w w w e tr .X m eP e ap .c rs om IGCSE SYLLABUS 0476 IGCSE SYLLABUS 0486 O LEVEL SYLLABUS 2010 STORIES OF OURSELVES: THE UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE INTERNATIONAL EXAMINATIONS ANTHOLOGY OF SHORT STORIES IN ENGLISH NOTES FOR TEACHERS on the short stories set for examination in June and November Years 2013‚ 2014‚ 2015 * © University of Cambridge International Examinations [ * NOTE: There are separate documents about the different selections of stories set for examination in years 2007- 2009
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English 9 Short Story Exam Study Guide NOTE: This is a study guide‚ not a list of everything that will be on the exam. The fact that something is listed on here does not necessarily mean that it will appear on the exam‚ and just because it is not on this sheet does not mean that it will not appear on the exam. It is your job to study for the test. Test Format: 150 point Objective exam (multiple choice‚ true/false‚ matching‚ quotation identification) Bring a #2 Pencil 50 point Written Section
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Major Themes of the play c. Important quotes d. Biography of the author 2. Stories of Ourselves (the following stories) Nathaniel Hawthorne The Hollow of the Three Hills Edith Wharton The Moving Finger Saki (Hector Hugh Munro) Sredni Vashtar Virginia Woolf The Lady in the Looking Glass: A Reflection Bernard Malamud The Prison J. G. Ballard Billennium Janet Frame
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Charlotte (Tom) and Augusta‚ and their grandmother. Some of Saki’s characters come from this very household‚ his aunts were to serve as prototypes on which to base a number of his characters. Aunt Augusta is the inspiration for the women in both Sredni Vashtar and The Lumber Room while Aunt Tom was the creative impetus for The Sex that never Shops. Ethel Munro recalls that their tastes in reading (or being read to) centered around Robinson Crusoe‚Masterman Ready‚ Alice in Wonderland. Saki was especially
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corporal punishment. Although these aunts were probably well-intentioned‚ they brought him up in a regime of strictness and severity. This left an indelible mark on his character‚ and is immortalized in a number of his short stories‚ especially Sredni Vashtar and The Lumber Room. In her Biography of Saki Munro’s sister writes: "One of Munro’s aunts‚ Augusta‚ was a woman of ungovernable temper‚ of fierce likes and dislikes‚ imperious‚ a moral coward‚ possessing no brains worth speaking of‚ and a primitive
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Encyclopedia of Gothic Literature Encyclopedia of Gothic Literature MARY ELLEN SNODGRASS Encyclopedia of Gothic Literature Copyright © 2005 by Mary Ellen Snodgrass All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced or utilized in any form or by any means‚ electronic or mechanical‚ including photocopying‚ recording‚ or by any information storage or retrieval systems‚ without permission in writing from the publisher. For information contact: Facts On File‚ Inc. 132 West
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