NON-FICTION TEXTS I would
Just two days later conditions began to worsen again. Doing anything
was not only difficult but painful. My hands were red-raw and swollen,
and my head was aching - even more so when the freezing water washed
breathtakingly over it each time I went forward to change sails. Shifting the
sails was hard, brutal work. Whenever it was to change
pull it forward, clipping myself on and hanging on for dear life. Waves
would
continuously power down the side-decks, often washing me and the sail bad
a couple of metres, and I had to hang on and tighten my grip on the sail tie
even further. I would often cry out loud as I dragged the sail along; it was
one way of letting out some of that frustration and of finding the strength to
do it...
After a week things finally began to calm, and with my legs red-hot and sore.
and my wrists and fingers swollen, I finally enjoyed the first opportunity to
remove my survival suit. Though the relief was wonderful, the smell was not
SKILLS
AO2
CRITICAL THINKING, ANALYSIS,
INTERPRETATION
ACTIVITY 2
V PREPARING FOR THE EXAM QUESTIONS
Questions 1, 2 and 3 in the exam require short answers, each of which
is usually worth between 2 and 5 marks. The number of marks on offer
will give you a good idea about how many points you should make and
how much you should write.
Some questions will say that you should answer 'in your own words'.
Copying phrases and sentences straight from the text is not a good
idea, unless the question specifically says that it is acceptable to do so.
1. In your own words, explain clearly the injury Ellen MacArthur suffered
at the start of the passage.
(2 marks)
In answering this question, you could begin: Ellen was thrown by the
storm against
2. Look again at the last paragraph (paragraph 4). In your own words,
say what impressions you get of Ellen MacArthur's feelings at the end
of the passage and why she felt like this.
(3 marks)
Choose two or three of the techniques in the 'Hint' box, then find an
example or two of each technique and describe what you think the
effects are.

What to the slave is the fourth of july? by frederick douglass fellow-citizens—pardon me, and allow me to ask, why am i called upon to speak here to-day? what have i, or those i represent, to do with your national independence? are the great principles of political freedom and of natural justice, embodied in that declaration of independence, extended to us? and am i, therefore, called upon to bring our humble offering to the national altar, and to confess the benefits, and express devout gratitude for the blessings, resulting from your independence to us? but, such is not the state of the case. i say it with a sad sense of the disparity between us. i am not included within the pale of this glorious anniversary! your high independence only reveals the immeasurable distance between us. the blessings in which you this day rejoice, are not enjoyed in common. the rich inheritance of justice, liberty, prosperity, and independence, bequeathed by your fathers, is shared by you, not by me. the sunlight that brought life and healing to you, has brought stripes and death to me. this fourth of july is yours, not mine. you may rejoice, i must mourn. to drag a man in fetters into the grand illuminated temple of liberty, and call upon him to join you in joyous anthems, were inhuman mockery and sacrilegious irony. do you mean, citizens, to mock me, by asking me to speak to-day? fellow-citizens, above your national, tumultuous joy, i hear the mournful wail of millions, whose chains, heavy and grievous yesterday, are to-day rendered more intolerable by the jubilant shouts that reach them. if i do forget, if i do not faithfully remember those bleeding children of sorrow this day, "may my right hand forget her cunning, and may my tongue cleave to the roof of my mouth! " to forget them, to pass lightly over their wrongs, and to chime in with the popular theme, would be treason most scandalous and shocking, and would make me a reproach before god and the world. my subject, then, fellow-citizens, is american slavery. i shall see this day and its popular characteristics from the slave's point of view. standing there, identified with the american bondman, making his wrongs mine, i do not hesitate to declare, with all my soul, that the character and conduct of this nation never looked blacker to me than on this fourth of july. whether we turn to the declarations of the past, or to the professions of the present, the conduct of the nation seems equally hideous and revolting. what is one of the lessons douglass impresses on his listeners? a) the nation should not rejoice until everyone has freedom. b) he must speak on the fourth of july in order to bring change. c) for him to join the celebration would be treason. d) he can see the perspective of slaves and citizens with equal clarity.

Why witchcraft often the explanation for illness

Read the passage below and answer the question that follows. ‘you make me feel uncivilized, daisy,’ i confessed on my second glass of corky but rather impressive claret. ‘can’t you talk about crops or something? ’ i meant nothing in particular by this remark but it was taken up in an unexpected way. ‘civilization’s going to pieces,’ broke out tom violently. ‘i’ve gotten to be a terrible pessimist about things. have you read ‘the rise of the coloured empires’ by this man goddard? ’ ‘why, no,’ i answered, rather surprised by his tone. ‘well, it’s a fine book, and everybody ought to read it. the idea is if we don’t look out the white race will be—will be utterly submerged. it’s all scientific stuff; it’s been proved.’ in this passage, tom’s ideas about race relations come off as uncivilized. what literary device is fitzgerald using here? irony personification metaphor simile