Your Literature study path

Read To the Nile. In your own words, explain the situation and the speaker’s or narrator’s view. Identify one detail connected with personification, wonder and the river’s power.

For To the Nile, select two precise details connected with personification, wonder and the river’s power. Explain a choice of language, voice or structure in each. Show how the details develop or complicate your interpretation.

How does John Keats explore personification, wonder and the river’s power in To the Nile? Plan a direct argument, then write 180–250 words with accurate evidence and analysis. This is an EWS practice length, not an official exam word limit.

Read A Bird Came Down the Walk. In your own words, explain the situation and the speaker’s or narrator’s view. Identify one detail connected with the observer’s changing view of nature.

For A Bird Came Down the Walk, select two precise details connected with the observer’s changing view of nature. Explain a choice of language, voice or structure in each. Show how the details develop or complicate your interpretation.

How does Emily Dickinson explore the observer’s changing view of nature in A Bird Came Down the Walk? Plan a direct argument, then write 180–250 words with accurate evidence and analysis. This is an EWS practice length, not an official exam word limit.

Read The Eagle. In your own words, explain the situation and the speaker’s or narrator’s view. Identify one detail connected with power, movement and contrast.

For The Eagle, select two precise details connected with power, movement and contrast. Explain a choice of language, voice or structure in each. Show how the details develop or complicate your interpretation.

How does Alfred Lord Tennyson explore power, movement and contrast in The Eagle? Plan a direct argument, then write 180–250 words with accurate evidence and analysis. This is an EWS practice length, not an official exam word limit.

Read To the Evening Star. In your own words, explain the situation and the speaker’s or narrator’s view. Identify one detail connected with the speaker’s wish for peace and protection.

For To the Evening Star, select two precise details connected with the speaker’s wish for peace and protection. Explain a choice of language, voice or structure in each. Show how the details develop or complicate your interpretation.

How does William Blake explore the speaker’s wish for peace and protection in To the Evening Star? Plan a direct argument, then write 180–250 words with accurate evidence and analysis. This is an EWS practice length, not an official exam word limit.

Read War Is Kind. In your own words, explain the situation and the speaker’s or narrator’s view. Identify one detail connected with verbal irony and the human cost of war.

For War Is Kind, select two precise details connected with verbal irony and the human cost of war. Explain a choice of language, voice or structure in each. Show how the details develop or complicate your interpretation.

How does Stephen Crane explore verbal irony and the human cost of war in War Is Kind? Plan a direct argument, then write 180–250 words with accurate evidence and analysis. This is an EWS practice length, not an official exam word limit.

Read The Terrorist, He’s Watching. In your own words, explain the situation and the speaker’s or narrator’s view. Identify one detail connected with suspense, detachment and ordinary lives.

For The Terrorist, He’s Watching, select two precise details connected with suspense, detachment and ordinary lives. Explain a choice of language, voice or structure in each. Show how the details develop or complicate your interpretation.

How does Wisława Szymborska explore suspense, detachment and ordinary lives in The Terrorist, He’s Watching? Plan a direct argument, then write 180–250 words with accurate evidence and analysis. This is an EWS practice length, not an official exam word limit.

Read Farewell to Barn and Stack and Tree. In your own words, explain the situation and the speaker’s or narrator’s view. Identify one detail connected with guilt, violence and the farewell voice.

For Farewell to Barn and Stack and Tree, select two precise details connected with guilt, violence and the farewell voice. Explain a choice of language, voice or structure in each. Show how the details develop or complicate your interpretation.

How does A. E. Housman explore guilt, violence and the farewell voice in Farewell to Barn and Stack and Tree? Plan a direct argument, then write 180–250 words with accurate evidence and analysis. This is an EWS practice length, not an official exam word limit.

Read Breakfast. In your own words, explain the situation and the speaker’s or narrator’s view. Identify one detail connected with silence, repeated actions and separation.

For Breakfast, select two precise details connected with silence, repeated actions and separation. Explain a choice of language, voice or structure in each. Show how the details develop or complicate your interpretation.

How does Jacques Prévert; translated by Reggie Siriwardena explore silence, repeated actions and separation in Breakfast? Plan a direct argument, then write 180–250 words with accurate evidence and analysis. This is an EWS practice length, not an official exam word limit.

Read Once Upon a Time. In your own words, explain the situation and the speaker’s or narrator’s view. Identify one detail connected with the contrast between sincerity and social pretence.

For Once Upon a Time, select two precise details connected with the contrast between sincerity and social pretence. Explain a choice of language, voice or structure in each. Show how the details develop or complicate your interpretation.

How does Gabriel Okara explore the contrast between sincerity and social pretence in Once Upon a Time? Plan a direct argument, then write 180–250 words with accurate evidence and analysis. This is an EWS practice length, not an official exam word limit.

Read Caged Bird. In your own words, explain the situation and the speaker’s or narrator’s view. Identify one detail connected with freedom, restriction and the contrasting birds.

For Caged Bird, select two precise details connected with freedom, restriction and the contrasting birds. Explain a choice of language, voice or structure in each. Show how the details develop or complicate your interpretation.

How does Maya Angelou explore freedom, restriction and the contrasting birds in Caged Bird? Plan a direct argument, then write 180–250 words with accurate evidence and analysis. This is an EWS practice length, not an official exam word limit.

Read Richard Cory. In your own words, explain the situation and the speaker’s or narrator’s view. Identify one detail connected with outward success and the limits of the crowd’s knowledge.

For Richard Cory, select two precise details connected with outward success and the limits of the crowd’s knowledge. Explain a choice of language, voice or structure in each. Show how the details develop or complicate your interpretation.

How does Edwin Arlington Robinson explore outward success and the limits of the crowd’s knowledge in Richard Cory? Plan a direct argument, then write 180–250 words with accurate evidence and analysis. This is an EWS practice length, not an official exam word limit.

Read Big Match, 1983. In your own words, explain the situation and the speaker’s or narrator’s view. Identify one detail connected with violence, spectatorship and the cricket metaphor.

For Big Match, 1983, select two precise details connected with violence, spectatorship and the cricket metaphor. Explain a choice of language, voice or structure in each. Show how the details develop or complicate your interpretation.

How does Yasmin Gooneratne explore violence, spectatorship and the cricket metaphor in Big Match, 1983? Plan a direct argument, then write 180–250 words with accurate evidence and analysis. This is an EWS practice length, not an official exam word limit.

Read The Earthen Goblet. In your own words, explain the situation and the speaker’s or narrator’s view. Identify one detail connected with creation, loss and the goblet’s voice.

For The Earthen Goblet, select two precise details connected with creation, loss and the goblet’s voice. Explain a choice of language, voice or structure in each. Show how the details develop or complicate your interpretation.

How does Harindranath Chattopadhyaya explore creation, loss and the goblet’s voice in The Earthen Goblet? Plan a direct argument, then write 180–250 words with accurate evidence and analysis. This is an EWS practice length, not an official exam word limit.

Read Father and Son. In your own words, explain the situation and the speaker’s or narrator’s view. Identify one detail connected with two voices and a conflict between generations.

For Father and Son, select two precise details connected with two voices and a conflict between generations. Explain a choice of language, voice or structure in each. Show how the details develop or complicate your interpretation.

How does Cat Stevens explore two voices and a conflict between generations in Father and Son? Plan a direct argument, then write 180–250 words with accurate evidence and analysis. This is an EWS practice length, not an official exam word limit.

Read Fear. In your own words, explain the situation and the speaker’s or narrator’s view. Identify one detail connected with love, protection and the fear of losing a child.

For Fear, select two precise details connected with love, protection and the fear of losing a child. Explain a choice of language, voice or structure in each. Show how the details develop or complicate your interpretation.

How does Gabriela Mistral explore love, protection and the fear of losing a child in Fear? Plan a direct argument, then write 180–250 words with accurate evidence and analysis. This is an EWS practice length, not an official exam word limit.

Read The Clown’s Wife. In your own words, explain the situation and the speaker’s or narrator’s view. Identify one detail connected with private pain behind public performance.

For The Clown’s Wife, select two precise details connected with private pain behind public performance. Explain a choice of language, voice or structure in each. Show how the details develop or complicate your interpretation.

How does John Agard explore private pain behind public performance in The Clown’s Wife? Plan a direct argument, then write 180–250 words with accurate evidence and analysis. This is an EWS practice length, not an official exam word limit.

Read The Camel’s Hump. In your own words, explain the situation and the speaker’s or narrator’s view. Identify one detail connected with humour, laziness and the value of work.

For The Camel’s Hump, select two precise details connected with humour, laziness and the value of work. Explain a choice of language, voice or structure in each. Show how the details develop or complicate your interpretation.

How does Rudyard Kipling explore humour, laziness and the value of work in The Camel’s Hump? Plan a direct argument, then write 180–250 words with accurate evidence and analysis. This is an EWS practice length, not an official exam word limit.

Read Upside Down. In your own words, explain the situation and the speaker’s or narrator’s view. Identify one detail connected with imagination and a changed view of everyday life.

For Upside Down, select two precise details connected with imagination and a changed view of everyday life. Explain a choice of language, voice or structure in each. Show how the details develop or complicate your interpretation.

How does Alexander Kushner explore imagination and a changed view of everyday life in Upside Down? Plan a direct argument, then write 180–250 words with accurate evidence and analysis. This is an EWS practice length, not an official exam word limit.

Read The Huntsman. In your own words, explain the situation and the speaker’s or narrator’s view. Identify one detail connected with irony, speech and the unexpected ending.

For The Huntsman, select two precise details connected with irony, speech and the unexpected ending. Explain a choice of language, voice or structure in each. Show how the details develop or complicate your interpretation.

How does Edward Lowbury explore irony, speech and the unexpected ending in The Huntsman? Plan a direct argument, then write 180–250 words with accurate evidence and analysis. This is an EWS practice length, not an official exam word limit.

Read Two’s Company. In your own words, explain the situation and the speaker’s or narrator’s view. Identify one detail connected with suspense, expectations and the final twist.

For Two’s Company, select two precise details connected with suspense, expectations and the final twist. Explain a choice of language, voice or structure in each. Show how the details develop or complicate your interpretation.

How does Raymond Wilson explore suspense, expectations and the final twist in Two’s Company? Plan a direct argument, then write 180–250 words with accurate evidence and analysis. This is an EWS practice length, not an official exam word limit.

Read The Nightingale and the Rose. In your own words, explain the situation and the speaker’s or narrator’s view. Identify one detail connected with sacrifice, idealism and material values.

For The Nightingale and the Rose, select two precise details connected with sacrifice, idealism and material values. Explain a choice of language, voice or structure in each. Show how the details develop or complicate your interpretation.

How does Oscar Wilde explore sacrifice, idealism and material values in The Nightingale and the Rose? Plan a direct argument, then write 180–250 words with accurate evidence and analysis. This is an EWS practice length, not an official exam word limit.

Read The Lahore Attack. In your own words, explain the situation and the speaker’s or narrator’s view. Identify one detail connected with personal experience, violence and the wider meaning of sport.

For The Lahore Attack, select two precise details connected with personal experience, violence and the wider meaning of sport. Explain a choice of language, voice or structure in each. Show how the details develop or complicate your interpretation.

How does Kumar Sangakkara explore personal experience, violence and the wider meaning of sport in The Lahore Attack? Plan a direct argument, then write 180–250 words with accurate evidence and analysis. This is an EWS practice length, not an official exam word limit.

Read The Lumber Room. In your own words, explain the situation and the speaker’s or narrator’s view. Identify one detail connected with imagination, authority and the child’s point of view.

For The Lumber Room, select two precise details connected with imagination, authority and the child’s point of view. Explain a choice of language, voice or structure in each. Show how the details develop or complicate your interpretation.

How does Saki explore imagination, authority and the child’s point of view in The Lumber Room? Plan a direct argument, then write 180–250 words with accurate evidence and analysis. This is an EWS practice length, not an official exam word limit.

Read Extract from Wave. In your own words, explain the situation and the speaker’s or narrator’s view. Identify one detail connected with memory, grief and the narration of loss.

For Extract from Wave, select two precise details connected with memory, grief and the narration of loss. Explain a choice of language, voice or structure in each. Show how the details develop or complicate your interpretation.

How does Sonali Deraniyagala explore memory, grief and the narration of loss in Extract from Wave? Plan a direct argument, then write 180–250 words with accurate evidence and analysis. This is an EWS practice length, not an official exam word limit.

Read Twilight of a Crane. Choose one chapter or scene for this session. In your own words, explain the situation and the speaker’s or narrator’s view. Identify one detail connected with love, greed and the cost of the central bargain.

For Twilight of a Crane, select two precise details connected with love, greed and the cost of the central bargain. Explain a choice of language, voice or structure in each. Show how the details develop or complicate your interpretation.

How does Junji Kinoshita explore love, greed and the cost of the central bargain in Twilight of a Crane? Plan a direct argument, then write 180–250 words with accurate evidence and analysis. This is an EWS practice length, not an official exam word limit.

Read The Bear. Choose one chapter or scene for this session. In your own words, explain the situation and the speaker’s or narrator’s view. Identify one detail connected with comic reversals, grief and conflicting expectations.

For The Bear, select two precise details connected with comic reversals, grief and conflicting expectations. Explain a choice of language, voice or structure in each. Show how the details develop or complicate your interpretation.

How does Anton Chekhov explore comic reversals, grief and conflicting expectations in The Bear? Plan a direct argument, then write 180–250 words with accurate evidence and analysis. This is an EWS practice length, not an official exam word limit.

Read The Prince and the Pauper. Choose one chapter or scene for this session. In your own words, explain the situation and the speaker’s or narrator’s view. Identify one detail connected with class, identity and the effects of exchanging roles.

For The Prince and the Pauper, select two precise details connected with class, identity and the effects of exchanging roles. Explain a choice of language, voice or structure in each. Show how the details develop or complicate your interpretation.

How does Mark Twain explore class, identity and the effects of exchanging roles in The Prince and the Pauper? Plan a direct argument, then write 180–250 words with accurate evidence and analysis. This is an EWS practice length, not an official exam word limit.

Read Bringing Tony Home. Choose one chapter or scene for this session. In your own words, explain the situation and the speaker’s or narrator’s view. Identify one detail connected with loyalty, poverty and the bond between a boy and a dog.

For Bringing Tony Home, select two precise details connected with loyalty, poverty and the bond between a boy and a dog. Explain a choice of language, voice or structure in each. Show how the details develop or complicate your interpretation.

How does Tissa Abeysekara explore loyalty, poverty and the bond between a boy and a dog in Bringing Tony Home? Plan a direct argument, then write 180–250 words with accurate evidence and analysis. This is an EWS practice length, not an official exam word limit.

Read The Vendor of Sweets. Choose one chapter or scene for this session. In your own words, explain the situation and the speaker’s or narrator’s view. Identify one detail connected with family conflict, changing values and personal choices.

For The Vendor of Sweets, select two precise details connected with family conflict, changing values and personal choices. Explain a choice of language, voice or structure in each. Show how the details develop or complicate your interpretation.

How does R. K. Narayan explore family conflict, changing values and personal choices in The Vendor of Sweets? Plan a direct argument, then write 180–250 words with accurate evidence and analysis. This is an EWS practice length, not an official exam word limit.

Read The Chimney Sweeper. In your own words, explain the situation and the speaker’s or narrator’s view. Identify one detail connected with Childhood and exploitation.

For The Chimney Sweeper, select two precise details connected with Childhood and exploitation. Explain a choice of language, voice or structure in each. Show how the details develop or complicate your interpretation.

How does the speaker's language shape our response to exploited children? Plan an argument, use precise evidence and explain the writer’s methods. Write 300–450 words for this EWS practice task; this is not an official exam word limit.

Read Animal Crackers. In your own words, explain the situation and the speaker’s or narrator’s view. Identify one detail connected with Political satire.

For Animal Crackers, select two precise details connected with Political satire. Explain a choice of language, voice or structure in each. Show how the details develop or complicate your interpretation.

How does the child's play develop into political satire? Plan an argument, use precise evidence and explain the writer’s methods. Write 300–450 words for this EWS practice task; this is not an official exam word limit.

Read Design. In your own words, explain the situation and the speaker’s or narrator’s view. Identify one detail connected with Order and doubt.

For Design, select two precise details connected with Order and doubt. Explain a choice of language, voice or structure in each. Show how the details develop or complicate your interpretation.

How do the closing questions change our understanding of the white images? Plan an argument, use precise evidence and explain the writer’s methods. Write 300–450 words for this EWS practice task; this is not an official exam word limit.

Read Go and Catch a Falling Star. In your own words, explain the situation and the speaker’s or narrator’s view. Identify one detail connected with Exaggeration and constancy.

For Go and Catch a Falling Star, select two precise details connected with Exaggeration and constancy. Explain a choice of language, voice or structure in each. Show how the details develop or complicate your interpretation.

How do the impossible tasks support the speaker's argument about constancy? Plan an argument, use precise evidence and explain the writer’s methods. Write 300–450 words for this EWS practice task; this is not an official exam word limit.

Read Fisherman Mourned by His Wife. In your own words, explain the situation and the speaker’s or narrator’s view. Identify one detail connected with Love and grief.

For Fisherman Mourned by His Wife, select two precise details connected with Love and grief. Explain a choice of language, voice or structure in each. Show how the details develop or complicate your interpretation.

How do memories of married life shape the wife's present grief? Plan an argument, use precise evidence and explain the writer’s methods. Write 300–450 words for this EWS practice task; this is not an official exam word limit.

Read To a Snowdrop. In your own words, explain the situation and the speaker’s or narrator’s view. Identify one detail connected with Nature and time.

For To a Snowdrop, select two precise details connected with Nature and time. Explain a choice of language, voice or structure in each. Show how the details develop or complicate your interpretation.

How does addressing the flower connect nature with the passing of time? Plan an argument, use precise evidence and explain the writer’s methods. Write 300–450 words for this EWS practice task; this is not an official exam word limit.

Read Sonnet 141. In your own words, explain the situation and the speaker’s or narrator’s view. Identify one detail connected with Love and judgement.

For Sonnet 141, select two precise details connected with Love and judgement. Explain a choice of language, voice or structure in each. Show how the details develop or complicate your interpretation.

How does the contrast between the senses and the heart complicate love? Plan an argument, use precise evidence and explain the writer’s methods. Write 300–450 words for this EWS practice task; this is not an official exam word limit.

Read Remember. In your own words, explain the situation and the speaker’s or narrator’s view. Identify one detail connected with Memory and selflessness.

For Remember, select two precise details connected with Memory and selflessness. Explain a choice of language, voice or structure in each. Show how the details develop or complicate your interpretation.

How does the turn in the sonnet change what the speaker asks of the beloved? Plan an argument, use precise evidence and explain the writer’s methods. Write 300–450 words for this EWS practice task; this is not an official exam word limit.

Read The Rape of the Lock: Canto III, lines 128–160. In your own words, explain the situation and the speaker’s or narrator’s view. Identify one detail connected with Mock-heroic satire.

For The Rape of the Lock: Canto III, lines 128–160, select two precise details connected with Mock-heroic satire. Explain a choice of language, voice or structure in each. Show how the details develop or complicate your interpretation.

How does mock-heroic language exaggerate the cutting of the lock? Plan an argument, use precise evidence and explain the writer’s methods. Write 300–450 words for this EWS practice task; this is not an official exam word limit.

Read To the Memory of Mr. Oldham. In your own words, explain the situation and the speaker’s or narrator’s view. Identify one detail connected with Elegy and friendship.

For To the Memory of Mr. Oldham, select two precise details connected with Elegy and friendship. Explain a choice of language, voice or structure in each. Show how the details develop or complicate your interpretation.

How does the elegy turn personal grief into a tribute to another poet? Plan an argument, use precise evidence and explain the writer’s methods. Write 300–450 words for this EWS practice task; this is not an official exam word limit.

Read An Introduction. In your own words, explain the situation and the speaker’s or narrator’s view. Identify one detail connected with Language and identity.

For An Introduction, select two precise details connected with Language and identity. Explain a choice of language, voice or structure in each. Show how the details develop or complicate your interpretation.

How does the speaker's use of the first person challenge imposed identities? Plan an argument, use precise evidence and explain the writer’s methods. Write 300–450 words for this EWS practice task; this is not an official exam word limit.

Read Money. In your own words, explain the situation and the speaker’s or narrator’s view. Identify one detail connected with Consumerism and emptiness.

For Money, select two precise details connected with Consumerism and emptiness. Explain a choice of language, voice or structure in each. Show how the details develop or complicate your interpretation.

How does personification make money appear powerful in ordinary life? Plan an argument, use precise evidence and explain the writer’s methods. Write 300–450 words for this EWS practice task; this is not an official exam word limit.

Read Sonnet 73. In your own words, explain the situation and the speaker’s or narrator’s view. Identify one detail connected with Ageing and love.

For Sonnet 73, select two precise details connected with Ageing and love. Explain a choice of language, voice or structure in each. Show how the details develop or complicate your interpretation.

How do the three central images develop the speaker's thoughts about ageing? Plan an argument, use precise evidence and explain the writer’s methods. Write 300–450 words for this EWS practice task; this is not an official exam word limit.

Read Spring and Fall. In your own words, explain the situation and the speaker’s or narrator’s view. Identify one detail connected with Loss and mortality.

For Spring and Fall, select two precise details connected with Loss and mortality. Explain a choice of language, voice or structure in each. Show how the details develop or complicate your interpretation.

How does the child's sadness lead to a wider reflection on mortality? Plan an argument, use precise evidence and explain the writer’s methods. Write 300–450 words for this EWS practice task; this is not an official exam word limit.

Read An Unknown Girl. In your own words, explain the situation and the speaker’s or narrator’s view. Identify one detail connected with Belonging and identity.

For An Unknown Girl, select two precise details connected with Belonging and identity. Explain a choice of language, voice or structure in each. Show how the details develop or complicate your interpretation.

How does the henna image develop the speaker's search for belonging? Plan an argument, use precise evidence and explain the writer’s methods. Write 300–450 words for this EWS practice task; this is not an official exam word limit.

Read Suicide in the Trenches. In your own words, explain the situation and the speaker’s or narrator’s view. Identify one detail connected with War and hypocrisy.

For Suicide in the Trenches, select two precise details connected with War and hypocrisy. Explain a choice of language, voice or structure in each. Show how the details develop or complicate your interpretation.

How does the final stanza change the tone and direct the reader's judgement? Plan an argument, use precise evidence and explain the writer’s methods. Write 300–450 words for this EWS practice task; this is not an official exam word limit.

Read Phenomenal Woman. In your own words, explain the situation and the speaker’s or narrator’s view. Identify one detail connected with Confidence and identity.

For Phenomenal Woman, select two precise details connected with Confidence and identity. Explain a choice of language, voice or structure in each. Show how the details develop or complicate your interpretation.

How does the repeated refrain build the speaker's confidence? Plan an argument, use precise evidence and explain the writer’s methods. Write 300–450 words for this EWS practice task; this is not an official exam word limit.

Read Explosion. In your own words, explain the situation and the speaker’s or narrator’s view. Identify one detail connected with Violence and irony.

For Explosion, select two precise details connected with Violence and irony. Explain a choice of language, voice or structure in each. Show how the details develop or complicate your interpretation.

How does the final advertisement create irony after the account of destruction? Plan an argument, use precise evidence and explain the writer’s methods. Write 300–450 words for this EWS practice task; this is not an official exam word limit.

Read A Slumber Did My Spirit Seal. In your own words, explain the situation and the speaker’s or narrator’s view. Identify one detail connected with Death and nature.

For A Slumber Did My Spirit Seal, select two precise details connected with Death and nature. Explain a choice of language, voice or structure in each. Show how the details develop or complicate your interpretation.

How does the contrast between the two stanzas change the speaker's understanding of death? Plan an argument, use precise evidence and explain the writer’s methods. Write 300–450 words for this EWS practice task; this is not an official exam word limit.

Read Batter My Heart. In your own words, explain the situation and the speaker’s or narrator’s view. Identify one detail connected with Spiritual struggle.

For Batter My Heart, select two precise details connected with Spiritual struggle. Explain a choice of language, voice or structure in each. Show how the details develop or complicate your interpretation.

How do paradox and forceful imagery present spiritual struggle? Plan an argument, use precise evidence and explain the writer’s methods. Write 300–450 words for this EWS practice task; this is not an official exam word limit.

Read Among School Children. In your own words, explain the situation and the speaker’s or narrator’s view. Identify one detail connected with Ageing and unity.

For Among School Children, select two precise details connected with Ageing and unity. Explain a choice of language, voice or structure in each. Show how the details develop or complicate your interpretation.

How does the final image connect the poem's questions about life and unity? Plan an argument, use precise evidence and explain the writer’s methods. Write 300–450 words for this EWS practice task; this is not an official exam word limit.

Read The Cathedral Builders. In your own words, explain the situation and the speaker’s or narrator’s view. Identify one detail connected with Labour and achievement.

For The Cathedral Builders, select two precise details connected with Labour and achievement. Explain a choice of language, voice or structure in each. Show how the details develop or complicate your interpretation.

How does the long sentence connect ordinary labour with lasting achievement? Plan an argument, use precise evidence and explain the writer’s methods. Write 300–450 words for this EWS practice task; this is not an official exam word limit.

Read Morning at the Window. In your own words, explain the situation and the speaker’s or narrator’s view. Identify one detail connected with Urban isolation.

For Morning at the Window, select two precise details connected with Urban isolation. Explain a choice of language, voice or structure in each. Show how the details develop or complicate your interpretation.

How does the selection of urban images create the poem's mood? Plan an argument, use precise evidence and explain the writer’s methods. Write 300–450 words for this EWS practice task; this is not an official exam word limit.

Read Ode to a Nightingale. In your own words, explain the situation and the speaker’s or narrator’s view. Identify one detail connected with Art and mortality.

For Ode to a Nightingale, select two precise details connected with Art and mortality. Explain a choice of language, voice or structure in each. Show how the details develop or complicate your interpretation.

How does the contrast between the bird and the speaker develop a conflict between imagination and reality? Plan an argument, use precise evidence and explain the writer’s methods. Write 300–450 words for this EWS practice task; this is not an official exam word limit.

Read Action and Reaction. In your own words, explain the situation and the speaker’s or narrator’s view. Identify one detail connected with Giving and hypocrisy.

For Action and Reaction, select two precise details connected with Giving and hypocrisy. Explain a choice of language, voice or structure in each. Show how the details develop or complicate your interpretation.

How does the contrast between declared beliefs and actual behaviour reveal hypocrisy? Plan an argument, use precise evidence and explain the writer’s methods. Write 300–450 words for this EWS practice task; this is not an official exam word limit.

Read Cat in the Rain. In your own words, explain the situation and the speaker’s or narrator’s view. Identify one detail connected with Desire and isolation.

For Cat in the Rain, select two precise details connected with Desire and isolation. Explain a choice of language, voice or structure in each. Show how the details develop or complicate your interpretation.

How do the wife's requests suggest needs that she cannot express directly? Plan an argument, use precise evidence and explain the writer’s methods. Write 300–450 words for this EWS practice task; this is not an official exam word limit.

Read Eveline. In your own words, explain the situation and the speaker’s or narrator’s view. Identify one detail connected with Duty and paralysis.

For Eveline, select two precise details connected with Duty and paralysis. Explain a choice of language, voice or structure in each. Show how the details develop or complicate your interpretation.

How do memory and family duty influence the character's final decision? Plan an argument, use precise evidence and explain the writer’s methods. Write 300–450 words for this EWS practice task; this is not an official exam word limit.

Read Interpreter of Maladies. In your own words, explain the situation and the speaker’s or narrator’s view. Identify one detail connected with Miscommunication and relationships.

For Interpreter of Maladies, select two precise details connected with Miscommunication and relationships. Explain a choice of language, voice or structure in each. Show how the details develop or complicate your interpretation.

How do failures of interpretation expose problems in the characters' relationships? Plan an argument, use precise evidence and explain the writer’s methods. Write 300–450 words for this EWS practice task; this is not an official exam word limit.

Read Everyday Use. In your own words, explain the situation and the speaker’s or narrator’s view. Identify one detail connected with Heritage and identity.

For Everyday Use, select two precise details connected with Heritage and identity. Explain a choice of language, voice or structure in each. Show how the details develop or complicate your interpretation.

How do the different attitudes to the quilts reveal contrasting ideas of heritage? Plan an argument, use precise evidence and explain the writer’s methods. Write 300–450 words for this EWS practice task; this is not an official exam word limit.

Read The Thing Around Your Neck. In your own words, explain the situation and the speaker’s or narrator’s view. Identify one detail connected with Migration and isolation.

For The Thing Around Your Neck, select two precise details connected with Migration and isolation. Explain a choice of language, voice or structure in each. Show how the details develop or complicate your interpretation.

How does the second-person narration shape our understanding of migration and isolation? Plan an argument, use precise evidence and explain the writer’s methods. Write 300–450 words for this EWS practice task; this is not an official exam word limit.

Read Othello. Choose one chapter or scene for this session. In your own words, explain the situation and the speaker’s or narrator’s view. Identify one detail connected with Jealousy and manipulation.

For Othello, select two precise details connected with Jealousy and manipulation. Explain a choice of language, voice or structure in each. Show how the details develop or complicate your interpretation.

How does manipulation influence the way a character judges apparent evidence? Plan an argument, use precise evidence and explain the writer’s methods. Write 300–450 words for this EWS practice task; this is not an official exam word limit.

Read The Glass Menagerie. Choose one chapter or scene for this session. In your own words, explain the situation and the speaker’s or narrator’s view. Identify one detail connected with Memory and escape.

For The Glass Menagerie, select two precise details connected with Memory and escape. Explain a choice of language, voice or structure in each. Show how the details develop or complicate your interpretation.

How do memory and stage symbols shape our understanding of the family's wish to escape? Plan an argument, use precise evidence and explain the writer’s methods. Write 300–450 words for this EWS practice task; this is not an official exam word limit.

Read The Tempest. Choose one chapter or scene for this session. In your own words, explain the situation and the speaker’s or narrator’s view. Identify one detail connected with Power and reconciliation.

For The Tempest, select two precise details connected with Power and reconciliation. Explain a choice of language, voice or structure in each. Show how the details develop or complicate your interpretation.

How does a character's use of power complicate the movement towards reconciliation? Plan an argument, use precise evidence and explain the writer’s methods. Write 300–450 words for this EWS practice task; this is not an official exam word limit.

Read The Dumb Waiter. Choose one chapter or scene for this session. In your own words, explain the situation and the speaker’s or narrator’s view. Identify one detail connected with Power and uncertainty.

For The Dumb Waiter, select two precise details connected with Power and uncertainty. Explain a choice of language, voice or structure in each. Show how the details develop or complicate your interpretation.

How do pauses, unexplained instructions and ordinary dialogue create uncertainty? Plan an argument, use precise evidence and explain the writer’s methods. Write 300–450 words for this EWS practice task; this is not an official exam word limit.

Read Sizwe Bansi Is Dead. Choose one chapter or scene for this session. In your own words, explain the situation and the speaker’s or narrator’s view. Identify one detail connected with Apartheid and identity.

For Sizwe Bansi Is Dead, select two precise details connected with Apartheid and identity. Explain a choice of language, voice or structure in each. Show how the details develop or complicate your interpretation.

How do the passbook and photograph connect survival with the loss of identity? Plan an argument, use precise evidence and explain the writer’s methods. Write 300–450 words for this EWS practice task; this is not an official exam word limit.

Read July’s People. Choose one chapter or scene for this session. In your own words, explain the situation and the speaker’s or narrator’s view. Identify one detail connected with Race and power.

For July’s People, select two precise details connected with Race and power. Explain a choice of language, voice or structure in each. Show how the details develop or complicate your interpretation.

How does a change in who controls everyday objects reveal a change in social power? Plan an argument, use precise evidence and explain the writer’s methods. Write 300–450 words for this EWS practice task; this is not an official exam word limit.

Read Tess of the d’Urbervilles. Choose one chapter or scene for this session. In your own words, explain the situation and the speaker’s or narrator’s view. Identify one detail connected with Gender and judgement.

For Tess of the d’Urbervilles, select two precise details connected with Gender and judgement. Explain a choice of language, voice or structure in each. Show how the details develop or complicate your interpretation.

How does the contrast between social judgement and personal responsibility shape our response to Tess? Plan an argument, use precise evidence and explain the writer’s methods. Write 300–450 words for this EWS practice task; this is not an official exam word limit.

Read The Remains of the Day. Choose one chapter or scene for this session. In your own words, explain the situation and the speaker’s or narrator’s view. Identify one detail connected with Duty and regret.

For The Remains of the Day, select two precise details connected with Duty and regret. Explain a choice of language, voice or structure in each. Show how the details develop or complicate your interpretation.

How does the narrator's recollection reveal the relationship between duty and regret? Plan an argument, use precise evidence and explain the writer’s methods. Write 300–450 words for this EWS practice task; this is not an official exam word limit.

Read Nectar in a Sieve. Choose one chapter or scene for this session. In your own words, explain the situation and the speaker’s or narrator’s view. Identify one detail connected with Poverty and resilience.

For Nectar in a Sieve, select two precise details connected with Poverty and resilience. Explain a choice of language, voice or structure in each. Show how the details develop or complicate your interpretation.

How do changes in the family's circumstances test the meaning of resilience? Plan an argument, use precise evidence and explain the writer’s methods. Write 300–450 words for this EWS practice task; this is not an official exam word limit.

Read Life of Pi. Choose one chapter or scene for this session. In your own words, explain the situation and the speaker’s or narrator’s view. Identify one detail connected with Survival and storytelling.

For Life of Pi, select two precise details connected with Survival and storytelling. Explain a choice of language, voice or structure in each. Show how the details develop or complicate your interpretation.

How do the alternative accounts challenge the reader's understanding of truth and storytelling? Plan an argument, use precise evidence and explain the writer’s methods. Write 300–450 words for this EWS practice task; this is not an official exam word limit.