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Tips on writing articles for newspaper or website Sample Article: 2023 Question B-Technology in Education Opinion Piece: 2019 Exam Paper-The Value of Sport
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Tips on Writing Articles
If you are asked to write an article for a website or newspaper, the first thing you should consider is the target audience. For example, you may be asked to write for a broadsheet newspaper or a school website. The audience for these are very different and will dictate the tone that you will use. Read More …
Question B-2023 Text 3 (Article)
“It is Science Week and you have been asked to write an article for your school’s website about the increasing role played by technology in schools. In your article you should: describe some of the positive ways technology is utilised in schools today, discuss whether or not, in your view, technology can be a negative Read More …
Tips on Answering Question B on Paper 1
This question is worth 50 marks and is considered a short writing task. The focus here is on quality, not quantity. The examiner is assessing you on your ability to write in the chosen genre and your ability to follow the instructions. You will be rewarded for this in the ‘Purpose’ section of the marking Read More …
Sample Essay: Plath
“Sylvia Plath uses powerful metaphors and vivid, disturbing imagery to express a range of emotions, both positive and negative, in her poems.” Do you agree with this statement? Support your answer with relevant evidence from the poetry of Sylvia Plath. Sylvia Plath is recognised worldwide for her poetry that often creates disturbing, vivid imagery for her Read More …
Hamlet
Sample Essays
Leaving Cert Hamlet Sample Answer
“Ophelia and Gertrude are significant characters in the play, Hamlet, despite having no power over their own destinies” Do you agree or disagree with this statement? In your answer, you should refer to the play to support your points. In Hamlet, the women of Elsinore — Gertrude and Ophelia — occupy a world defined by Read More …
Exam Question: Cultural Context
“Discuss how those in power in society maintain their dominant position in one text in your comparative course. Develop your response with reference to the text. The text I have studied is Sive by John B. Keane. Characters in this text maintain their power and dominant position through manipulation, fear and threats. Mena is a Read More …
Key Quotes from the Play
Key Quotes
Act 2, Scene 2-Sive is Missing
Mena emerges from the room in hysterics, shouting that Sive is gone. “There’s a bundle of clothes under the quilt where she should be lying. She’s after stealing away on us!” She tells them that she has taken nothing, not even shoes for her feet. They go to check Nanna’s room to see if she Read More …