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STUDENTS NAME
BBA PRACTICE EXAMINATION
2013
ENGLISH
Level Two
QUESTION AND ANSWER BOOKLET
(PAPER SAVE VERSION)
91099 (2.2)

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Achievement Criteria
Achievement Achievement with Merit Achievement with Excellence
Analyse specifed aspect(s) of
studied visual or oral text(s)
written text(s), using supporting
evidence.
Analyse specifed aspect(s) of
studied visual or oral text(s)
convincingly, using supporting
evidence.
Analyse specifed aspect(s) of
studied visual or oral text(s)
perceptively, using supporting
evidence.
HAND THIS BOOKLET TO THE SUPERVISOR AT THE END OF THE ASSESSMENT.
ASSESSORS USE ONLY
Not
Achievement
Achievement Achievement GRADE
Achieved with Merit with Excellence AND SCORE
0-2 3-4 5-6 7-8
Analyse specifed aspect(s) of studied visual or oral text(s),
supported by evidence.
Credits: Four
Suggested time: 60 minutes
You should answer ONE of the questions in this booklet.
If you need more space for any answer, ask the Supervisor for extra paper. Clearly
number the question. Attach the extra sheets at the appropriate place in this booklet.
Check that this booklet has pages 2-3 in the correct order and that none of these
pages is blank.
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You are advised to spend 60 minutes writing an essay on your chosen question in this booklet.
Write clearly and coherently about AT LEAST ONE visual or oral text type you have studied:
EITHER:
flm
television programme
radio programme
drama production
graphic novel
oral performance
OR a combination of these text types
After you have chosen a question, complete the box at the top of page 3.
Choose ONE question:
Make sure your chosen question suits the text(s).
Support your answer with specic evidence from the text(s) of your choice.
QUESTIONS (Choose ONE):
(A list of visual and oral features is provided below.)
1. Analyse how the development of relationships helped you understand the characters in the
visual or oral text(s).
2. Analyse how the texts creator helped you understand at least one timeless idea about people,
in the visual or oral text(s).
3. Analyse how a writer used language to develop the theme(s) in the visual or oral text(s).
4. Analyse how settings are used to help you understand characters in the visual or oral text(s).
Note: Settings may include physical settings as well as social and historical contexts, and may
be real or imaginary (as in fantasy or science ction texts).
5. Analyse how the beginning and / or ending of the visual or oral text(s) held your interest.
6. Analyse how a writer developed confict(s) for a purpose in the visual or oral text(s).
7. Analyse how tension was created for a purpose in a particular section of the visual or oral
text(s).
8. Analyse how techniques particular to a genre or text type made the visual or oral text(s)
particularly effective for you.
(Note: genre and text type may include documentary, war, comedy, action, drama,
science ction, fantasy, action, lm, TV/ radio programme, stage drama, graphic novel,
oral performance).
Visual / oral language features could include:
Ambient sound / silence
Body language
Camera work / cinematography
Colour
Composition
Costume
Design
Dialogue
Editing
Font
Illustration
Imagery
Lighting
Music
Narration / voice-over
Props
Rhetorical devices
Sound effects
Special effects
Structure
Use of voice
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Continue your answer on the rell provided. Write your name and the topic/question number
clearly at the top of EACH PAGE you complete. Hand in ALL rell sheets WITH THIS BOOKLET
at the end of the examination to your supervisor.
Teachers
use only
Planning. (This planning section will NOT be assessed).
Title of text(s): ___________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________
Author / creator(s): _______________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________
Question number: ________________________
Circle your chosen text(s):
television programme radio programme drama production
graphic novel flm oral performance
Your essay should be at least 350 words long. The quality of your writing is more important than
the length of your essay.
Your essay should include:
an introduction that states the focus of your essay
key points related to the question, supported by examples and quotations
a conclusion that focuses on your argument.
Support the points you make with specic details from the text(s).
Begin your visual / oral text(s) essay here: