ACS(I) 2023 Y3IP Language Arts Paper 2

Anglo-Chinese School (Independent) FINAL EXAMINATION 2023 YEAR 3 (INTEGRATED PROGRAMME) LANGUAGE ARTS PAPER 2 Friday 29 September 2023 1 hour 30 minutes INSTRUCTIONS TO CANDIDATES Write your answer using a black or blue pen on the separate answer paper provided. If you use more than one sheet of paper, fasten the sheets together. Write your index number in the spaces provided on the writing paper. You are required to attempt one question from each section. One of the questions attempted must be an essay question and the other must be a key passage analysis . You are recommended to spend no more than 45 minutes on each question. Start each section on a fresh sheet of paper and indicate the question number clearly on the answer script. INFORMATION FOR CANDIDATES You are reminded of the need for good English and clear presentation in your answers. This Question Paper consists of 5 printed pages. [Turn over

2 Section A Answer Question 1 or 2. Short Stories: Hook and Eye 1. Setting often helps readers to better understand the story. With reference to two stories you have studied in Hook and Eye, discuss how settings help the writers convey their message. (NB: You are not allowed to use material found in Question 2.) [25] OR 2. Read the following passage from Identity by Latha carefully and answer the questions that follow. 5 10 15 20 25 Her glance fell on her 13 -year-old daughter, Suba, standing in front of the mirror and painstakingly applying dark red lipstick. She couldn’t stop herself from thinking that she had not touched lipstick till she had started working. “Suba, what are you doing? Where do you think you are going?” “To the movies with friends.” "Do you call what you're wearing a dress? Might as well go out in your underwear. Your skirt is short enough." Glaring at her mother in anger, Suba threw her comb down onto the dressing table. "Mum, do you know how truly narrow-minded you are?" "Why are you screaming? Girls should be refined and sedate. Had I spoken to my mother like this, she would have thrashed me." “If I were like you, people would also tease me as a country bumpkin from India. This is the latest style and fashion." “Fashion, my foot! If you want to go out, change into more decent clothes." Awakened from his sleep by the shouting, her husband's harsh voice interrupted their argument. "What's all the fuss here?" "Just look at your daughter. She wants to go out dressed like this!" "Why? You want her to also be like you, to swaddle hers