ALEXANDER ROAD HIGH SCHOOL NOVEMBER 2018 2 HOURS

ENGLISH HOME LANGUAGE – PAPER 2

DL, IK, JN, SF, SI TOTAL = 80

GRADE 10

INSTRUCTIONS

1. Start each section on a new page. 2. Leave a line after each answer to a contextual question. 3. Write neatly and legibly. 4. Pay attention to spelling, sentence construction and language. 5. Rule off after each section. CHOICE OF ANSWERS 1. This question paper consists of THREE sections:

SECTION A: Poetry (prescribed poems and an unseen poem)

SECTION B: Novel

SECTION C: Drama

2. Carefully follow the instructions for each question.

3. Answer ONE essay question and ONE contextual question from SECTION B and SECTION C. If you choose to answer the essay question from SECTION B, then you must answer the contextual question from SECTION C and vice versa.

4. LENGTH OF ANSWERS

Essay questions: your answer should be about 300-350 words (approximately one and a half sides).

Contextual questions: aim for relevance and conciseness, but note that marks are allocated to questions in terms of their complexity. The answer to a 4-mark question should therefore be longer than the answer to a 2-mark question.

5. You are encouraged to express your views/opinions with support from the text.

SECTION A: POETRY

PRESCRIBED POETRY

ANSWER TWO OF THE FOLLOWING SEEN POEMS

QUESTION 1: CONTEXTUAL

by your own definition by Shabbir Banoobhai by your own definition i drink too deeply the blood of roses

lean on a leaf for comfort 5 mistake mysteriously a thorn for a star

when the world curls itself around my fingers seas gather in my palms 10 trees sustain the sky

my life lifts to loving love leaps to living

and without words i strive to answer questions you have never asked 15 oh making you understand is like trying to crush the skull of a mountain

1.1 What is one of the criticisms the person to whom the poem is addressed makes of the speaker in stanzas one to three (l. 1-7)? (1)

1.2 By referring closely to specific portions of the poem, describe

the relationship between the speaker and the other person. (3)

1.3 Describe the difference between the speaker’s attitude to life

and the way the other person sees life. (2) 1.4 Explain the simile in stanza seven (l. 16-18). (2) 1.5 What is the effect of the lack of capitals and punctuation, and

the unusual layout of the poem? (2) [10]

OR

QUESTION 2: CONTEXTUAL

The Right Word by Imtiaz Dharker Outside the door, lurking in the shadows, is a terrorist. Is that the wrong description? Outside that door, taking shelter in the shadows, is a freedom-fighter. I haven't got this right. Outside, waiting in the shadows is a hostile militant. Are words no more than waving, wavering flags? Outside your door, watchful in the shadows, is a guerrilla warrior. God help me. Outside, defying every shadow, stands a martyr. I saw his face. No words can help me now. Just outside the door, lost in shadows,

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is a child who looks like mine. One word for you. Outside my door, his hand too steady, his eyes too hard, is a boy who looks like your son, too. I open the door. Come in, I say. Come in and eat with us. The child steps in and carefully, at my door, takes off his shoes.

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2.1 Describe the setting of the poem. (1) 2.2 How many people are waiting outside the speaker’s door?

Explain your answer. (2) 2.3 Quote one word from stanza one that creates a fearful

mood. (1) 2.4 Explain how the words used in stanza two create a mood

contrasting to the mood of stanza one. (2) 2.5 Refer to lines 11 to 12 (“Are words … wavering flags?”).

Explain the comparison suggested by the question. (2) 2.6 To what extent is the statement the poem makes about

language relevant in a school environment? Give a detailed explanation of your answer. (2)

[10] OR

QUESTION 3: CONTEXTUAL

Reapers in a mieliefield by Mbuyiseni Oswald Mtshali Faces furrowed and wet with sweat, Bags tied to their wasp waists, women reapers bend mielie stalks, break cobs in rustling sheaths, toss them in the bags and move through row upon row of maize. Behind them, like a desert tanker, a dust-raising tractor pulls a trailer, driven by a pipe-puffing man flashing tobacco-stained teeth as yellow as the harvested grain. He stops to pick up bags loaded by thick-limbed labourers in vests baked brown with dust. The sun lashes the workers with a red-hot rod; they stop for a while to wipe a brine-bathed brow and drink from battered cans bubbling with malty maheu Thirst is slaked in seconds, Men jerk bags like feather cushions and women become prancing wild mares; soon the day’s work will be done and the reapers will rest in their kraals.

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3.1 Describe the level of work that is required to reap a mieliefield. Give an explanation with reference to the poem for your answer. (2)

3.2 What evidence in stanzas two and three shows the reapers

work in extremely hot conditions? (2) 3.3 Identify and explain the predominant figure of speech in lines

17 to 19 (“The sun … rod”). (3) 3.4 Quote a sound device from stanza four. (1) 3.5 Comment on the comparison of the women to wild mares as

it relates to the poem as a whole. (2) [10]

OR

QUESTION 4: CONTEXTUAL

a young man’s thoughts before june the 16th by Fhazel Johennesse tomorrow i travel on a road that winds to the top of the hill i take with me only the sweet memories of my youth my heart aches for my mother for friday nights with friends around a table with the broad belch of beer i ask only for a sad song sung by a woman with downturned eyes and strummed by an old man with a broken brow o sing my sad song sing for me for my sunset is drenched with red

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4.1 Explain the significance of the date in the title (“june the 16th”) in relation to the poem as a whole. (2)

4.2 Give a figurative interpretation of line 2 (“that winds … the

hill”). (2) 4.3 What two aspects of his life make the speaker

downhearted as he thinks about the next day? (2)

4.4 What is the effect of the alliteration in lines 12 to 13 (“o sing … with red”)? (2)

4.5 How does the image in line 13 (“for my … red”) hint at

what is to come for the young man? (2) [10]

AND

UNSEEN POETRY

READ THE FOLLOWING POEM AND ANSWER QUESTION 5.

Remember by Don Mattera Remember to call at my grave When freedom finally Walks the land So that I may rise To tread familiar paths To see broken chains Fallen prejudice Forgotten injury Pardoned pains. And when my eyes have filled their sight Do not run away for fright If I crumble to dust again It will only be the bliss Of a long-awaited dream That bids me rest When freedom finally walks the land…

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TOTAL SECTION A: 30

Please ensure that you have answered two seen poems and

the unseen poem.

AND

SECTION B: NOVEL The Mark by Edyth Bulbring

ANSWER ONE QUESTION FROM THIS SECTION.

QUESTION 6: THE MARK ESSAY QUESTION

Ettie’s actions affect not only her life, but the lives of those with whom she

comes into contact.

In an essay of 300-350 words, discuss how her actions influence those

around her. Examine her effect on at least TWO of the characters.

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QUESTION 5: 5.1 Explain whether the speaker believes that he will get to

experience freedom. Quote from the poem to substantiate your answer. (2)

5.2 What is your response to the word choice in lines 1-3? (2) 5.3 Refer to stanza one. Why does the speaker want to be

called when freedom comes? (2) 5.4 Identify the sound device in line 9. (1) 5.5 How does the poem indicate that a new South Africa should

not harbour hatred? (2) 5.6 Quote one word from stanza three that suggests that

freedom will bring forth happiness. (1) [10]

OR

QUESTION 7: THE MARK CONTEXTUAL QUESTION

Read the extracts below and answer the questions that follow. EXTRACT A

A man flails in the breakers, thrashing the sea with windmill arms. “Monster!” he shouts. The Market Nags are the first to come screaming out of the shallows, breasts bouncing free from their underwear. “Monster, it’s a monster!” They swirl in circles on the beach, looking for a place to hide. The monster siren pierces the squeals of children being pulled from the breakers by beach wardens waving swimmers towards the dunes. “Get out of the water. Get out!” Their eyes scan the sea. Sun-worshippers jerk free of their torpor and abandon towels and bags. They stumble for the shelter of the dunes, dragging children along with them. “Run. Before the monster gets you. Run!” They urge toddlers along, slapping their blistered legs. The Market Nags gather their wits and clothes scattered on the beach, and follow them to safety. Glee swells my chest as I watch these fools. Buzzing around like flies trapped crazy behind a mesh screen. The sand trickles through my fingers as I wait for my moment. Then, in the chaos of umbrellas toppling onto the sand, I scramble to my feet and get busy.

[Chapter 1]

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7.1 What is Ettie’s relationship to the man waving his hands in the

surf? (1) 7.2. “Glee swells my chest as I watch these fools. Buzzing around like

flies trapped crazy behind a mesh screen” (l. 15-16). Explain how the simile reveals Ettie’s views towards the people at the beach. (3)

7.3 Comment on what this scene and the events shortly afterwards reveal about Ettie’s character. (2)

AND

EXTRACT B

I watch Kitty. Every day. Wherever she goes, I follow. At night I track her as she slips past the Locust booms to the Scavvies under the bridge where she takes a seacraft across the river to the pleasure quarter. Sometimes credits are exchanged for the service. But when Nelson is there, he does not charge her. I should have guessed his trade would be that of a Scavvie. His weathered skin has been stiffened by the sun and sea. He takes her across the river and sometimes waits for her to come back. They talk, hidden when the one-eyed moon is up. But never from me. Made invisible by Gollum’s precious ring, I am always watching her. I follow Kitty to the pleasure clubs where, hiding at the back of rooms dim with smoke, I spy. Her glass is full, but she never drinks. She laughs and talks with the Posh. They spill their bug juice on her clothes and she giggles her pretty laugh. She dances for them with the other beautiful boys and girls. But her face never betrays what she thinks of them. I see her with Handler Xavier before each dawn. They meet in the doorway to our building in Section O where she tells him all she has heard and seen. He soaks up her stories to pass on to other people who hate Mangerians as much as she does. They do not see me because I am Peter Pan’s shadow, cut off from my body. And I put on my sleep mask when she tiptoes into our room. But no matter how close I stay to Kitty, I cannot gain a sense of what she has planned. I do not know when it will happen and why she is waiting. The mark pulses on my spine as the days pass. The fear I feel for her eats me away.

[Chapter 9]

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7.4 What does Ettie hope to accomplish by watching and following

Kitty? (1)

7.5 Refer to paragraphs 2 and 3 (l. 2-10). With close reference to the text, describe the relationship between Kitty and Nelson. (3)

7.6 What is revealed about Kitty’s motives through her actions in

paragraph 4 (l. 11-15). (2) 7.7. For what does the “O” in Section O stand? (1) 7.8 “I put on my sleep mask when she tiptoes into our room.”

Explain the role of masks in this extract and in the novel. (3)

AND EXTRACT C

Wan sunlight washes the sky, and Nicholas starts loading our provisions for the journey. He fills the seacraft with sacks of dried mango and banana and carrot and pumpkin smuggled from The Laboratory weeks ago, and stored ever since in the warehouse. “Just a few last things – a good knife, some rope,” he says, buttoning up his Locust uniform for the last time. “Be careful. Don’t be gone too long,” I shout after him. He turns and laughs at me. “I’ll be back for you. I promise. Don’t always worry so much.” But I cannot help myself. In time, our fears will leave us, he has told me. Once we have left these shores. There is one last thing I must do before we go. I take the back streets to the Tree Museum. Even though The Machine cannot track me, I still need to avoid the Locusts. They are looking for the girl with Savage hair. I know I will never see my tree again. And I may never see another like it, ever. I cannot imagine what Nicholas and I will find across the ocean.

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At the Tree Museum, I stand with my eyes wrapped around my caged tree. Wisha-wisha-wisha-wisha, it whispers. I wish I could understand what it is trying to tell me. Then I hear my name and see her. Half her face is obscured by a bandage, but the other half is still beautiful. I look for Locusts, but she has come alone.

[Chapter 21]

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7.9 Explain the circumstances leading up to this extract. (2) 7.10 Refer to lines 7 to 9. With reference to the text, what do these lines

reveal about the differences between Ettie and Nicholas? (3) 7.11 Who is the “girl with Savage hair” (l. 14-15)? (1) 7.12 “I know I will never see my tree again. And I may never see

another like it, ever.” (l.16) Why are these two statements correct? (2)

7.13 Who is the female mentioned in lines 20 to 22. (1)

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TOTAL SECTION B: 25