Summary

• Description:

  The PDF document comprises Mirror Jet 2024 English Paper 3 Exam with Answers and Marking Scheme. The marking scheme is in a different document.

  It was a KCSE English Paper 3 (101/3) examination administered during the Mirror Jet Exams Term Two 2024 series.

  • Duration: 2 Hours 30 Minutes
  • Total Marks: 60
  • Number of Questions: 3
  • Instruction: Candidates answered three questions only. Questions 1 and 2 were compulsory.
  • Word Limit: Each essay was required not to exceed 450 words.

  The paper assessed creative writing skills and the ability to analyze prescribed literary texts studied in the KCSE English syllabus. :contentReference[oaicite:0]{index=0}

  Paper Structure:

  • Question 1: Imaginative Composition (20 marks) – Candidates wrote a creative composition based on a proverb about success or discussed the environmental effects of deforestation and youth involvement in afforestation.
  • Question 2: Set Text – Drama (20 marks) – Essay question based on The Samaritan by John Lara, focusing on corruption, leadership and the misuse of loans by African leaders.
  • Question 3: Optional Set Text Essays (20 marks) – Candidates chose one essay based on prescribed literary texts.

  It covered the following topics:

  • Creative and imaginative composition writing
  • Use of proverbs and moral lessons in narrative writing
  • Environmental conservation and effects of deforestation
  • Youth participation in environmental protection
  • Themes of corruption and leadership in The Samaritan
  • Misuse of loans and economic exploitation in African leadership
  • Family conflict and parental hostility in The Sins of the Fathers by Charles Mungosi
  • Consequences of personal choices in Parliament of Owls by Adipo Sidang’
  • Suffering and the effects of war in An Artist of the Floating World by Kazuo Ishiguro
  • Essay writing and critical literary analysis skills
• Category:

  Mock Past Papers
• Level:

  Form 4
• Subject:

  ENGLISH

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