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5.2.7 The Necklace

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Question 1

The Necklace — Guy de Maupassant

Read the prescribed text in the official Pearson anthology (printed page 32–37).

Explore how Maupassant presents wealth and poverty in The Necklace.

In your answer, you should consider:

  • Mathilde's imagined luxury
  • the couple's changing circumstances
  • the writer's use of language and structure

Support your answer with close reference to the text, including brief quotations.

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Markscheme

5.2.7 The Necklace Questions

  1. IGCSE
  2. /English Language
  3. /5.2.7 The Necklace

13 exam-style questions on Edexcel A IGCSE English Language 5.2.7 The Necklace. Each one has a worked solution and a mark scheme showing where the marks go.

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