Sample question

Leaving Cert English higher level, paper 1

Leaving Cert English higher level, paper 1

Q1. Write a prose composition on one of the following subjects:

(a) Making connections.

(b) "The past is the present, isn't it?"

(c) Features of contemporary culture I admire.

(d) Hidden depths.

(e) Idealism - a thing of the past?

(f) Ours is a caring generation?

(g) What's worth knowing.

(h) Dreams

The composition accounted for 100 marks out of a total 160.

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