2017 Leaving Certificate 1. ‘The same theme or issue can appear more relevant to life today in some texts than in others.’
(a) In relation to one text on your comparative course, discuss the aspects of the text that, in your opinion, make your chosen theme or issue appear more or less relevant to life today. Support your answer with reference to the text. (30)
(b) In relation to two other texts on your comparative course, compare the aspects of those texts that, in your opinion, make your chosen theme or issue appear more or less relevant to life today. Support your answer with reference to your chosen texts. (40)
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2. ‘There are many reasons why the exploration of the same theme or issue can be more entertaining in some texts than in others.’
Compare the reasons why you found the exploration of the same theme or issue more entertaining in some texts than in others. Support your answer with reference to three texts on your comparative course. (70)
2015 Leaving Certificate
1. ‘Some texts leave readers with a largely idealistic impression of a theme or issue, while others leave readers with a more realistic or believable impression of the same theme or issue.’
With reference to the above statement, compare the impressions of the same theme or issue you formed when studying three texts on your comparative course. Support your answer by reference to the texts. (70)
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2. ‘It is possible for a reader to be surprised or shocked (or both) by aspects of a theme or issue encountered in texts.’
(a) Discuss the extent to which you were surprised or shocked (or both) by aspects of a theme or issue encountered in one of the texts you have studied for your comparative course. Support your answer by reference to the text. (30)
(b) Compare the extent to which you were surprised or shocked (or both) by aspects of the same theme or issue encountered in two other texts you have studied on your comparative course. Support your answer by reference to the texts. (40)
