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
Question 1a 60 Marks Examine the scene from The Great Gatsby film where Nick attends Tom and Myrtle’s party. This scene is available on the YouTube link below. Then answer the essay question that follows. • https://youtu.be/elmkZaz4Ihs Write an essay (1200 – 1500 words) critically discussing the ways in which all three premises of auteur theory are applied in the above scene. In your answer, […]
Posted: November 14, 2022
Question 1 (Marks: 10) English, as a language, has evolved by crossing continents, intersecting cultures, through colonisation and through invasions, picking up pieces of other languages along the way and changing with its diaspora across the globe. Its history is complex, to say the least. Q.1.1 Anglo‐Norman French was used in England after the Norman Conquest and remained the language of the English nobility for […]
Posted: November 1, 2022
Question (Marks: 100) Nokugcina (Gcina) Elsie Mhlophe, born on 24 October 1959, established herself as a multi-talented multilingual actor and activist, poet and playwright, composer and director, infusing storytelling with poetry. An ardent campaigner for literacy, Mhlophe’s endeavours in this regard have been recognised with honorary doctorates from the Universities of London, KwaZulu Natal, Pretoria and Fort Hare. One of her most famous works of […]
Posted: October 26, 2022
Question 1: The Bloody Chamber and Other Stories “…Carter shows an acute awareness of the changes that result from an oral to a written transposition and calls attention to them by heightening the intertextuality of her narratives, making them into allegories that explore how sexual behaviour and gender roles are not universal, but are, like other forms of social interaction, culturally determined … I wish […]
Posted: October 17, 2022
