Summary

• Description:

  The PDF document comprises the English Paper 3 Maseno School Mock Exam, a KCSE Trial Exam administered on Wednesday, 24th July 2024. The marking scheme is in a different document.

  This paper requires candidates to answer three essay questions in a duration of 2 hours and 30 minutes. The first question offers a choice between two prompts. The second question is compulsory, based on the set text, The Samaritan. The third question requires candidates to choose one essay from three options based on the different optional set texts. Each question is worth 20 marks, for a total of 60 marks.

  The questions are structured as follows:

  • 1. Imaginative Composition (Choose one):
    • (a) Write a story illustrating the proverb, "A stitch in time saves nine."
    • (b) Write an argumentative or expository composition on how to address gender-based violence.
  • 2. The Compulsory Set Text:
    • An essay on John Lara's, The Samaritan, arguing that leaders who allow misrule to continue will suffer serious consequences.
  • 3. The Optional Set Texts (Choose one):
    • (a) Short Story: An essay on the challenges caused by mental illness, using illustrations from the story "December" in A Silent Song and Other Stories.
    • (b) Drama: An essay arguing that selfish leaders bring agony to citizens, based on Adipo Sidang's, Parliament of Owls.
    • (c) The Novel: An essay discussing the role of women as a voice of reason, with specific reference to the character Setsuko in Kazuo Ishiguro's, An Artist of the Floating World.
• Category:

  Mock Past Papers
• Level:

  Form 4
• Subject:

  ENGLISH

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