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English Question Paper

English

Course:Secondary Level

Exam Year:2010

101/3
ENGLISH
Paper 3
(Creative composition
And assay
Based on set texts)
Oct. / Nov. 2010
2 ½ hours
Instructions to candidates
(a) Answer three questions only.
(b) Questions one and two are compulsory.
(c) In question three choose only one of the optional texts you have prepared on.
(d) Where a candidate presents work on more than one optional text, only the first one to appear will be marked.
(e) Each of your essays must not exceed 450 words.
Answer three questions only.
1. Imaginative composition (compulsory). (20 marks)
Either
(a) Write a composition illustrating the fact that crime does not pay
Or
(b) Write a composition explaining how young people can overcome tribalism in Kenya.
2. The Compulsory Set Text (20 marks)
Henrik Ibsen, An Enemy of the People
Write an essay supporting the proposition that: “Katherine Stockmann is the embodiment of reason in Ibsen’s play An Enemy of the People.”
3. The Optional Set Texts(20 marks)
Answer any one of the following three questions
Either
(a) The short story
Macmillan (Ed.), Half a day and other stories
Using Honwana’s short story ‘Hands of the blacks’ for illustration, write an essay on racial prejudice.
Or
(b) Drama
John Ruganda, Shred of Tenderness
“Sibling rivalry should never be allowed to go out of hand.”
Using the characters in John Ruganda’s play Shreds of Tenderness write an essay in support of this statement
Or
(c) The Novel
Velma Pollard, Homestretch.
“East or West home is best.”
Drawing examples from the lives of Edith and David in Homestretch, write an essay illustrating the truth of this statement.

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