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,UNIVERSITY EXAMINATIONS
October/November 2023
ENG 1516
Applied English Literature Foundation Phase First Additional Language
50 Marks
Duration: 48 hours
FIRST EXAMINERS: Mr J Shisinga, Dr L Kruger
SECOND EXAMINER: Dr M Steyn, Mr T Mabunda, Ms Z Suliman
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Question 1
In your own words define multimodal storytelling.
(2)
Question 2
Read the following poem and look at the accompanying picture before answering the
questions that follow.
Be More Mouse!
When you're very, very small,
With no hopes of growing tall,
You can either be a mouse,
Who hides inside a little house,
Feeling scared and ill-at-ease,
Or...
You can go in search of cheese.
You can wake and seize the day,
If that feels the better way.
With bravery and sense of fun,
Leave the dark and find the sun.
Strap on your sword and fancy hat
Then...
Step outside and face the cat.
Poem ©2018 Em Lynas. Image ©2018 Jamie Littler. Licenced under: Creative Commons Attribution-
NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unsupported License.
Question 2.1
Lynch-Brown suggests several tips when selecting poetry for young learners.
Select two of Lynch-Brown’s tips for selecting poetry for young learners, write them down
and briefly explain why you think this poem satisfies each particular tip
(4)
Question 2.2
In a paragraph of six sentences, explain how you could act out this poem in a Foundation
Phase classroom.
(6)
Question 2.3
Explain how the text and the image work together to convey the meaning of the poem.
Provide a reason for your answer
(2)
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Question 3
Read the story below and answer the questions that follow.
ANANSI AND NOTHING
Near Anansi’s miserable little hut there was a fine palace where lived a very rich man called
Nothing. Nothing and Anansi proposed, one day, to go to the neighbouring town to get
some wives. Accordingly, they set off together.
Nothing, being a rich man, wore a very fine velvet cloth, while Anansi had a ragged cotton
one. While they were on their way Anansi persuaded Nothing to change clothes for a little
while, promising to give back the fine velvet before they reached the town. He delayed
doing this, however, first on one pretext, then on another—till they arrived at their
destination.
Anansi, being dressed in such a fine garment, found no difficulty in getting as many wives
as he wished. Poor Nothing, with his ragged and miserable cloth, was treated with great
contempt. At first he could not get even one wife. At last, however, a woman took pity on
him and gave him her daughter. The poor girl was laughed at very heartily by
Anansi’s wives for choosing such a beggar as Nothing appeared to be. She wisely took no
notice of their scorn.
The party set off for home. When they reached the cross-roads leading to their respective
houses the women were astonished. The road leading to Anansi’s house was only half
cleared. The one which led to Nothing’s palace was, of course, wide and well made. Not
only so, but his servants had strewn it with beautiful skins and carpets, in preparation for
his return. Servants were there, awaiting him, with fine clothes for himself and his wife. No
one was waiting for Anansi.
Nothing’s wife was queen over the whole district and had everything her heart could desire.
Anansi’s wives could not even get proper food; they had to live on unripe bananas with
peppers. The wife of Nothing heard of her friends’ miserable state and invited them to a
great feast in her palace. They came, and were so pleased with all they saw that they
agreed to stay there. Accordingly, they refused to come back to Anansi’s hut.
He was very angry, and tried in many ways to kill Nothing, but without success. Finally,
however, he persuaded some rat friends to dig a deep tunnel in front of Nothing’s door.
When the hole was finished Anansi lined it with knives and broken bottles. He then smeared
the steps of the palace with okro to make them very slippery, and withdrew to a little
distance.
When he thought Nothing’s household was safely in bed and asleep, he called to Nothing
to come out to the courtyard and see something. Nothing’s wife, however, dissuaded him
from going. Anansi tried again and again, and each time she bade her husband not to listen.
At last Nothing determined to go and see this thing. As he placed his foot on the first step,
of course he slipped, and down he fell into the hole. The noise alarmed the household.
Lights were fetched and Nothing was found in the ditch, so much wounded by the knives
that he soon died. His wife was terribly grieved at his untimely death. She boiled many
yams, mashed them, and took a great dishful of them round the district. To every child she
met she gave some, so that the child might help her to cry for her husband. This is why, if
you find a child crying and ask the cause, you will often be told he is “crying for nothing.”
Source: Project Gutenberg.
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