CAPE 2009 Communication Studies Paper 2 Module

1CAPE 2009 Communication Studies Paper 2 Module

1 was a tricky passage as it required students to think
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sluderls go|rg lo jusl read lre exlracl orce ard see lre |arguage lecrr|ques ard
slraleg|es jurp|rg oul al lrer oul roW lrey W||| rave lo read ard read aga|r.
Fear rol sluderls, as usua| a Wr|ler a|Ways uses slraleg|es ard |arguage
lecrr|ques/dev|ces lo acr|eve lre purpose or lo ra|e lre ra|r po|rl...a|Ways. A Wr|ler
carrol
write
without
these
three
things
re.
3lraleg|es/lecrr|ques, a spec|l|c purpose ard a ra|r po|rll
8ac| lo 2009 Vodu|e 1, rary sluderls Were caugrl |oo||rg or|y lor |arguage dev|ces
ard lecrr|ques ard Wrer lrey d|d rol urcover ary lrey oecare desperale ard Wrole
lre l|rsl lr|rgs lral care lo lre|r r|rd. Trey Were r|grl |r oe||ev|rg lral lrere rusl oe
sore loo| |r lre exlracl oul lrey Were Wrorg |r oe||ev|rg lral lr|s loo| Was or|y |arguage
lecrr|ques. lr lr|s case lrere Were ra|r|y slraleg|es rard|y ary ol lre lorrer.
Rule No. 1 when there are none or Iew language or
literary devices or techniques look Ior strategies as it was
in this essay.
Rule No 2. A writer always uses the techniques and
slraleg|es lo ra|e ard erpras|se lre ra|r po|rl ard secord|y a Wr|ler a|Ways use
lecrr|ques ard slraleg|es lo acr|eve lre purpose. lderl|ly lre purpose ard ra|r po|rl
correcl|y ard rore lrar ever you W||| oe ao|e lo |derl|ly lre lecrr|ques ard slraleg|es
used lo re|p acr|eve lre purpose.
Your ra|r |dea srou|d rerl|or lral lre or|y Way Worer car orea| aWay lror lre
v|c|ous cyc|e ol ||||leracy, poverly, repealed cr||doear|rg |s oy oecor|rg educaled. Tre
|rporlarl lr|rg rere |s lo rea||ze lral lrere |s a slrorg corre|al|or oelWeer educal|or ard
||||leracy.
Rereroer lral lre ra|r |dea ard lre Wr|ler's purpose are correcled; so |l lre ra|r
|dea |s lral educal|or |s lre |ey lo orea||rg lre slrarg|ero|d ol lral ||||leracy, poverly,
|ac| ol a po||l|ca| vo|ce ard a vo|ce or lre ro|d lrer lre purpose ol lr|s p|ece |s lo ra|e
readers aWare/ lo sers|l|ze lrer/ lo persuade lrer ol lre ra|r |dea. 3o arylr|rg lral
says sorelr|rg |||e lre purpose ol lr|s p|ece |s lo sers|l|ze readers lo lre lacl lral
educal|or |s lre or|y rears lor Worer lo escape/orea| aWay lror lre
clutches
oI
poverty,
illiteracy,
repeated
childbearing/unplanned pregnancy etc.
3o CAPE a|Ways as|s lor you lo d|scuss slraleg|es ard |arguage lecrr|ques ard rosl
l|res lre |arguage lecrr|ques are easy lo l|rd oul |r CAPE 2009 you |oo|ed ard |oo|ed
ard sore ol you or|y saW ...repetition ol 'educal|or ard '||||leracy ard |l you |oo|ed
rea||y rard you Wou|d rave seercontrast ol lre ellecls ol ||||leracy ard lrer you saW
rolr|rg e|se...ard you Were sluc|.
L|sler |r a case |||e lr|s CAPE |s rol rad...lrey Wor'l as| you lor sorelr|rg |l |l Wasr'l
lrere oul you reed lo oe srarl...go oac| lo lre quesl|or. ll you |oo| you W||| see Wral
are a|Ways lrere...strategies and language
techniques...never language techniques alone! So iI
there are no more language techniques then you need to
identiIy and discuss strategies...it`s as simple as that!
Ard so |r lr|s parl|cu|ar quesl|or sluderls reeded lo |derl|ly ard d|scuss slraleg|es sucr
as lre Way lre |rlorral|or Was |a|d oul. ll Was dore as a list providing
lre oerel|ls ol educal|or; there were exarp|es ol lre ellecls ol ||||leracy Irom around
the world, slal|sl|ca|
inIormation/data,
use
oI
ror erol|ve/acader|c
|arguage, the use oI a repulao|e |rsl|lul|or as uNE3C0, and the preserlal|or ol
laclua| |rlorral|or.
Arolrer BIG CLUE car oe as |l Was |r lr|s case... |l lrere |s a |ol ol slal|sl|ca| dala
lror a ser|ous |rsl|lul|or sucr as uNE3C0 oe||eve lr|s |l most likely W||| rol corla|r
sucr lr|rgs as ryperoo|e (|l lre orgar|zal|or |s as repulao|e as lr|s ore |s lrer lre
orgar|zal|or W||| rol exaggerale lre |rlorral|orl), it hardly W||| rave erol|ve Word (lre
|arguage |s acader|c..car you |rag|re lrose sla|d, ser|ous slal|sl|c|ars Wr|l|rg |r
erol|ve Words?),
hardly likely to have all those easy devices as simile,
personiIication and metaphor.
3er|ous|y lrougr don`t panic |r lre l|rsl essay, lo par|c |r rodu|e ore essay |s rosl
|||e|y go|rg lo sel oll a regal|ve reacl|or |r lre rexl lWo essays. 3o keep your
cool, use your head and think!