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BBA PRACTICE EXAMINATION

2010
ENGLISH
Level Three
QUESTION AND ANSWER BOOKLET
(PAPER SAVE VERSION)
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Respond critically to written text(s) studied.
Credits: Three
Suggested time: 45 minutes
Answer ONE of the questions in this booklet.
Check that this booklet has pages 2-5 in the correct order and that none of these
pages is blank.
HAND THIS BOOKLET TO THE SUPERVISOR AT THE END OF THE EXAMINATION.
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STUDENTS NAME
NOT ACHIEVED ACHIEVED ACHIEVED WITH MERIT ACHIEVED WITH EXCELLENCE
Develop a critical
response to specied
aspect(s) of written
text(s) using
supporting evidence.
Develop a convincing
critical response to
specied aspect(s) of
written text(s) using
supporting evidence..
Develop an integrated
and perceptive
critical response to
specied aspect(s) of
written text(s) using
supporting
evidence.
ASSESSORS USE ONLY
Overall Level of Performance
Achievement Criteria

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NOVEL(S)
Either:
1. We cannot understand the themes of a novel without a full grasp of the issues within its setting
in a particular time and place.
To what extent do you agree with this view?
Respond to this question with close reference to one or more novels you have studied.
You are advised to spend 45 minutes answering ONE question in this booklet.
Respond to ONE of topics 1-24 by writing about one or more written texts that you have studied (note
that topics 22-24 require you to make specic reference to MORE THAN ONE written text type):
You may write about:
EITHER:
Novel(s)
OR
Non-ction
OR
Short stories
OR
Poetry
OR
Non-Shakespearean drama
OR
Print media
OR
Hyperction
OR
Intertextual studies
An answer dealing with short texts (eg: poetry, short story, print media) should discuss at least
TWO examples of the text type chosen.
At the beginning of your answer on page 5:
circle the text type
write the number of the question you have chosen
give the title(s) of the text(s)
name the author(s)
Choose ONE question for your chosen text type.
Write AT LEAST 400 words for your essay.
Your essay should develop a critical response based on close analysis of appropriate text(s).
You should support your ideas with relevant evidence.
You will be rewarded for perceptive understanding and sustained insight.
Your essay should include:
an introduction stating clearly the focus and scope of the argument
a range of appropriate points supported by accurate and relevant evidence
a reasoned conclusion
Your essay should show accurate use and control of writing conventions.
Read the whole question and make sure you understand it before you begin your answer.
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Or:
2. A major determiner of our response to characters in a novel is always our engagement with the
voice or point of view of the text.
To what extent do you agree with this view?
Respond to this question with close reference to one or more novels you have studied.
Or:
3. To leave readers uncertain about outcomes is unwise - all conicts should be satisfactorily
resolved by the time the novel has ended.
To what extent do you agree with this view?
Respond to this question with close reference to one or more novels you have studied.
NON-FICTION
Either:
4. The key to a successful non-ction text is that its subject matter is engaging and at times
controversial.
To what extent do you agree with this view?
Respond to this question with close reference to one or more non-ction texts you have studied.
Or:
5. Non-ction uses a combination of hard data and creativity.
To what extent do you agree with this view?
Respond to this question with close reference to one or more non-ction texts you have studied.
Or:
6. Non-ction opens our eyes not only to the lives of individuals but also to their relationship with
their societies.
To what extent do you agree with this view?
Respond to this question with close reference to one or more non-ction texts you have studied.
SHORT STORIES
Either:
7. Short stories reveal the new insight of a character who experiences an unusual incident.
To what extent do you agree with this view?
Respond to this question with close reference to at least TWO short stories you have studied.
Or:
8. Short stories must be carefully plotted if the reader is to understand the writers point in
writing.
To what extent do you agree with this view?
Respond to this question with close reference to at least TWO short stories you have studied.
Or:
9. As in poetry, words in short stories must be carefully chosen.
To what extent do you agree with this view?
Respond to this question with close reference to at least TWO short stories you have studied.
POETRY
Either:
10. Poetry shakes people out of their complacency and makes them see the world clearly again.
To what extent do you agree with this view?
Respond to this question with close reference to at least TWO poems you have studied.
Or:
11. The best way to understand a poems meaning is to understand its particular genre.
To what extent do you agree with this view?
Respond to this question with close reference to at least TWO poems you have studied.
Or:
12. Poems are successful because poets are expert wordsmiths, every bit as fastidious as
sculptors and painters.
To what extent do you agree with this view?
Respond to this question with close reference to at least TWO poems you have studied.
NON-SHAKESPEAREAN DRAMA
Either:
13. A drama is always a time of trial, in which actions, motives and ideas are tested before the jury
of the audience.
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To what extent do you agree with this view?
Respond to this question with close reference to one or more non-Shakespearean plays you have
studied.
Or:
14. Dramas often contain characters with contrasting views, and those contrasts have signicant
impact on the storyline.
To what extent do you agree with this view?
Respond to this question with close reference to one or more non-Shakespearean plays you have
studied
Or:
15. A well-designed storyline is essential for a play to be a dramatic success.
To what extent do you agree with this view?
Respond to this question with close reference to one or more non-Shakespearean plays you have
studied.
PRINT MEDIA
Either:
16. Print journalism provides a well concocted mix of information and provocation.
To what extent do you agree with this view?
Respond to this question with close reference to at least TWO articles you have studied.
Or:
17. In print journalism, news is always mediated through a journalists bias.
To what extent do you agree with this view?
Respond to this question with close reference to at least TWO articles you have studied.
Or:
18. Good print journalism gets behind the appearance of things and shows us a much more
substantial reality.
To what extent do you agree with this view?
Respond to this question with close reference to at least TWO articles you have studied.
HYPERFICTION
Discussion of one of the topics in this section should focus on at least ONE long
hyperction text or SEVERAL short hyperction texts.
Either:
19. Hyperction offers a unique contract between equal participants.
To what extent do you agree with this view?
Respond to this question with close reference to one or more hyperction texts you have studied.
OR:
20. Character development in hypercition is sacriced for the sake of many storylines.
To what extent do you agree with this view?
Respond to this question with close reference to one or more hyperction texts you have studied.
OR:
21. Within hyperction, the reader is the creator of meaning not the writer.
To what extent do you agree with this view?
Respond to this question with close reference to one or more hyperction texts you have studied.
INTERTEXTUAL STUDIES
Discussion of one of the topics in this section should refer to at least TWO different
written text types (genres).
Either:
22. In order to hold a readers interest, stories must have an alienated character seeking to nd a
place in society.
To what extent do you agree with this view?
Respond to this question with close reference to at least TWO written texts of different genres
you have studied.
Or:
23. New Zealand writers do not present attering pictures of their fellow countrymen or women.
To what extent do you agree with this view?
Respond to this question with close reference to at least TWO written texts of different genres
you have studied.
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Question number: ____________
Title(s): ______________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________
Author(s): ____________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________
Novel Non-ction Short stories Poetry
Non-Shakespearean
drama
Print media Hyper ction
Intertextual
studies
Text type (circle one):
Continue your answer on the rell provided. Write your name and the topic/question number
clearly at the top of EACH PAGE you complete. Hand in ALL rell sheets WITH THIS BOOKLET
at the end of the examination to your supervisor.

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Begin your answer here:
Planning. (This planning section will NOT be assessed).
Or:
24. Texts are best analysed according to the conventions associated with genre.
To what extent do you agree with this view?
Respond to this question with close reference to at least TWO written texts of different genres
you have studied.