Question 1: PROSE Read the following story and answer the question that follows it. EAGLE’S QUEST A long time ago when pigs could still fly and animals could speak with authority, Eagle, the queen of the skies, was the leader of all birds and the heavens. She flew higher in the sky than everyone and ruled ably over her people. During those times, a huge […]
Posted: October 9, 2024
Question 1: Emma, a university student, is struggling with her academic writing assignments. She often finds it difficult to understand the instructions given by her professors and frequently misinterprets the requirements of the assignments. Additionally, when reading course materials or textbooks, Emma tends to skim-read through the content quickly without fully comprehending the main ideas or key concepts. As a result, she often misses important […]
Posted: August 20, 2024
Question 1 – Poetry (Marks: 50) Answer Q.1.1 and Q.1.2 to complete this question. Q.1.1 Apply all constructive feedback received on your formative Part to rework and resubmit an improved version of your response to the 50-mark question for which you received the lowest marks, while remaining within its original given word limit(s) – e.g.: • Q.1 poetry analysis essay, or • Q.2 creative poem […]
Posted: June 4, 2024
Essay question 1 “If you were still alive, Refent˘se, child of Tiragalong,you would be glad that Bafana Bafana lost to Francein the 1998 Soccer World Cup fiasco. Of courseyou supported the squad. But at least now, you wouldexperience no hardships walking to your flat throughthe streets of Hillbrow – that locality of just over onesquare kilometre,according to official records; andaccording to its inhabitants, at least […]
Posted: April 30, 2024
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
