2013 SASS EL TYS P2 Ans

SASS 1128 O Level Paper2 (2013) Marking Scheme Text 1 – Visual Text Before you attempt the question, identify the following: Purpose: To encourage the reader to turn off your lights for 1 hour on a certain day and also to do 2 practical things to protect the environment Audience: youth who live in Singapore Context: webpage to encourage everyone to do their part to protect the environment 1. In which two ways does the illustration below the heading Earth Hour highlight the writer’s message in the first paragraph of the webpage? (I) Steps to answer the question 1. Highlight keywords in question 2. Identify what is the writer’s message (Purpose of the webpage?) 3. Examine and describe the illustration : Globe with a number 60 printed in the centre 4. Link the illustration to the writer’s message Answers 1. The number 60 printed on the globe highlights the writer’s purpose of encouraging the reader to turn off the lights for 60 minutes which is equivalent to one hour. 2. The globe represents the whole world highlighting the writer encouraging people from all walks of life in the world to participate in Earth Hour. Wrong answers Reasons why it is wrong It is to tell readers the purpose of commemorating Earth Hour Answer is not linked to the illustration The 60 implies that every minute is precious to save the environment Answer is not linked to the writer’s message 2. In the section Bring you own bag the writer says ‘sacrifices must be made’. What sort of ‘sacrifice’ is being referred to here? (I) Ans: The sacrifice refers to the sacrifice of being fashionable Wrong answers Reasons why it is wrong The ‘sacrifice’ refers to the use of canvas bag although it is not fashionable It does not refer to the use of canvas bag but the sacrifice of fashion

SASS 1128 O Level Paper2 (2013) Marking Scheme 3. In the section Turn down the volume… just a little the writer involves the reader by using you and your. In what other way does the writer involve the reader in this section? (L) Ans: The other way is the use of rhetorical questioning the involve the reader (Do not use the content about noise pollution or a quotation, instead identify the feature /method used) 4. Which sentence gives the main purpose of the webpage. (F) Ans: The sentence is ,“So this week Youth. SG will highlight two ways you can protect the environment in your everyday lives.” Text 2 5. Find the words in para 1 which suggest (V) (i) a sudden turn of the plane – “banked the plane steeply” (need to have “steeply” to describe the “sudden turn” (banked - To tilt (an aircraft) laterally and inwardly in flight.) (ii) flying quickly over the land – swept/ swept low/ swept low over the flat-topped trees 6. The writer describes the van as ‘crawling like a beetle through the bush’ (line 8). What does this description suggest about how the van appears to Mark? Description How the van appears to Mark ‘crawling’ moving slowly – (need to show move