Y11+Close+Reading+-+Questions+for+2009+Booklet

CLOSE READING OF UNFAMILIAR TEXTS 2009
__TEXT A: Growing pains - WRITTEN LANGUAGE - PROSE__ 1. a. Identify ONE choice, from lines 1-17 (“Adults rarely like... the way something looks”), that teenagers want to make for themselves. Give an example from lines 1-17. Choice: Example:

b. Explain why the writer believes it is important for teenagers to make their own choices.

c. Explain how the writer’s comments on teenage choice show you what the article is for. Give examples from the text.

2.

a. Identify ONE idea in the last paragraph (lines 21-24) that would be helpful for parents. Give an example from lines 21-24.

b. Explain why this idea would be helpful for parents.

c. Consider the writer’s ideas in the article as a whole. Explain how the last paragraph is an effective way to finish. Give examples from the text.

__TEXT B: How to tell a lie - WRITTEN LANGUAGE - POEM__

3. a. Identify ONE verbal language feature in lines 7-10, (“It is cultivated. ...poking through.”) that helps the poet describe a lie. Give an example from lines 7-10. <span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Verbal feature: <span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Example:

<span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif;">b. Explain what this feature shows you about a lie.

<span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif;">c. Explain how lines 7-10 make the poet’s idea(s) about lies clear to you. Give examples from the text.

<span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif;">4. <span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif;">a. Identify ONE piece of advice that the poet offers about how to tell a lie in lines 13-22 (“You must let... to your very flesh.”). Give an example from <span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif;">lines 13-22. <span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Advice: <span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Example:

<span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif;">b. Explain what this advice tells you about how to tell a lie. <span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif;">c. Explain how the last two stanzas (lines 11-22) help you understand the poet’s ideas about telling lies. Give examples from the text.

<span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif;">__TEXT C: Advertisement - VISUAL LANGUAGE__

<span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif;">5. <span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif;">a. Identify a link between the main picture and the words of the advertisement. Refer to both the picture and the words and give specific details. <span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif;">b. Explain what ideas this link suggests to you.

<span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif;">c.Explain how the main picture and the words effectively communicate the advertisement’s message to its target audience. Give examples from the text.

<span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif;">6. <span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif;">a. Identify ONE effective feature of the layout of the advertisement. Give an example or specific details. <span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Layout Feature: <span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Example/details:

<span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif;">b. Explain why the layout feature you identified above is effective.

<span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif;">c.Explain how the layout feature you discussed above helps to achieve the purpose of the advertisement. Give examples from the text.

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