Ellb3 Examination
General Certificate of Education Advanced Level Examination June 2010
English Language and Literature (Specification B)
Unit 3 Talk in Life and Literature 9.00 am to 11.00 am Thursday 24 June 2010
For this paper you must have: l a 12-page answer book.
ELLB3
Time allowed l 2 hours Instructions Use black ink or black ball-point pen. l Write the information required on the front of your answer book. The Examining Body for this paper is AQA. The Paper Reference is ELLB3. l Answer one question from Section A and Question 5 from Section B. l Do all rough work in your answer book. Cross through any work that you do not want to be marked. l Information The texts prescribed for this paper may not be taken into the examination room. l The maximum mark for this paper is 96. l All questions carry equal marks. l You will be marked on your ability to: – use good English – organise information clearly – use specialist vocabulary where appropriate. l l
Advice You are recommended to spend one hour on Section A and one hour on Section B, including planning.
H/Jun10/ELLB3
ELLB3
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Section A – Talk in Life and Literature Answer one question from Section A and Question 5 in Section B (printed on page 10).
The set plays for this unit are Hamlet, The Rivals, A Streetcar Named Desire and Translations. Read the passage from the play you have studied and answer the question related to it. NB: the questions are different on each play.
EIThER Question 1 0 1
Hamlet – William Shakespeare
Explore the ways in which Shakespeare presents the theme of falseness in this passage. In your answer you must consider how the playwright uses literary, linguistic and rhetorical devices and conventions to create specific dramatic effects.
Where is Polonius? In heaven. Send thither to see. If your messenger find him not there, seek him i’th’other place yourself. But if indeed you find him not within this month, you shall nose him as you go up the stairs into the
English Language and Literature (Specification B)
Unit 3 Talk in Life and Literature 9.00 am to 11.00 am Thursday 24 June 2010
For this paper you must have: l a 12-page answer book.
ELLB3
Time allowed l 2 hours Instructions Use black ink or black ball-point pen. l Write the information required on the front of your answer book. The Examining Body for this paper is AQA. The Paper Reference is ELLB3. l Answer one question from Section A and Question 5 from Section B. l Do all rough work in your answer book. Cross through any work that you do not want to be marked. l Information The texts prescribed for this paper may not be taken into the examination room. l The maximum mark for this paper is 96. l All questions carry equal marks. l You will be marked on your ability to: – use good English – organise information clearly – use specialist vocabulary where appropriate. l l
Advice You are recommended to spend one hour on Section A and one hour on Section B, including planning.
H/Jun10/ELLB3
ELLB3
2
Section A – Talk in Life and Literature Answer one question from Section A and Question 5 in Section B (printed on page 10).
The set plays for this unit are Hamlet, The Rivals, A Streetcar Named Desire and Translations. Read the passage from the play you have studied and answer the question related to it. NB: the questions are different on each play.
EIThER Question 1 0 1
Hamlet – William Shakespeare
Explore the ways in which Shakespeare presents the theme of falseness in this passage. In your answer you must consider how the playwright uses literary, linguistic and rhetorical devices and conventions to create specific dramatic effects.
Where is Polonius? In heaven. Send thither to see. If your messenger find him not there, seek him i’th’other place yourself. But if indeed you find him not within this month, you shall nose him as you go up the stairs into the