English Essay Past Paper 2017
Hard, abstract statements fill the English Essay past paper 2017, and this list tests argument more than knowledge. Topic 2 ties Brexit to globalization and a ferocious return of capitalism. Topic 1 asks if a colonial mentality impedes Pakistan’s progress. Feminism appears with a twist: topic 5 denies it counts as a Third World issue. Literature also appears, drawn as a lonely planet of idealists. Modernity runs as an unending project. Minorities, nationalism and holy wars all demand a stand. Few topics offer safe ground; candidates must build a position and defend it.
What this paper contains
- Paper facts — 100 marks; time allowed: THREE HOURS. The printed note orders an outline first, then an essay of 2500–3000 words on any ONE topic. It demands exposition, argumentation, description and narration, and it gives credit for organization, relevance and clarity.
- Topic 1 — Is colonial mentality impeding Pakistan’s progress?
- Topic 2 — Brexit means globalization is the rhetoric of the privileged, and capitalism will return ferociously as ever
- Topic 3 — More and more International military engagements by the United Nations; is the world moving towards peace?
- Topic 4 — Modernity is an unending project
- Topic 5 — Feminism is not really a Third World issue
- Topic 6 — Literature is a lonely planet of idealists
- Topic 7 — Being a minority is a fate no one wants. Can nationalism be really inclusive?
- Topic 8 — Ideologies thrive on notions of resistance, yet change is a simulation
- Topic 9 — Are modern wars not holy wars?
- Topic 10 — Life without controversy is no life. But why one should not choose the safe haven of conformism?
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