End-of-year exemplar exam paper 2 memo Comprehension


1 He is asking us to confront the reality head on. (2) 2 He is saying that we are absolutely soaked in media and technology.


3 .1 metaphor


(2) (1)


3.2 Music being heard from under the door is being compared to liquid leaking out under the door.


(2)


3.3 The image is very effective as just as the music moves through the house so liquid oozes slowly but surely across a space.


4 Learners’ own response. 5 “routinely”


6 To be proactive is to take the initiative and do something before the expected result takes place.


(2) (2) (1)


(2)


7 To indicate his tone of amazement and realisation that they were also saturated with technology already at that time of the day.


(1)


8 He is saying that they sensationalise and exaggerate the worst and that they filter the data and try to make it shocking and interesting. (2)


9 Figurative. The numbers are the most shocking ones so they stand out. They do not literally jump off the page.


(2)


10 He provides links to his research sources so that you can read the research yourself so you can be certain that it is true and not sensationalised. (1) [20]


Language


1 The headline talks about showing respect for a healthy smile and the toothbrush is bowing to the electric brush.


2 It is correct as there are two brushes.


(2) (2)


3 The older more traditional looking brush looks shabby and worn out while the electric one looks new and smart. This is so that the latter will look more appealing to the buyer. 4 “Brush like a dentist”


5 Their argument is that it cleans better so it creates “healthy teeth and gums”.


Cartoon


1 He is very excited and happy as he says “HAHA” (2)


2 He is very excited as he seems to be talking loudly as his words are enlarged and there are several exclamation marks to indicate his excited tone. (2)


3 There are little lines by Piggy’s elbow showing that he is gesturing and lines by Monkey’s hand showing that he is pointing downwards.


(2)


4 It is some sort of potion or tonic that can stop the aging process.


(2)


5 He first asks “What?” as if he is making sure he heard right. Then he asks if it was found “here, in this house!” He is clearly disbelieving.


6 sceptical


8 Monkey said that logically was a word that a person should never use.


(2) (1)


7 He is reading off the bottle and so the words are not his so they are being quoted.


(1) (3)


9 He is putting in visual inverted commas in the air with his hands as he does not believe at all in this elixir.


(2)


10 In Frame 1 Pig is jubilant. He is smiling and waving the cream around. In the final frame he is holding his tummy, has spots on his face, has his mouth open as if he is going to be sick. He has eaten the cream thinking that it is an elixir and now he is feeling terrible as obviously creams are not meant to be eaten.


Summary


(3) (1)


To be marked out of 10: 7 marks for facts,1 mark for writing in a paragraph form,1 for correct style, language, grammar and use of own words and 1 mark for indicating a word count that does not exceed 80.


(2) [10]


(3) [20]


(10) TOTAL: 60 174


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