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Level 2 English, 2006
90380 Read unfamiliar texts and analyse the ideas and
language features

Credits: Three
2.00 pm Wednesday 22 November 2006

Check that the National Student Number (NSN) on your admission slip is the same as the number at the
top of this page.

You should answer ALL the questions in this booklet.

Pull out RESOURCE BOOKLET 90380R from the centre of this booklet.

If you need more space for any answer, use the page(s) provided at the back of this booklet and clearly
number the question.

Check that this booklet has pages 2–12 in the correct order and that none of these pages is blank.

YOU MUST HAND THIS BOOKLET TO THE SUPERVISOR AT THE END OF THE EXAMINATION.

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

Overall Level of Performance

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You are advised to spend 60 minutes answering the questions in this booklet. Assessor’s
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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 1–3.

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

2. Analyse differences shown between the boys and the girls in lines 8–22.
“Differences” could include differences in behaviour, dialogue, or attitude.

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3. A negative attitude is presented in lines 23–33. Assessor’s

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(a) Explain, in detail, why the narrator has this negative attitude.

(b) Analyse how the negative attitude is presented, with close reference to the language
used in lines 23–33.

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READING WRITTEN TEXTS – POETRY Assessor’s

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TEXT B: For Albert Wendt (On his Birthday) (poem)

Read Text B in the Resource Booklet, then answer questions 4–6.

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 1–17. Support your
analysis of each quality with specific reference to lines 1–17.

(1)

(2)

(3)

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6. Analyse the extended metaphor in the final stanza (lines 18–24). Assessor’s
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TEXT C: Nature’s Way (advertisement)

Read Text C in the Resource Booklet, then answer questions 7–9.

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
“Nature’s 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.

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9. Analyse THREE ways, apart from colour, that the photograph of the child supports the Assessor’s
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main purpose of the advertisement.

(1)

(2)

(3)

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TEXT D: Book Launch for “The Rope of Man” (speech)

Read Text D in the Resource Booklet, then answer questions 10–12.

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 3–15.

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12. Analyse how the image of the Rope in lines 16–31 supports the main message of the Assessor’s
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