Short+text+practice+essay

Choose ONE topic. Write an essay of AT LEAST 300 words for your answer. Make sure you answer ALL parts of the topic. Support your discussion with specific evidence from at least TWO texts.

1. In short written texts, setting is often used to develop the themes. Analyse how settings are used to develop the themes in at least TWO short written texts that you have studied. Note: “Themes” are the main ideas in a text. 2. In short written texts, writers often use symbols to represent complex or significant ideas. Analyse how symbols have been used to develop your understanding of people OR ideas in at least TWO short written texts you have studied. 3. Writers of short written texts often reveal a strong viewpoint on particular issues. Analyse how different viewpoints on the same issue or idea are developed in at least TWO short written texts you have studied. 4. Writers of short written texts often reveal character(s) gradually for readers. Analyse how your understanding of character(s) developed in at least TWO short written texts you have studied.
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TOPICS (Choose ONE) 1. For EACH of the texts, analyse how the writer influenced you to think differently about an important idea or issue. 2. For EACH of the texts, analyse how at least ONE setting helped develop an important theme. 3. For EACH of the texts, analyse how language techniques shaped your attitude toward ONE OR TWO characters or individuals. 4. For EACH of the texts, analyse how the writer used symbolism and / or figurative language to develop an important idea. 5. For EACH of the texts, analyse how the narrator and / or style of narration helped develop an important idea. 6. For EACH of the texts, analyse how surprise and / or humour helped the writer communicate an important message. Note: You may discuss “surprise” for one of your texts and “humour” for the other.