English HL P2

Feb-March 2015 — Grade 12 / Matric — English

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🎯 80 marks 📄 22 pages 📝 27 items found 📚 6 topics 📖 3 language components

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2.1What do the words gigantic sore (line 6\ indicate about the living conditions in White City Jabavu (2\

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3.2What does the use of the expression the Boys (line \ suggest about the motorcyclists? (2\

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3.4A minute holds them, who have come to go (line 33\. With reference to the final stanza ritically discuss the effectiveness of this image. (3\ [10] QUESTION 4:10

4.1What does the use of the word charter (line 2\ tell you about London? (2\

4.2Discuss how the words cry (line 9\ and sigh (line 11\ contribu te to your understanding of the poem s overall meaning.

4.3Explain how the repetition of the word every in stanza 2 contributes to the speaker s tone in the poem as a whole.

4.4Comment critically on the effectiveness of the image in th e last line of the poem. [10] AND 1010

5.1Explain what the words pattering (line 1\ and torrent (line 3\ convey about the movement of th e people.

5.2What is suggested by the description of the face as a single maskless face (line 7\? (2\

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5.4Refer to line 21: Disappear into little holes of resting Critically discuss how the image in this line reinforces the mood of the poem. [10] TOTAL SECTION A: 1110

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11.5.1Comment on the irony of Gatsby s waiting outside Daisy house.

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15.1Refe r to line 17 She hurries to Betty Suggest a reason for Abigail s haste to get to Betty. To what extent is Proctor part of the pretence

Language Components

Essay/ArgumentLiterature AnalysisOral/Debate

Topics Identified

ComprehensionLanguage in ContextLiteratureEssay WritingGrammarOral Communication

Mark Allocation

Total80 marks

Sections10 + 10 + 10 + 10 + 10 + 25 + 25 + 25 + 25 + 25 + 25 + 25 + 25 + 25 = 275 marks

Paper information

SubjectEnglish

Year2015

SessionFeb-March

TypePast Paper

PaperPaper 2

LanguageEnglish (HL — verified from PDF)

Pages22

Downloads9

Examination context

Decade2010s

Years ago11y

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