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STUDENTS NAME

BBA PRACTICE EXAMINATION

2013

ENGLISH
Level One

QUESTION AND ANSWER BOOKLET

90851 (1.3)
Show understanding of significant aspects of unfamiliar written text(s)
through close reading, using supporting evidence.

Credits: Four
Suggested time: 60 minutes
Answer all questions in the spaces provided.
If you need more space for any answer, ask the Supervisor for extra paper. Clearly
number the questions. Attach the extra sheets at the appropriate place in this booklet.
Check that this booklet has pages 2-8 in the correct order and that none of these
pages is blank.
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Not

Achievement

Achieved

Achievement
with Merit

Achievement
with Excellence

Not

Achievement

Achieved

Achievement
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0-6

3-4
3-4
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5-6
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13-18

SCORE PER
QUESTION / 8

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/24

GRADE
AND SCORE

19-24

Achievement Criteria

Achievement

Achievement with Merit

Show understanding of significant

aspects of unfamiliar written
text(s), through close reading,
using supporting evidence.

Show convincing understanding

of significant aspects of unfamiliar
written text(s), through close
reading, using supporting
evidence.

Achievement with Excellence

Show perceptive understanding

of significant aspects of unfamiliar
written text(s), through close
reading, using supporting
evidence.

HAND THIS BOOKLET TO THE SUPERVISOR AT THE END OF THE ASSESSMENT.

BBA Educational Resources 2013

You are advised to spend one hour answering the questions in this booklet.
QUESTION ONE: FICTION
Read Text A, Lost on page 2 of the Resource Booklet to answer this question.
(a) (i) Identify ONE language feature the writer uses to describe the setting.
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Provide an example of this language feature from the text.

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(b) Explain how this language feature helps the reader imagine the setting.
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 (c) Explain how and why the writer helps us to understand what the experience of
being lost is like for the characters throughout the text. Support your answer
with reference to the techniques, including language features, that the writer
uses to show:

the importance of the setting

the thoughts and actions of the characters

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QUESTION TWO: POETRY

Read Text B, Micky the fox terrier at the zoo, on page 3 of the Resource Booklet
to answer this question.
(a) (i) Identify ONE language feature the writer uses to show the dogs attitude or
feeling towards his zoo experiences.
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Provide an example of this language feature from the text.

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(b) Explain how this language feature helped you understand the dogs attitude(s)
or feeling(s) towards his zoo experiences.
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 (c) Explain how and why the writer helps you to understand the viewpoint of the
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including language features that the writer uses to show:

the dogs feelings towards its owner

the dogs feelings towards other animals
relationships between animals and humans

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QUESTION THREE: NON-FICTION

Refer to Text C, Tests must be driven by fairness, not fear, on page 4 of the
Resource Booklet to answer this question.
(a) (i) In your own words, identify ONE positive OR negative point the writer makes
about the new driving test.
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Provide an example from the text to support this point.

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Explain how this point shows the new driving test either positively or negatively.
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 (c) Explain how and why the writer helps us to understand ideas about the new
driving test throughout the text. Support your answer with reference to the
techniques, including language features, that the writer uses to:

show the positive and negative points about the new driving test
show the types of evidence used by the writer to support the ideas
relate the ideas to a range of newspaper readers

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If you need more answer paper, ask the supervisor for more refill.
Name and number each sheet and hand in with your Answer Booklet.

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