Year 12 Easter Holiday Work 2011

As promised, here is the work I would like you to complete over the holiday.

YOU MUST SPEND TIME REVISING ALL YOUR TERMINOLOGY - VOICE & GENERAL

YOU MUST RE-READ ADDRESS UNKNOWN AND GO THROUGH ALL YOUR NOTES FOR THAT TEXT

YOU MUST GO BACK THROUGH YOUR NOTES AND PREVIOUS ESSAYS AND MAKE CERTAIN YOU KNOW HOW TO APPROACH EACH QUESTION AND WHAT YOU MUST INCLUDE TO GET HIGH MARKS

PLEASE ALSO COMPLETE THE FOLLOWING:
Task 1:
In order to practise some Unit 1 Section A work I would like you to click on the link below:

In this document, I want you to look at page 4.

Read through the transcript then identify and give examples of 4 typical features of spontaneous speech.
(4 marks)

Choose 2 of these features and explain what function they have in the given transcript. (6 marks).

Task 2:
Please read through the 2 texts below.
Examine how the writers:
  • shape or craft each text to meet the expectations of their respective audience/purpose/context
  • employ aspects of spoken language in their texts (40 marks)
Text A:
Text A is a transcript of a text message conversation between 2 male friends in their late twenties.

Zac: U up for the game 2nite... 6aside usual place.We r in bibs so no worries re shirt colour.
Steve: 2 rite I am. Tuff week so lookin 4ward.
Zac: Why so tuff. Beers after.
Steve: Got to be bak by 9 to c L + pack for Spain but def up 4 a couple.
Zac: Fair enuf. CU L8r Adios amigo.

Text B:
Text B is a poem.


Task 3:
Please read through the 2 texts below.
Examine how the writers:
  • shape or craft each text to meet the expectations of their respective audience/purpose/context
  • employ aspects of spoken language in their texts (40 marks)


Text A:
The extract below is from a TV script.

Please read from:
Ash: ...It's the only game...
to
Mickey: I feel like I'm stuck

Text B:
The text below is the speech President Bill Clinton gave in a nationwide broadcast to the American people to apologise for his affair with Monica Lewinsky.


Task 4:
Using the letter of February 15, 1934 as a starting point, examine the way Taylor, throughout the novella, exploits the letter form to produce a dramatically effective piece of fiction.

Remember:
  • You must incorporate terminology throughout your response.
  • You must analyse linguistic and literary features at word, sentence and whole text level, using brief quotations to support your points.
  • You must look at significant aspects of the whole text as well as the given letter.
  • You must aim to write atleast 750 words.

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