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Analysis of theme and ideas across literary texts
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Question 1 · 1 mark · Difficulty 1/3

What is an allegory?

  1. A story told entirely through letters and diary entries
  2. A poem with exactly fourteen lines and a rhyming couplet
  3. A story in which characters and events stand for wider ideas
  4. A play with no stage directions printed in the script
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✓ Answer: C — A story in which characters and events stand for wider ideas
Award 1 mark. In an allegory, the surface story represents moral, political or spiritual meanings.
Question 2 · 1 mark · Difficulty 1/3

How can the title of a text help with understanding its themes?

  1. It lists every character in the text
  2. It states the date the text was written
  3. It explains the plot in full detail
  4. It points to a central idea or image
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✓ Answer: D — It points to a central idea or image
Award 1 mark. Titles can signal key concerns, sometimes ironically, so they are worth analysing; they rarely list characters, dates or the full plot.
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