English A Language And Literature Essay

These notes to examiners are intended only as guidelines to assist marking. They are not adjureed as an exhaustive and fixed particularize of responses or approaches to which all answers must rigidly adhere. Good ideas or angles not allegeed here should be adjudge and rewarded as appropriate.Similarly, answers which do not include all the ideas or approaches suggested here should be rewarded appropriately.SECTION ACandidates are required to differentiate a letter from John Steinbeck to his eldest son Thom with an advice comic stripteaser by Ken Cursoe, both of which explore the virtues (or not) of being in love. An adequate to neat analysis go forth note the commonalities of the two texts, such as Thom and Luke both seeking advice about love, the experts trust about love, male/female distinctions, etc note some of the differences between the two texts, such as begin / Tiny Sepuku, sincerity / humor, letter / advice column/cartoon, etc comment on the different text types, noting some characteristics of each. (For example, the letter observes the conventions of the form and responds to a letter on a own(prenominal) level and addresses the issues it raises in a make believe and logical fashion. The cartoon, posing as an advice column, opens with a brief letter of two questions answered by Tiny in a tongue-in-cheek fashion through seven vignettes of the super powers that love gives to either the male or female in the relationship) comment on the differences of context as deduced from the times and situations in which the texts were generated and from issues and references made inwardly the texts themselves, such as the vignettes of the cartoon, the implications of the gestures and language of the cartoon characters, as well as the relationships revealed in the letter and the attitudes evince by Steinbeck comment on the differences of auditory sense and purpose as deduced from the two text types. A good to excellent analysis whitethorn also conside r further the differences in the attitudes to love consider more(prenominal) tight the purposes of the writers as viewed through their choice of text types, considering closely the differences between seriousness and humour offer a more in-depth analysis of both the letter and the cartoon, lookingclosely at the stylistic features and display some familiarity with terms appropriate to each offer a more careful consideration of audience and purpose, for example, the original recipient of the letter and, now, the wider audience interested in the life and writings of John Steinbeck, and, for the cartoon, those who pass the comic strip (and write in) or the general public who are amused by the cartoonists treatment of the subject.4N13/1/AYENG/HP1/ENG/TZ0/XX/MSECTION BCandidates are required to compare the poem Eyepiece by Judith Beveridge with a message from the Yahoo forum Microscope Microscopy as a pursual or profession, which present, respectively, figurative and literal views of the instauration seen through a microscope. An adequate to good analysis lead note the commonalities of the two texts the viewing of the world through a microscope, the identification of what is being looked at in each case comment on the two text types exploring some characteristics of each (the blend of personal and scientific comments in the message, as well as the nature of observation, both general and specific, the use of scientific language, the global nature of the group, etc as opposed to the more refined qualities of the poem stanzas, lines, enjambment, simile, extended metaphor, alliteration, etc) comment on the view of the world that is offered by these writers and how distinctions between their purposes, contexts and audience shape their use of language, style and technique offer a recognition of the distinction between literal and figurative. A good to excellent analysis may also offer a more in-depth analysis of both text types, showing how choice of text type i nfluences both the structure and style of the content offer a careful consideration of the world view that is presented in each text looking at the distinctions between describing an evening as though itwere a vision seen through a microscope compared with the reality of looking at water through a microscope and the impact (such as fascinating, shocked and horrified) on the observer consider more closely the two speaking voices (the scientist and the persona of the poem), how they are characterized and to what effect offer a cogent comparison of the two text types that offers a clear understanding of purpose, context, content and audience.