English (Advanced) Paper 2 Modules

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1 2015 MOCK TRIAL E X A M I N A T I O N English (Advanced) Paper 2 Modules General Instructions Total marks 60 Reading time 5 minutes Section 1 Pages 2-4 Working time 2 hours Write using black or blue pen - Attempt Question 1 Black pen is preferred - Allow about 40 minutes for this section Write your name on every page Section 2 Page Attempt Question 2 - Allow about 40 minutes for this section Section 3 Pages Attempt Question 3 - Allow about 40 minutes for this section

2 Section I Module A: Comparative Study of Texts and Context Attempt either Question 1 or Question 2 Allow about 40 minutes for this section In your answer you will be assessed on how well you: demonstrate understanding of the meanings of a pair of texts when considered together evaluate the relationships between texts and contexts organise, develop and express ideas using language appropriate to audience, purpose and form Question 1 Elective 1: Intertextual Connections () (a) Shakespearean Drama and Film The pursuit of individual recognition is an idea which connects King Richard III and Looking for Richard. How is this idea shaped and reshaped in these texts from different contexts? William Shakespeare, King Richard III and Al Pacino, Looking for Richard (b) Prose Fiction and Nonfiction The challenge of living your own life is an idea which connects Pride and Prejudice and Letters to Alice on First Reading Jane Austen. How is this idea shaped and reshaped in these texts from different contexts? Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice and Fay Weldon, Letters to Alice on First Reading Jane Austen

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4 (c) Prose Fiction and Film The challenge of living your own life is an idea which connects Mrs Dalloway and The Hours. How is this idea shaped and reshaped in these texts from different contexts? Your prescribed texts are: - Woolf, Virginia, Mrs Dalloway - Steven Daldry, The Hours End of Question 1 Question 2 Elective 2: Intertextual Perspectives () (a) Prose Fiction and Film To what extent has your comparative study of Fritz Lang s Metropolis and George Orwell s Nineteen Eighty Four provided intertextual perspectives on the tensions of individualism? In your response, make detailed reference to your prescribed texts. - Orwell, George, Nineteen Eighty Four - Lang, Fritz, Metropolis End of Question 2

5 Section II Module B: Critical Study of Text Answer ONE question from Questions 3-5 Allow about 40 minutes for this section In your answer you will be assessed on how well you: demonstrate an informed understanding of the ideas expressed in the text evaluate the text s language, content and construction organise, develop and express ideas using language appropriate to audience, purpose and form Question 3 Shakespearean Drama William Shakespeare, Hamlet () Shakespeare s Hamlet is a valued text because it continues to engage audiences through its dramatic treatment of struggle and disillusionment. In the light of your critical study, does this statement resonate with your own interpretation of Hamlet? In your response, make detailed reference to the play. End of Question 3 Question 4 Prose Fiction, Cloudstreet () Cloudstreet is a valued text because it explores challenging ideas of resilience and healing. Discuss this statement in light of your understanding of Tim Winton s Cloudstreet. In your response, make detailed reference to the novel. End of Question 4 Question 5 continues on page 5

6 Question 5 Poetry, TS Eliot () Eliot s poetry is valued because it explores challenging ideas of alienation and quiet personal despair. Discuss this statement in light of your understanding of Eliot s poems. In your response, make detailed reference to TWO poems set for study. The prescribed poems are: The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock, Preludes Rhapsody on a Windy Night The Hollow Men Journey of the Magi End of Question 5

7 Section III Module C: Representation and Text Attempt either Question 6 or Question 7 Allow about 40 minutes for this section In your answer you will be assessed on how well you: demonstrate an informed understanding of the ideas expressed in the text evaluate the text s language, content and construction organise, develop and express ideas using language appropriate to audience, purpose and form Question 6: Elective 1: Representing People and Politics () All representations are acts of manipulation. To what extent does your study representation of people and politics support this statement? In your response, make detailed reference to your prescribed text and ONE other related text of your own choosing. - Shakespearean Drama William Shakespeare, King Henry IV Part 1 - Prose Fiction - Aldous Huxley, Brave New World - Drama Arthur Miller, The Crucible - Film Barry Levinson, Wag the Dog - Nonfiction - Henry Reynolds, Why Weren t We Told? - Poetry WH Auden The prescribed poems are: O what is that sound which so thrills the ear, Spain Epitaph on a Tyrant In Memory of W.B. Yeats September 1, 1939 The Unknown Citizen The Shield of Achilles

8 Question 7 continues on page 6 Question 7: Elective 2: Representing People and Landscapes () All representations are acts of manipulation. To what extent does your study representation of people and landscapes support this statement? In your response, make detailed reference to your prescribed text and ONE other related text of your own choosing. - Prose Fiction - Harrison, Melissa, Clay - Tóibín, Colm, Brooklyn - White, Patrick, The Tree of Man - Film de Heer, Rolf, Ten Canoes - Nonfiction - de Botton, Alain, The Art of Travel - Poetry Judith Wright The prescribed poems are: The Hawthorn Hedge, Brothers and Sisters, South of My Days, For New England, Flame-tree in a Quarry, Train Journey, Moving South End of Paper

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