Question 1 1. From your reading of the passage, mention two reasons why students struggle to reference? (4) 2. Read the sentence below and answer the questions that follow: Firstly, referencing helps us to avoid plagiarising by acknowledging the original author or source of an idea (page 28). i) What does the word ‘plagiarising’ mean in the context in which it is used in the […]
Posted: March 10, 2024
Read the questions below and answer the questions set. Please ensure that you engage with your prescribed text and resources when you construct your answers. 1. “How has the English language evolved over time, from its roots in Old English to its current form, and what factors have influenced its development?” Your response should be approximately 1 page. (25) 2. There is a commonly held […]
Posted: February 27, 2024
Question 1: The Bloody Chamber and Other Stories (Marks: 100) Using the extract from the Fowl (1991) reading below as context, answer all four questions that follow (Q.1.1 – Q.1.4): “When one considers a tale as part of The Bloody Chamber collection – a structural consideration – the tale mixes and meshes with the other tales in Carter’s book, drawing upon the collection’s shared reservoir […]
Posted: October 1, 2023
2023 The God of Small Things Term Essay In her article “Swimming in the River of Life’’, Laura Wright argues that “What is natural, is represented within Roy’s novel, as Eden run amok, a landscape that is lovely and fecund but also dangerous in its transgression of boundaries … Throughout the narrative, the natural world – the plants in the garden, the monsoon rains, and […]
Posted: August 31, 2023
Roberto is a first-year law student, and is under a lot of pressure to perform well because of the sacrifices his mother and grandparents have made for him to study. Knowing that he didn’t quite ‘shoot for the stars’ at school, to improve his chances now, Roberto has asked one of his classmates, Tarachand, if she would give him some feedback on his first assignment […]
Posted: August 30, 2023
Question 1 1. From your reading of the passage, what does the term ‘Google-Fu’ refer to? (2) 2. Read the sentence below and answer the questions that follow: ‘Jana’s experience is not unique- at some point, most of us who ‘surf’ the World Wide Web or an online database for information have experienced that frustrating sense of defeat’ (p 94). i) What does the word […]
Posted: March 23, 2023
QUESTION 1 FROM MY HEAD TO YOURS! A woman’s hair is an important characteristic and the focus of hours of regular, careful attention. To choose to cut it all off is one thing- to lose it to chemotherapy is another. Lise van Breda grew her hair for her wedding day, and shortly afterwards decided to cut it and donate it to the Cancer Association of […]
Posted: March 8, 2023
QUESTION 1 Read the passage below and answer the questions that follow in full sentences TEXT A THE CURSE OF KING TUTANKHAMEN,S MUMMY Death Shall Come on Swift Wings To Him Who Disturbs the Peace of the King… (Supposedly engraved on the exterior of the king Tutankhamen’s Tomb.) King Tut was only eight or nine when he became the ruler of Egypt. He was nineteen […]
Posted: March 6, 2023
Saudi Arabia Wants to Build This Bizarre City Dubbed “The Line” The ambitious project sounds like something from a dystopian sci-fi movie about the death of the planet. Saudi Arabia is developing a new city, 150-stories tall and built from scratch, that will serve as a semi-enclosed environment where people can live and work without ever stepping foot outside. And while the promotional videos released […]
Posted: February 6, 2023
Question 1: A Brief History of the English Language (Marks: 15) Neologisms are recently adopted terms, words, or phrases, that are often used in casual, informal speech or written language, but have yet to be adopted into mainstream use. The use of neologisms is a great example of the evolving nature of language and display how it is not static, but a reactive aspect of […]
Posted: December 5, 2022
