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O-LevelLiterature in EnglishProse2010/12 · May/June 2011 · Q3825 Marks

How does the writer of either How It Happened (by Arthur Conan Doyle) or There Will Come Soft Rains (by Ray Bradbury) make the story so effective even though it is so short? Support your answer by close reference to the story you choose.

  1. How does the writer of either How It Happened (by Arthur Conan Doyle) or There Will Come Soft Rains (by Ray Bradbury) make the story so effective even though it is so short? Support your answer by close reference to the story you choose.[25]

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Prose, O-Level Literature in English (syllabus 2010). Structured question, 25 marks.
Source
O-Level Literature in English, May/June 2011 Paper 1 Variant 2, question 38.

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