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90380 Read unfamiliar texts and analyse the ideas
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Credits: Three
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You should attempt ALL the questions in this booklet.
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Achievement
Read a range of unfamiliar
texts and analyse the ideas and
language features.
Achievement Criteria
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
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You are advised to spend one hour answering the questions in this booklet.
Refer to Text A, “I went into the woods …”, to answer Questions One and Two.
QUESTION ONE
Analyse how the writer characterises the country of Bulgaria, her childhood home.
In your answer you should:
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identify and give examples of techniques used in the text, and explain their effects
(techniques might include personification, metaphor, and narrative style)
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show understanding of the situation the writer is communicating
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show understanding of the writer’s overall purpose.
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Analyse how the writer creates an informal tone to connect with the reader.
In your answer you should:
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identify and give examples of techniques used in the text, and explain their effects
(techniques might include word choice, contrast, and narrative style)
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show understanding of the ideas the writer is communicating
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show understanding of the writer’s overall purpose.
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Refer to Text B, “ratchet and clank”, to answer Questions Three and Four.
QUESTION THREE
Analyse how the poet uses the language of technology and machines in the first two stanzas
(lines 1–10) to introduce an approach to life.
In your answer you should:
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identify and give examples of techniques used in the text, and explain their effects
(techniques might include alliteration, onomatopoeia, listing, and metaphor)
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show understanding of the state of mind the poet is communicating.
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Analyse how the poet uses poetic techniques in the text as a whole to express a response to
human relationships.
In your answer you should:
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identify and give examples of techniques used in the text, and explain their effects
(techniques might include humour, allusion, and metaphor)
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show understanding of the ideas the poet is communicating
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show understanding of the poet’s overall purpose.
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Refer to Text C, “Flourishing for everybody”, to answer Question Five.
QUESTION FIVE
Analyse how the strong visual features of the poster work with verbal techniques to convey a
positive message about mental health.
Visual features might include images, symbols, colour, layout, and fonts.
Verbal techniques might include metaphor, puns, and alliteration.
In your answer you should:
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identify and give examples of visual features AND verbal techniques used in the text, and
explain their effects
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show understanding of the ideas the designer is communicating
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show understanding of the designer’s overall purpose.
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Refer to Text D, “Building Biodiversity: Building New Zealand”, to answer Question Six.
QUESTION SIX
Analyse how the speaker purposefully chooses language to communicate the message that New
Zealanders must value nature’s gifts.
In your answer you should:
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identify and give examples of techniques used in the text, and explain their effects
(techniques might include use of imagery, sound devices, and rhetorical devices)
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show understanding of the speaker’s overall purpose.
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