Sibling and Marks Attempt Question

2010
H I G H E R S C H O O L C E R T I F I C AT E E X A M I N AT I O N

English (Standard) and English (Advanced)
Paper 1 — Area of Study
Total marks – 45 Section I Pages 2–7

General Instructions • Reading time – 10 minutes • Working time – 2 hours • Write using black or blue pen

15 marks • Attempt Question 1 • Allow about 40 minutes for this section Section II Page 8

15 marks • Attempt Question 2 • Allow about 40 minutes for this section Section III Pages 9–10

15 marks • Attempt Question 3 • Allow about 40 minutes for this section

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Section I
15 marks Attempt Question 1 Allow about 40 minutes for this section Answer the question in a writing booklet. Extra writing booklets are available. In your answers you will be assessed on how well you: ■ demonstrate understanding of the way perceptions of belonging are shaped in and through texts ■ describe, explain and analyse the relationship between language, text and context

Question 1 (15 marks) Examine Texts one, two, three and four carefully and then answer the questions on page 7.

Question 1 continues on page 3

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Question 1 (continued) Text one — Image

‘Family Sculpture’ by John Searles
© John Searles

Question 1 continues on page 4

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Question 1 (continued) Text two — Nonfiction extract from Like My Father, My Brother . . . I have this dream sometimes, that I am small and standing at a door. The door is orange and has a window above it. Through this window, which is slanted open, I can hear my brother and my father. I am outside the door. They are playing a game on the other side. I am calling out, trying to get their attention, but the door remains closed. My brother often sold me his old clothes. He would dangle them in front of me and offer them at a price. There was never any negotiation. If I refused to pay the price, he threw them out with a mocking, regretful expression. I bought many of his clothes but they never sat on me properly. I was