ENGHIG411 NATIONAL SENIOR CERTIFICATE (NSC) GRADE 11 MID-YEAR EXAMINATION ENGLISH HOME LANGUAGE PAPER 1 (NSC11-04) D1155673-7-A TIME: 09H00 11H00 TOTAL: 70 MARKS DURATION: 2 HOURS DATE: 3 JUNE 2013 This question paper consists of 12 pages. ICG 1 NSC Grade 11
INSTRUCTIONS AND INFORMATION Read the following instructions carefully before answering the questions: 1. Write your answers in your Answer Book, which is provided in the exam. 2. This question paper consists of THREE sections: SECTION A: Comprehension (30 marks) SECTION B: Summary (10 marks) SECTION C: Language in Context (30 marks) 3. You are advised to allocate your time wisely. Use the following time frames as a guideline: SECTION A: 50 minutes SECTION B: 25 minutes SECTION C: 45 minutes 4. Answer ALL the questions. 5. Follow the instructions carefully. 6. Start EACH section on a NEW page and rule off on completion of EACH section. 7. Leave a line after EACH answer. 8. Number the answers correctly according to the numbering system used in this question paper. 9. Pay special attention to spelling and grammar. 10. Please write neatly we cannot mark illegible handwriting. 11. Start the answer for each question on a NEW page, for example Question 1 new page, Question 2 new page. 12. Any student caught cheating will have his or her examination paper and notes confiscated. The College will take disciplinary measures to protect the integrity of these examinations. 13. If there is something wrong with or missing from your question paper or your answer book, please inform your invigilator immediately. If you do not inform your invigilator about a problem, the College will not be able to rectify it afterwards, and your marks cannot be adjusted to allow for the problem. 14. This question paper may be removed from the examination hall after the examination has taken place. ICG 2 NSC Grade 11
This question paper consists of THREE sections: Section A, Section B and Section C. Answer ALL the questions. Question Section Marks Time 1 2 3 4 5 A: Comprehension including full sentence response and multiple-choice questions Answer the question B: Summary Answer the question C: Language in context visual literacy: Cartoon Advertising Editing Answer ALL the questions 30 10 30 50 minutes 25 minutes 45 minutes TOTAL: 70 2 hours ICG 3 NSC Grade 11
SECTION A COMPREHENSION (30 MARKS) ANSWER ALL THE QUESTIONS QUESTION 1 1.1 Read the passage below and answer the questions that follow: Anonymous: did he; didn't he? Barry Ronge 1. This week I want to talk about one of my favourite movies of the year. It is called Anonymous and it is a literary whodunit about William Shakespeare and the question of who really wrote his plays. 2. Surprisingly, the general public remains interested in Shakespeare's plays, be they on stage, film or TV screen. Scholars and academics, however, do not settle for the mere pleasure of happy audiences. They feel obliged to find proof that someone other than Shakespeare did the work. 3. The debate started in 1848, when Joseph Hart decided that Shakespeare did not write the plays attributed to him. And so the great Shakespeare Denial began, and it has rambled on since then, zigzagging from loony invention to credible theory. To start with, not a single manuscript or poem was ever found in Shakespeare's own handwriting not even a letter. He divided his life between London and Stratfordupon-Avon, and letters were the only way of communicating over a distance. Surely a famous playwright, with a family that lived away from him, would have written to them? Shakespeare was famous. His family and friends would almost certainly have kept his letters but none exist. 4. There is a supposition that Shakespeare attended the Stratford grammar school, but there is no written record to prove it. Yet in the play he writes with graceful eloquence about a wide range of subjects. According to historians, his daughters Susanna and Judith were illiterate. Did he presume that girls did not deserve an education? In his plays he created witty, articulate women such as Beatrice in Much Ado About Nothing, or the mercurial Queen of Egypt in Antony and Cleopatra, the dark and ambitious queen in Macbeth or even the lovesick Juliet, talking to Romeo. Is it likely that the man who created these fascinating women did not bother to teach his daughters to read and write? Surely he would want his children to read his plays and sonnets? 5. Another salient point on the list created by screenwriters Orloff and Emmerich is that the only authenticated handwriting we have from Shakespeare are six shaky and inconsistent signatures, all on legal documents. ICG 4 NSC Grade 11
6. The most peculiar thing is that, at the height of his fame, when he was called "the Soul of the Age", he left London to return to Stratford-upon-Avon. He was early in his 40s, but he never wrote a poem or play after that. So why did the most fertile mind of his generation, equipped with an extraordinary vocabulary, suddenly stop in its tracks, and fall silent? 7. When Shakespeare's will was read after his death, he bequeathed to his wife Anne Hathaway the house and "the second-best bed". Of his 36 plays, 154 sonnets and two famous narrative poems the works that were his most significant achievement no mention was made. Who inherited the plays? The theory offered in Anonymous is that they were written in secret by someone of high status, but his noble birth and status at court precluded him from the vulgarity of staging plays at the Globe. 8. Does this film solve the mystery? Of course not! Shakespeare died in 1616, and here we are, 395 years later, watching major stars such as Vanessa Redgrave, Derek Jacobi and Rhys Ifans puzzling about who wrote the plays dramas that still retain enough power to inspire a movie hit in 2011. Adapted from: Successful English Gr 11, OUP 2012 1.1.1 What does the title 'Anonymous' mean? (1) 1.1.2 How does the meaning of the word make it a suitable title for the movie? (2) 1.2 Explain in your own words what a "literary whodunit" is (paragraph 1). (2) 1.3 1.3.1 What is the tone of the word "surprisingly" at the beginning of the second paragraph? (1) 1.3.2 What does this tone tell you about Barry Ronge's opinion of Shakespeare's work? (2) 1.4 Why, do you think, has the public remained interested in Shakespeare's plays more than 400 years after they were written? (2) 1.5 What has made it more possible for a wider audience today to be exposed to the works written by Shakespeare? (1) 1.6 What is Ronge implying about the scholars and academics? (2) 1.7 What does the word "rambled" in paragraph 3 imply about the debate. (2) 1.8 What does the expression "from loony invention to credible theory" in paragraph 3 tell us about the kind of explanations that have been offered for the authorship of Shakespeare's works? (2) 1.9 1.9.1 What arguments are presented by academics to prove that Shakespeare could not have written the works attributed to him? Mention TWO. (2) ICG 5 NSC Grade 11
1.9.2 What proof is offered in paragraph 4 that Shakespeare was well-educated, even though it could not be proven that he had ever attended school? (1) 1.10 What is the tone of the word "surely" at the end of paragraph 4? Choose one of the following answers and write the letter of your choice: A. sarcastic B. disapproving C. critical D. incredulous (1) 1.11 What irony is inexplicable in the light of the role of the women in his life and that seems to add further doubt to his authenticity as the original author? (2) 1.12 Why is it significant to know that his handwriting was authenticated (paragraph 5)? (2) 1.13 What is the difference between Shakespeare and Orloff and Emmerich in their professions as writers? (paragraph 5) (2) 1.14 What is the writer of the article alluding to with his use of adjectives in the phrase "six shaky and inconsistent signatures" in paragraph 5? (1) 1.15 What solution is offered by the movie to the question of why someone else could have written "Shakespeare's" works? (2) [30] TOTAL SECTION A: 30 ICG 6 NSC Grade 11
SECTION B SUMMARY (10 MARKS) ANSWER THE QUESTION QUESTION 2 Read the article below and, using your own words, make a point-form summary of the negative issues and concerns associated with bottled water. You have to offer SEVEN points in FULL sentences. Number your points. Your summary must not exceed 80 words. Drowning in bottled water Yolandi Groenewald The age of bottled water has definitely dawned in South Africa and with it worrying environmental concerns. The figures are staggering. According to the National Bottled Water Standards website, South Africa's bottled water market last year was estimated to be worth more than R1.7 billion and climbing. In 2005 it was estimated that South Africans drank almost 196 million litres of bottled water. By mid- 2010 this figure was estimated to be about 568 million litres. But globally, there is an intensifying environmental backlash against water in a bottle. As global consumption of bottled water soars, environmental groups such as the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) and Greenpeace have warned of the huge environmental footprint of the plastic in which the water is packaged. In 2001 a WWF study, "Bottled Water: understanding a social phenomenon", warned that in many countries, bottled water may be no safer or healthier than tap water and it sold for up to 1 000 times the price. It said the booming market would put severe pressure on recycling plastics and could lead to landfill sites drowning in mountains of plastic bottles. Instead, resources should be dedicated to cleaning up the Earth's water, the WWF warned. Most bottled water is packaged in polyethylene terephthalate (PET) bottles. Apart from the concerns about plastic and the afterlife of the bottles, the industry requires more than 200 million barrels of oil to produce, package and distribute the water. In South Africa consumption translates to 1.2 trillion bottles discarded every year. This is about 28 500-ml plastic bottles for each of South Africa's 42 million citizens. According to PET Plastic South Africa, South Africans buy billions of refreshments in PET bottles every year and nearly all of them will end up in municipal dumps instead of being recycled. Reusing bottles would be easier if South Africans recycled more. During the filtration of bottled water, up to seven litres of water are wasted for every three litres bottled. Source: Successful English Gr 11, OUP 2012 ICG 7 NSC Grade 11
INSTRUCTIONS: Your summary must be in point form, and may not exceed 80 words. Use your own words. Remember to use full sentences. The register must be appropriate for the general public. At the end of the summary, indicate in brackets the number of words you have used. Penalties will be imposed if you deviate from the above instructions. [10] TOTAL SECTION B: 10 ICG 8 NSC Grade 11
SECTION C LANGUAGE IN CONTEXT (30 MARKS) ANSWER ALL THE QUESTIONS QUESTION 3 ANALYSING CARTOONS 3.1 Study the cartoon below and answer the questions that follow: Frame 1 Frame 2 Frame 3 Frame 4 Source: Stephen Francis and Rico Schacherl(http://www.facebook.com/pages/MADAM- AND-EVE-THE-OFFICIAL-FAN-PAGE/115483105166416) 3.1.1 Which of the children is Thandi Sisulu? How do you know that? (2) 3.1.2 In what place is Thandi? What visual clues are there in the cartoon to suggest this? (2) 3.1.3 What is the purpose of writing "why" in bold in frame 2? (1) 3.1.4 What happens to Thandi as a result of her answer? How do you know this? (2) 3.1.5 Do you think Thandi was being cheeky or not? Give a reason for your answer. (2) 3.1.6 What, do you think, is the underlying message of this comic strip? (1) [10] ICG 9 NSC Grade 11
QUESTION 4 ANALYSING ADVERTISING Study the advertisement below and answer the questions that follow: 4.1 Consider the sub-heading: Siemens Family and Pets vacuum cleaners can handle the fallout 4.1.1 Correct the punctuation error. (1) 4.1.2 Explain the play of words. (2) 4.1.3 Why does Siemens refer to their product as a "Family and Pets vacuum cleaner"? (2) ICG 10 NSC Grade 11
4.2 Discuss the advertiser's use of jargon in the body copy (text) of the advertisement. (2) 4.3 How has the advertiser managed to use the image of a lion in a consumer-friendly way? (3) [10] QUESTION 5 LANGUAGE AND EDITING Read the text copy of an advertisement below and answer the questions that follow: 1. An intellectually challenged Grade 11 student starts her final exam that consists of type "yes / no" questions. 2. She took her seat in the hall, stares at the questions for five minutes, and then in a fit of inspiration feels in her blaizer pocket, retracts a coin and starts tossing the coin and marking the answer sheet, "Yes" for Heads and "No" for Tails. Within half an hour she is all done while the rest of the class are sweating it out. 3. During the last few minutes, she is scene desperate throwing the coin, muttering and sweating. 4. The invigilator worried approaches her and says, What s going on? 5. "I finished the exam in half an hour. But I'm checking my answers!" Successful English Gr 11, OUP 2012 5.1 Refer to paragraph 1. 5.1.1 Quote the euphemism in the first line. (1) 5.1.2 Rewrite it in more familiar, colloquial English. (1) 5.2 What word is "exam" a shortening of? (1) 5.3 Correct the word order found in the opening line of the passage. (1) 5.4 Refer to paragraph 2. Correct the tense error in paragraph 2. Write out the error and then your correction. (1) 5.5 Locate and correct a spelling error in paragraph 2. (1) 5.6 Refer to paragraph 3. In this passage an adjective has been used instead of an adverb. Correct this error. (1) ICG 11 NSC Grade 11
5.7 Correct the homophone error. (1) 5.8 Refer to paragraph 4. Correct the punctuation errors and rewrite the paragraph correctly. (½ 4 = 2) [10] TOTAL SECTION C: 30 GRAND TOTAL: 70 MARKS ICG 12 NSC Grade 11