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Exam guideThis exam guide covers the 2027 Leaving Certificate English Higher Level examination.CompositionThe Leaving Certificate syllabus distinguishes between the language of argument and the language of persuasion, though real-world texts continually mix and…Reading ComprehensionSection I tests how clearly you read, interpret, and evaluate unseen texts. The exam paper gives you three texts: Text 1, Text 2, and Text 3.Comparative - Cultural ContextCultural Context investigates the social world of the text: the customs, values, laws, and power dynamics that dictate human behaviour.Comparative - Literary GenreLiterary Genre is not one of the three comparative modes examined on the 2027 paper, but learning its craft is the single most effective way to elevate an…Comparative - Theme or IssueIn Theme or issue, you examine how a central human concern or moral question is established, developed, and resolved across different narratives.Comparative - Vision & ViewpointGeneral Vision and Viewpoint evaluates the overall outlook on life conveyed by the text.OthelloWilliam Shakespeare's Othello is an intimate domestic tragedy exploring jealousy, racial prejudice, patriarchal control, and psychological manipulation.Text - A Doll's HouseHenrik Ibsen’s 1879 masterpiece, A Doll’s House, is a foundational text of theatrical realism that dramatises the suppression of individual identity within…Text - The Great GatsbyPublished in 1925, F.Text - Wuthering HeightsEmily Brontë's 1847 novel Wuthering Heights is prescribed for the Leaving Certificate Higher Level English examination in 2027 exclusively as a comparative…Text - The Tenant of Wildfell HallAnne Brontë's 1848 novel 'The Tenant of Wildfell Hall' is prescribed for the Leaving Certificate Higher Level English examination in 2027 under the…Text - HamnetMaggie O'Farrell's 2020 novel Hamnet reimagines the domestic sorrow behind William Shakespeare's Hamlet: the death of eleven-year-old Hamnet in 1596…Text - DraculaBram Stoker's Dracula (1897) is an epistolary Gothic novel charting the intrusion of an ancient Transylvanian aristocrat into modern Victorian Britain and…Text - Girl on an AltarMarina Carr's Girl on an Altar (2022) reimagines the ancient Greek myth of Clytemnestra and Agamemnon, placing maternal bereavement and patriarchal violence…Poetry - BishopElizabeth Bishop (1911–1979) is one of the most distinctive poets on the Leaving Certificate Higher Level English course.Poetry - DickinsonEmily Dickinson is one of the most distinctive and rewarding poets on the Leaving Certificate Higher Level English course.Poetry - DonneJohn Donne (1572–1631) is the central figure of metaphysical poetry, renowned for fusing intense emotion with rigorous intellectual argument.Poetry - MahonDerek Mahon is one of the most formally disciplined and morally resonant voices on the Leaving Certificate English syllabus.Poetry - MeehanPaula Meehan is one of Ireland's most respected contemporary poets.Poetry - RichAdrienne Rich (1929–2012) is one of the most intellectually searching and artistically transformative poets on the Leaving Certificate Higher Level English…Poetry - YeatsWilliam Butler Yeats (1865–1939) is one of the central figures of modern literature and a core poet on the Leaving Certificate Higher Level English course.Unseen PoetryUnder examination conditions, budget exactly 20 minutes for Section III Part A.
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