MAYA ANGELOU | Exam Questions
PAST YEAR PAPERS
Critical
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Passage-based:
use of symbols (March 2024)
idea of freedom (June 2024/11)
racial tensions (June 2024/12)
different kinds of journey (June 2024/13)
desire (Nov 2024/11)
women’s experiences (Nov 2024/12)
change (Nov 2024/13)
Just For a Time_presentation of relationship (March 2024)
Momma Welfare Roll_presentation of woman (June 2024/11)
Where We Belong, A Duet_presentation of speaker (June 2024/12)
Phenomenal Woman_presentation of woman (June 2024/13)
Life Doesn’t Frighten Me_presentation of speaker’s feelings (Nov 2024/11)
Refusal_presentation of relationship (Nov 2024/12)
Just Like Job_presentation of speaker (Nov 2024/13)
POSSIBLE QUESTIONS TO ASK
General Questions
 ‘Angelou’s Poetry is all about black power.’
 human connection
 identity
 strength, resilience and endurance
 equality and social justice
 resistance and oppression
 dreams
 memory
 childhood
 hope
 freedom and entrapment
 home and sense of belonging
 death and painful loss
 power
 woman and voice
 courage and confidence
Still I Rise
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The Lesson :
strong emotions
fitting conclusion to the poetry selection