SNGS EL TYS 2019 P2 (B, C)

TYS 2019

Some reminders • Answer in complete sentence • Precision in your answer – understand the demand of the qn, match your answer to the key word(s) of the question • Expression error – check what you have written

Explain what the language tells the reader about each of the sounds she can hear. Support your ideas with three details from the text. Is this Q-E-L ?

Q5 Explain the language used in the text, with three distinct details, link to ‘sounds she can hear’ • Focus on sounds, not movements • Hum, murmuring, whisper – meanings of these sounds : • Hum- continuous low sound • Murmur- soft sound • Whisper- barely heard

Q5 • Firstly, ‘fading hum of the taxi’ suggests that the engine of the taxi purred/made a low sound as it drove off. • Secondly, ‘murmuring of the water in the stream’ suggests there was an indistinct soft sound of running water. • Thirdly, ‘a whisper of tiny movements (in the hedgerows and grasses)’ suggests that the small creatures going about their activities in the foliage was barely audible/discernible. • NO NEED to link to quiet environment since it is not required in this question

Q6 • The phrase is ‘put on a show of amusement’. (b) Immediate actions of Kassim. (i) Kassim walked away from her. (ii) Kassim did not say anything to her.

Q7a What does the writer do to emphasise.. • i.e. How does the writer show..( focuses on the style of the writer/language feature) • He emphasises the location of the house by stating that it was behind a cluster of houses with no through road and there were no amenities nearby. WHY IS THIS ANSWER WRONG?

Q7a What does the writer do to emphasise.. • i.e. How does the writer show..( focuses on the style of the writer/language feature) • He repeats the word, ‘no’ in the phrases ‘no way back’, ‘no through road’, ‘no café, pub or shop’ to emphasise inaccessibility/remoteness/isolation of the place.

Q7b • Need to state the reason why being in the ‘middle of nowhere’ was challenging for Alice (not necessarily so hard for Kasim) • Unpack – challenging • She had forgotten her keys and felt bad for making Kasim waste his time. • WHY IS THIS ANSWER WRONG?

Q7b • Need to state the reason why being in the ‘middle of nowhere’ was challenging for Alice (not necessarily so hard for Kasim) • There was nowhere for Alice to bring Kasim to pass time while waiting for her siblings to arrive with the house keys which intensified her awkwardness /embarrassment of forgetting the keys.