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Level 2 English 2023

91100 Analyse significant aspects of unfamiliar written
text(s) through close reading, supported by evidence

Credits: Four

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Refer to this booklet to answer the questions for English 91100.

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TEXT A: Prose

In this extract from a novel, the narrator makes a new friend while on holiday.

Elliot
The day after we arrived, another family set up their campsite in the small patch of grass
next to ours.

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Dad told us if a swarm of wasps appeared while we

were panning we should jump into the water and lie down, and
if we were biking, bike in a straight line as fast as we could A wok
away from them. 30

Source (adapted): Marra, Eamonn. (2020). 2000 ft Above Worry Level. Victoria University Press.
Image: https://www.savebarn.co.nz/wok-pan-60cm-commercial-iron-woks-frying-1140
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TEXT B: Poetry

In this poem, the poet reflects on the impact that her surroundings have on her.

Near Hurunui
It is surprising, not far from home, to discover

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And feel tired, as though we have been a long way.
Source: France, Ruth. (2020). No Traveller Returns: The selected poems of Ruth France. Robert McLean (Ed). Cold Hub Press.
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TEXT C: Non-fiction

In this online opinion-piece written after hearing her name mispronounced, Taualofa Totua compares
common names with unique names.

Hear me out: We need more out-the-gate names

Why wouldn’t you give your child a name that’s theirs and theirs alone?

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You should think about making one too.
Source (adapted): Totua, Taualofa. (2022). Hear me out: We need more out-the-gate names. The Spinoff. 2 July, 2022.
https://thespinoff.co.nz/society/02-07-2022/hear-me-out-we-need-more-out-the-gate-names