A Study Guide for the New Edexcel IGCSE Anthology Non-Fiction for the English Language Exam: A Line-by-Line Analysis of the Non-Fiction Prose Extracts with Exam Tips for Success

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Don’t you know anything?’ the chauffeur replied rudely. ‘This is your new home. Your parents moved here a few months ago.’ The grand-vizir himself was the father of two daughters, of whom the elder was 30 called Scheherazade, and the younger Dinarzade. Dinarzade had no particular gifts to distinguish her from other girls, but her sister was clever and courageous in the highest degree. Her father had given her the best masters in philosophy, medicine, history and the fine arts, and besides all this, her beauty excelled that of any girl in the kingdom of Persia.

It was still the low part of the night when Hartmann and the head of another staircase came into the room with coffee. Many of the adults refused to drink because they knew it meant breakfast, and therefore the departure. The children 20 were at the deepest moments of their sleep. Let me sleep in the hall, Father,” Swami pleaded. “Your office room is very dusty and there may be scorpions behind your law books.” Touching the Void by Joe Simpson, published by Jonathan Cape. Reprinted by permission of The Random House Group LtdCharlotte Gray by Sebastian Faulks, 1999. Reprinted by permission of the Random House Group Limited

He had not thought of that. He blustered: ‘What about the dress you wear for the theatre? It looks all right to me …’ The words died in his throat. He was totally disconcerted and dismayed by the sight of his wife who had begun to cry. Two large tears rolled slowly out of the corners of her eyes and down towards the sides of her mouth. She was not convinced. ‘No. …There’s nothing so humiliating as to look poor when you’re with women who are rich.’ IGCSE in English Literature Students studying the Edexcel IGCSE in English Literature must study all the poems in Section C of this anthology in preparation for either Paper 2 or Component 3. Get up, Swami,” he said for the fourth time, and Swami got up. Father rolled up 50 his bed, took it under his arm, and said, “Come with me.” Swami looked at his granny, hesitated for a moment, and followed his father into the office room. On the way he threw a look of appeal at his mother and she said, “Why do you take him to the office room? He can sleep in the hall, I think.”

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The Arabian Nights' (sometimes called 'The Thousand and One Nights') is the most famous collection of stories in the world. It was originally written in Arabic over a thousand years ago. 'King Schahriar and his brother' begins the cycle of stories and sets the scene for the rest.