. (2009) #625Lab. This essays is beautifully focused on the question. However, the…

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Literary Genre – The Artist, A Doll’s House and Death and Nightingales for Leaving Cert English #625Lab

"The creation of memorable characters is part of the art of good story telling". Write an essay comparing the ways in which memorable characters were created and contributed to your…

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Cultural Context – Macbeth, The Fault in Our Stars, Rear Window for Leaving Cert English #625Lab

The world in which a character lives shapes the person that they become. Write an essay comparing the cultural context and how it affects the lives of the characters of…

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GVV – Macbeth, I’m Not Scared and Death and Nightingales for Leaving Cert English #625Lab

“A variety of factors in texts can change or reinforce our initial impression of the general vision and viewpoint”. (2017) #625Lab. This essay raises a lot of points I don't agree…

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GVV – The Great Gatsby, Wuthering Heights and The Plough and the Stars for Leaving Cert English #625Lab

"Each text we read presents us with an outlook on life that may be bright or dark, or a combination of both". Discuss, with reference to the three texts you…

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GVV – Death and Nightingales, A Doll’s House, Juno for Leaving Cert English #625Lab

“Significant events in texts and the impact they have on readers often help to clarify the general vision and viewpoint of those texts”. With reference to three texts on your…

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Cultural Context – I’m Not Scared, The Great Gatsby, The Plough and the Stars for Leaving Cert English

Understanding who holds power and who is powerless helps to reveal the cultural context in texts. #625Lab. This essay is en route to a H1. Why? Clearly structured, genuinely engaged with…

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Literary Genre – The Great Gatsby, The Plough and the Stars, Children of Men for Leaving Cert English

“Write an essay on one or more of the aspects of literary genre (the way texts tell their stories) which you found most interesting in the texts you studied in…

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Cultural Context – I’m Not Scared, The Great Gatsby, All My Sons for Leaving Cert English #625Lab

“The world of a text, and how it affects the behaviour of central characters, can influence a reader’s response to the events that take place”. With the Comparative, you will…

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Literary Genre – I’m Not Scared, Foster, Big Maggie for Leaving Cert English #625Lab

Using one comparative text that you have studied explain how the author uses literary techniques to create a compelling story. There is a reason I tell people who aren't mad…

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Cultural Context – I’m Not Scared, Foster, The Plough and The Stars for Leaving Cert English

“The cultural context can have a significant influence on the behaviour of the central character/characters in a text. Compare the way in which the behaviour of the central characters in…

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Cultural Context: A Doll’s House, I’m Not Scared and The Plough and the Stars for Leaving Cert English

“Understanding who holds power and who is powerless helps to reveal the cultural context in texts”. Compare how the distribution of power within each of the three texts on your…

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Term dates 2018/2019

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Mid-term break (October 2018)Schools close: Monday 29th October 2018 to Friday 2nd November 2018 (inclusive).Christmas 2018 Schools close: the last day of term is Friday 21st December 2018. Schools re-open on…

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Cultural Context – The Great Gatsby, Children of Men and The Plough and The Stars for Leaving Cert English #625Lab

Understanding the cultural context of a text allows you to see how values and attitudes are shaped. Show how this statement applies to one of the texts on your comparative…

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Eavan Boland’s use of symbols and metaphors to deliver truths about society for Leaving Cert English #625Lab

Boland makes effective use of symbols and metaphors to explore personal experiences and deliver penetrating truths about society. (2017) #625Lab Another super long essay from someone very knowledgeable, too knowledgeable…

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Literary Genre in The Great Gatsby, All My Sons and I’m Not Scared for Leaving Cert Comparative #625Lab

"Authors can use various techniques to make settings real and engaging." #625Lab The author took on the challenging literary genre question - and did so quite well!  I have studied…

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The Great Gatsby: readers are influenced by the narrator, Nick Carraway for Leaving Cert English #625Lab

“Readers of The Great Gatsby are greatly influenced by the narrator, Nick Carraway.” Discuss this statement, supporting your answer with suitable reference to the text. (2013) #625Lab "The Great Gatsby" written by…

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General vision and viewpoint – Foster, I’m Not Scared and The Plough and The Stars #625Lab

“The general vision and viewpoint is shaped by the reader’s feeling of optimism or pessimism in reading the text.” This is a very good essay! #625Lab For me, the General Vision…

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