CSEC English B case studies
CSEC English B · Put your knowledge to work in context.
CSEC English B is a Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate subject examined by the Caribbean Examinations Council (CXC). CSEC is the region's secondary school certification, and CXC lists English within its Arts and Humanities subject group. The CSEC English B case studies are 5 cases and about 4,167 words.
1Unseen poem: turning a device list into an argument
In the unseen-poetry part of the paper you meet a twenty-line poem, 'Market Day', by a Caribbean poet you have not studied. The speaker is a girl who helps her mother sell fruit in a town square.
829 words, about 4 min2Comparative poetry essay: two poems, one question, forty minutes
Your class has studied 'Farewell, Green Hills', a forty-line poem in which a man about to board a ship for England walks his village boundary one last time, addressing the hills, the gully and his grandmother's gate. The examination gives you a poem you have never seen, 'Passport Photograph', fourteen lines long, in which a woman describes a booth photograph and the official who tells her not to smile.
845 words, about 4 min3Drama: a directorial choice versus what the printed text supports
Rehearsals for your school's production of a studied Caribbean play are in their third week. In Act Two the father, Egbert, hands his daughter Marlene a business ledger and says: 'Sign it.
802 words, about 4 min4Prose fiction: a child narrator and the gap the reader fills
You are writing on a studied novel narrated by a nine-year-old boy, Joel. In the chapter under discussion his aunt, Pearl, leaves the house at night.
851 words, about 4 min5'Discuss the view': judging a character when the question invites a verdict
The essay question reads: 'In the novel you have studied, a mother leaves her two children with her sister and travels abroad for work. Discuss the view that her decision is selfish.' You have three episodes you could use.
840 words, about 4 min