Ncse 2013 Language Arts 3 92h2u

THE GOVERNMENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO MINISTRY OF EDUCATION

NATIONAL CERTIFICATE OF SECONDARY EDUCATION 2OI3 (Level 1)

ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS PAPER 3

TIME Sfudent's Name

School's Name

School's ID

Student's Number

2 HOURS

NCSE (LEVEL I) ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS 2OI3 PAPER 3

TABLE NUMBER

QUESTION NUMBER

MARI(ER'S INITIALS SECTION ONE

QUESTION

I

SECTION TWO

QUESTION 2

QUESTION 3

QUESTION 4

EXAMINER'S INITIALS

TOTAL MARK

INSTRUCTIONS Read the following carefully:

1.

This paper consists of TWO (2) sections.

2.

In Section I, there are questions based on a poem. Answer all questions in the spaces provided.

3.

In Section II there are THREE (3) questions based on literary texts which you have studied in class. Answer TWO (2) questions from this section on the blank pages provided at the end of this test booklet.

4.

Begin each of your answers for Section II on a new page. Place the question number and the title of the literature text selected at the top of each page of your answer.

5.

You should spend approximately 30 minutes on Section

6.

Write the following on the cover of this test booklet:

a. b. c. d. 7.

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and 90 minutes on Section II.

Student's Name School's Name School's ID Student's Number

If you have finished before time is called, go back

and check your responses.

NCSE LEVEL

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2OI3

ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS PAPER THREE SECTION Instruction: Read the following poem and ryl!

I the questions that follow.

Earlv Innocence *Remorse never came near it When we sank PuPPies and kittens or when we whacked worms

to see how Pieces wriggled'

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It could have been called

Pure

how we tested birds-egg thinness

With knocks' and how we took Half fulIbags of fledglings from summer woods'

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But then earlY fun had not become an exPert's guide to

living

to make the mute and the weak PaY, in jungle or citY'

EverY fish we hooked we cooked' EverY bird we shot was seasoned' BY James

xRemorse

- regret or guilt

Berry @daPted)

QUESTIONS:

1.

Briefly describe what the poem is about.

(4 marks)

2.

"...when we whacked worms to see how pieces wriggled" What is the literary device used in the lines above? Give one reason for yotn response.

(4 marks)

3.

What is the mood expressed in the first two stanzas of the poem? your answer with two examples.

(5 marks)

4.

State one childhood behaviour revealed in the poem? your answer with a suitable

quotation.

(4 marks)

5.

State two positive things you did for fun when you were younger. Compare what you did with what the children did in the poem.

(6 marks)

6.

Explain the meaning of the word 'tested' as it is used instanza2.

(3 marks)

7

.

Why do you think the poet repeated the word 'every' in stanza 4?

(4 marks)

8.

Explain the last two lines of the poem in your own words.

(4 marks)

9.

Why is the title of the poem 'Early Innocence'? Use two examples from the poem in explaining your response.

(6 marks) Total40 marks

SECTION II RESPONSE TO LITERATURE TEXTS Answer TWO (2) questions from this section.

You are required to use a different text (novel, short story, poem or play) for each question. The texts you choose must be ones that you studied in class. Write the full name of the text (novel, short story, poem or play) on the first line of your answer to each question. Refer to the texts to your answers. Your responses should be in essay format.

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Each question is worth a total of 30 marks

Content: 20 marks Organization and Language: 10 marks

Questions:

l.

Select a text in which a character has a problem

with someone who has power.

(a)

Name the

(b)

Name the character that has a problem with someone in authority or who has

text.

(1 mark)

power.

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(c)

Describe the problem that the character

(d)

Explain how the character deals with the person in

(e)

Using evidence from the text identiff TWO qualities revealed by the character in dealing with the person who has power.

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faces.

(4 marks)

power.

If you were the character in the text, describe how you would to the person who has power and give a reason for your

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mark)

(5 marks)

(6 marks)

have responded

answer?

(3 marks)

2.

Select a text in which setting is important in the development of the plot of the story.

(a)

(b) (i) (ii)

Identify a setting in the text where

major action takes place. Describe the setting where the action takes place.

(1 mark) (4 marks)

(c) (i) (ii)

Describe the major action that occurred at that setting. Give the main reason why the action occurred.

(4 marks) (5 marks)

(d)

3.

(1 mark)

Name the text. a

be another setting you would your choice? choose for the action and state the reason for

If you were the author of the text, what would

Choose a text in which the with another character.

major character experiences

(5 marks)

a significant relationship

(a)

Name the text.

(1 mark)

(b)

Name the characters involved in the significant relationship.

(1 mark)

(c)

Describe the relationship between these two characters.

(4 marks)

(d)

Discuss how their relationship affects the outcome of the story.

(6 marks)

(e)

In your opinion is the relationship a lasting one? Give evidence for your answer.

(f)

If you were the major character state what you would and give a reason for Your answer.

(5 marks)

have done differently

(3 marks)

BE SURE YOU HAVE ANSWERED TWO (2) QUESTIONS IN THIS SECTION

END OF TEST

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