Identify three expressions in Jane’s opening sentences, from “By this time” to “it cannot be delayed”, that establish her state of mind. Quote each expression and briefly explain its significance.

Identify three details in the account from “He did trace them easily to Clapham” to “no such people had been seen to pass through” that suggest the limits of the search. Quote the relevant words and briefly explain each detail.

Identify three ways Jane’s description of her family, from “My poor mother is really ill” to “one cannot wonder”, reveals her attitude towards them. Quote the words on which you base each explanation.

Analyse how reported information creates uncertainty in the section from “Though Lydia’s short letter” to “I know not what to think.”

Analyse how Jane’s language in the section from “My father and mother believe the worst” to “W. was not a man to be trusted” presents a conflict between hope and evidence.

Comment on the effect of the apparent ending “Adieu” and the renewed appeal that follows it, through to the end of the letter.

To what extent does Jane’s letter, considered as a whole, make her uncertainty more revealing than the factual information she supplies?

Discuss how affectionate address and the reporting of other people’s reactions work together across the letter to make the crisis a shared experience.

Evaluate how effectively the framing account of Elizabeth’s reading and the letter’s movement from explanation to appeal turn communication into action.

Identify three details of Pip’s breakfast, before the arithmetic questions begin, that characterize the treatment he receives. Quote each detail and explain its significance briefly.

Identify three features of the young lady’s conduct from the moment she comes across the courtyard to “come in, Pip” that establish her authority. Quote the relevant words and briefly explain each feature.

Identify three features of the final exchange about the brewery, from “She saw me looking at it” onwards, that distinguish the girl’s manner from Pip’s. Quote the words supporting each explanation.

Analyse how the arithmetic questioning and the description of eating work together to characterize Pumblechook during breakfast.

Analyse how the exchange from “Mr. Pumblechook was coming in also” to his departure changes the reader’s view of his authority.

Comment on how the description of the house and courtyard, from “Within a quarter of an hour” to the wind’s comparison with a ship at sea, shapes Pip’s position as a newcomer.

To what extent does the retrospective narrative voice allow Pip to resist the authority he cannot openly challenge during the events described?

Discuss how the breakfast and gate scenes work together to present power as something exercised over others but also liable to reversal.

Evaluate how comic characterization and the unsettling description of Miss Havisham’s premises combine to shape the reader’s response to Pip’s arrival.

Identify three details in the opening two paragraphs that make Gatsby’s illuminated house seem strange. Quote each detail and briefly explain its effect.

Identify three signs of Gatsby’s unease between “He waited, looking at me” and “I suspected that he meant my grass.” Quote the relevant words and briefly explain each sign.

Identify three expressions in Gatsby’s business proposal, from “I carry on a little business” to “a rather confidential sort of thing”, that make the offer indirect. Quote each expression and explain its effect briefly.

Analyse how the opening description of the house, through Nick’s comparison with the “World’s Fair”, establishes an atmosphere of display without fulfilment.

Analyse how the description of the two lawns and Gatsby’s wish to have the grass cut make the setting part of the negotiation over Daisy’s visit.

Comment on how Nick’s retrospective reflections, from “I realize now” to Gatsby’s departure, direct the reader’s interpretation of the business offer.

To what extent do the illuminated house and the divided lawns present Gatsby’s wealth as a source of control rather than a sign of insecurity?

Discuss how the movement from the spectacular house to the awkward business conversation complicates the relationship between generosity and self-interest.

Evaluate how the final paragraph and telephone exchange reshape the reader’s understanding of the night-time setting and the anticipated visit.

Identify three expressions, from “Hurrah!” to “That was clever”, that establish the narrator’s attitude towards being left alone. Quote each expression and briefly explain its significance.

Identify three expressions, from “that awful pattern began to laugh” to “no person touches this paper but me—not alive!”, that turn the wallpaper or its removal into a struggle. Quote each expression and briefly explain its effect.

Identify three physical restrictions in the section from “I have locked the door” to “the bars are too strong even to try”. Quote the relevant words and briefly explain what each restriction suggests.

Analyse how the narrator’s account of working with “that poor thing”, from “really I wasn’t alone a bit” to “half around the room”, presents cooperation while unsettling the distinction between the two figures.

Analyse how the narrator interprets Jennie’s behaviour, from “Jennie looked at the wall in amazement” to “I would call when I woke”, to justify excluding her.

Comment on how personification and bodily imagery intensify the narrator’s confrontation with the wallpaper in the passage from “Then I peeled off all the paper” to “might be misconstrued.”

To what extent does the final section, from “I don’t like to look out of the windows even” to the end, present confinement as something the narrator freely chooses?

Discuss how the narrator’s changing relationship with the woman in the wallpaper, from helping her to imagining tying her and finally speaking of emergence “as I did”, complicates the idea of liberation.

Evaluate how the narrator’s triumphant tone and the room’s resistant physical features work together across the extract to shape the reader’s response to her apparent victory.

Identify three details in the opening paragraph, from “The following morning” to “feelings that overpowered me”, that connect Victor’s surroundings with his emotional condition. Quote each detail and explain it briefly.

Identify three details in the ascent, from “The ascent is precipitous” to “an air of severity to the scene”, that make the landscape threatening. Quote each detail and briefly explain its effect.

Identify three details in the glacier description, from “The surface is very uneven” to “sunlight over the clouds”, that combine grandeur with instability. Quote each detail and briefly explain its significance.

Analyse how Victor’s recollection of the glacier, from “I remembered the effect” to the end of the first paragraph, establishes his expectations of nature.

Analyse how the reflection beginning “Alas! why does man boast” and the embedded verse present human feelings as vulnerable to change.

Comment on the effects of the qualified emotional change and the appeal to “Wandering spirits” in the extract’s final sentence.

To what extent does the mountain landscape act as a source of consolation rather than a reminder of Victor’s vulnerability?

Discuss how shifts from Victor’s personal recollection to generalized address and collective reflection make the landscape more than a record of one person’s journey.

Evaluate how the sequence of obscurity, destructive grandeur and sunlight prepares for the extract’s unresolved ending.

Identify three expressions in the opening paragraph that establish expectations about Victor’s future. Quote each expression and briefly explain its significance.

Identify three features of the mother’s deathbed speech that connect affection with expectations of others. Quote the words and briefly explain each connection.

Identify three expressions in the final paragraph that characterize Elizabeth’s response to the mother’s death. Quote each expression and explain its significance briefly.

Analyse how the movement from Elizabeth’s illness to the mother’s direct speech, in the second paragraph, changes the pace and emotional focus of the account.

Analyse how the long sentence beginning “It is so long before the mind” uses accumulated losses and delayed closure to represent the difficulty of accepting death.

Comment on the structural effect of returning to Victor’s postponed journey in the final paragraph and then shifting attention to Elizabeth.

To what extent does the extract’s progression from deathbed scene to general reflection and renewed plans present mourning as a process that can be completed?

Discuss how the mother’s final instructions and the account of Elizabeth in the final paragraph work together to shape the meaning of family duty.

Evaluate how Victor’s retrospective foreshadowing and his appeal to a shared experience of grief influence the reader’s response to the return of ordinary responsibilities.

Identify three features of the opening paragraph that characterize Edgar’s care for Catherine. Quote each feature and briefly explain what it suggests.

Identify three details, from the gift of “golden crocuses” to Catherine’s question about the snow, that characterize her response to the flowers. Quote each detail and explain it briefly.

Identify three expressions in the final paragraph that reveal the household’s assumptions about Catherine’s improvement. Quote each expression and briefly explain what it implies.

Analyse how the extended opening sentence presents Edgar’s devotion while qualifying his hopes for Catherine.

Analyse how Edgar’s speech beginning “The snow is quite gone” and Catherine’s reply use contrasting temporal perspectives to reveal different understandings of her condition.

Comment on how Catherine’s responses to the change of rooms, from “The master told me to light a fire” to “leaning on Edgar’s arm”, complicate the household’s account of recovery.

To what extent does the extract present Edgar’s devotion as enabling him to understand Catherine?

Discuss how Nelly’s confident collective statements and her more qualified observations shape the reader’s judgement of Catherine’s apparent recovery.

Evaluate how the spring imagery and the final reference to an heir work together to complicate the household’s hopes for Catherine’s future.

Identify three details in the opening paragraph that make the drawing-room resemble a place of mourning. Quote each detail and explain its effect briefly.

Identify three expressions, from “Their glance was guileless” to the imagined words “as he deserves”, through which Marlow interprets the Intended’s character. Quote each expression and briefly explain the interpretation.

Identify three signs of Marlow’s difficulty in speaking during the dialogue beginning “And you admired him”. Quote the words and briefly explain each sign.

Analyse how repetition and disrupted chronology, from “It was more than a year” to “I heard them together”, make the past intrude upon Marlow’s account of the visit.

Analyse how the interruption “Love him” and Marlow’s responses, through “And perhaps she did”, reveal competing understandings beneath apparent agreement.

Comment on the changing light around the Intended, from “The room seemed to have grown darker” to the extract’s final image.

To what extent does Marlow’s narration establish him as a reliable interpreter of the Intended’s inner life?

Discuss how the drawing-room’s funereal imagery and the Intended’s luminous certainty work together to make the meeting disturbing rather than consoling.

Evaluate how Marlow’s appeal “Do you understand?” and the unfinished or qualified statements in the dialogue present the limits of communication.