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90380

Level 2 English, 2006

90380 Read unfamiliar texts and analyse the ideas and language features
Credits: Three Refer to RESOURCE BOOKLET 90057R. You should answer ALL the questions in this booklet. Achievement Criteria Achievement
Read a range of unfamiliar texts and analyse the ideas and language features.

Achievement with Merit

Read a range of unfamiliar texts, analyse the ideas and language features, and discuss the effects.

Achievement with Excellence

Read a range of unfamiliar texts, convincingly analyse the ideas and language features, and discuss the effects.

Overall level of Performance

New Zealand Qualifications Authority, 2006 All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced by any means without the prior permission of the New Zealand Qualifications Authority.

You are advised to spend 60 minutes answering the questions in this booklet.
It is important that you attempt to answer ALL parts of ALL questions. Support all answers with specific examples and include language terminology as appropriate.

READING WRITTEN TEXTS PROSE

TEXT A: Christmas Holidays (autobiography) Read Text A in the Resource Booklet, then answer questions 13.

1.

What is suggested by the metaphor in the opening sentence (line 1)?

The Christmas holidays last for a long time .

2.

Analyse differences shown between the boys and the girls in lines 822. Differences could include differences in behaviour, dialogue, or attitude.

3.

A negative attitude is presented in lines 2333.

(a)

Explain, in detail, why the narrator has this negative attitude The narrator is talking about school starting again.The girl doesnt like school so the narrator says how horrible school is to her by talking about the uniform, I dreaded returning to school , for I needed yet another school uniform.

(b)

Analyse how the negative attitude is presented, with close reference to the language used in lines 2333.

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READING WRITTEN TEXTS POETRY

TEXT B: For Albert Wendt (On his Birthday) (poem) Read Text B in the Resource Booklet, then answer questions 46.

4.

Explain why For Albert Wendt (On his Birthday) is an appropriate title for this poem.

5.

Analyse how THREE qualities of Albert Wendt are presented in lines 117. Support your analysis of each quality with specific reference to lines 117. (1)

(2)

(3)

6.

Analyse the extended metaphor in the final stanza (lines 1824).

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READING VISUAL TEXTS

TEXT C: Natures Way (advertisement) Read Text C in the Resource Booklet, then answer questions 79.

7.

Identify the language feature used in the phrase Organic gardening is a growing thing AND explain why it is effective.

8.

Explain how the use of colour and black-and-white reinforces the ideas about Yates and Natures Way that are developed in the written text. Support your answer with specific references to the use of colour and black-and-white AND to the written text.

9.

Analyse THREE ways, apart from colour, that the photograph of the child supports the main purpose of the advertisement. (1)

(2)

(3)

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READING ORAL TEXTS

TEXT D: Book Launch for The Rope of Man (speech) Read Text D in the Resource Booklet, then answer questions 1012.

10. Explain TWO meanings of the phrase shaky steps as it is used in line 13.

11. Analyse how the speaker includes different members of his audience in lines 315.

12. Analyse how the image of the Rope in lines 1631 supports the main message of the
speech.

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