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Leaving Cert English by Topics
Navigating the Comparative Modes
Dracula
Paper Breakdown: Ordinary Level
Eavan Boland
Dracula
Aspects of Story: Tension or Climax or Resolution
Response Strategy
The Great Gatsby
The Crucible
Sive
Pride and Prejudice
All The Light We Cannot See
William Butler Yeats
Jessica Traynor
Penelope Shuttle
Percy Bysshe Shelley
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The Crucible
Sive
Pride and Prejudice
All The Light We Cannot See
William Butler Yeats
Jessica Traynor
Penelope Shuttle
Percy Bysshe Shelley
William Shakespeare
Adrienne Rich
Mary Oliver
Eiléan Ní Chuilleanáin
Paul Muldoon
Sinéad Morrissey
Paula Meehan
Derek Mahon
Patrick Kavanagh
Alison Joseph
Seamus Heaney
Thomas S.Eliot
Emily Dickinson
Colette Bryce
Elizabeth Barrett Browning
Gwendolyn Brooks
Elizabeth Bishop
Fleur Adcock
Othello
Macbeth
King Lear
Theme (2027)
Relationships (2026/2027)
Hero, Heroine, Villain (2026)
Introduction to the Composition
Response Strategy
The Great Gatsby
The Crucible
Pride and Prejudice
All The Light We Cannot See
William Butler Yeats
Tracy K. Smith
Adrienne Rich
Eiléan Ní Chuilleanáin
Paula Meehan
Derek Mahon
Patrick Kavanagh
Seamus Heaney
Thomas S.Eliot
John Donne
Emily Dickinson
Elizabeth Bishop
Othello
Macbeth
General Vision and Viewpoint (2025/2026)
Theme or Issue (2025)
Cultural Context (2025/2026)
Introduction
Introduction to the Composition
Medea
John Donne
Medea
Dracula
King Lear
Sylvia Plath
Frankenstein
Poetic Techniques
The Great Gatsby
The Crucible
Social Setting (2026/2027)
Introduction
Letter
Poetic Techniques
General Vision and Viewpoint Examples
Theme or Issue Examples
Cultural Context Examples
Approaching Text QB
Letter
Frankenstein
Tracy K. Smith
The Crucible
Sive
The Great Gatsby
Frankenstein
Gerard Manley Hopkins
Navigating the Comparative Modes
Key Vocabulary
Approaching Text QB
Articles
Key Vocabulary
Style of Question
Articles
Kindertransport
Kate Clanchy
LadyBird
Style of Question
Speech & Talk
Literary Genre (2026)
Style of Language
Speech & Talk
Rita Dove
The Shawshank Redemption
Style of Language
Diary & Blog
Diary & Blog
Carol Ann Duffy
Never Let Me Go
Rosie
Radio Talk/Interview
Radio Talk/Interview
Linda France
Rebecca
Knives Out
LadyBird
Podcast
Podcast
Colm Keegan
Barbie
The Shawshank Redemption
Report
Report
Rachel Loden
The Grand Budapest Hotel
Rosie
Proposal
Proposal
Alden Nowlan
The Banshees of Inisherin
Knives Out
Petition
Petition
Naomi Shihab Nye
On the Waterfront
Article
Article
Felicia Olusanya
Where the Crawdads Sing
Never Let Me Go
Descriptive Essay
Descriptive Essay
Edgar Allan Poe
Small Things Like These
Rebecca
Barbie
Discursive Essay
Discursive Essay
Billy Ramsell
Dracula
Personal Essay
Personal Essay
Edwin Arlington Robinson
Kindertransport
Frankenstein
The Grand Budapest Hotel
Short Story
Short Story
Tim Seibles
Where the Crawdads Sing
Speech
Speech
Degna Stone
Educated
Educated
The Banshees of Inisherin
William Carlos Williams
Small Things Like These
On the Waterfront
James Wright
The Big Sleep
Benjamin Zephaniah
The Big Sleep
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