English Hl Grade 10 September Test 2015 Paper & Memo

Downloaded from hlayiso.com KZN DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION GREENBURY SECONDARY SCHOOL THIRD QUARTERLY TEST ENGLISH — GRADE 10 MARKS: 35 TIME: 1 HOUR DATE: EXAMINERS: R NUNDKUMAR; F AVANMALI MODERATORS : FA VANMALI; R NUNDKUMAR INSTRUCTIONS: 1. This paper consists of 2 pages. 2. This paper consists of TWO sections: Section A : POETRY (CONTEXTUAL) : 10 MARKS Section B : THINGS FALL APART (ESSAY) +25 MARKS | 3. Answer ALL the questions. 4. Write neatly and legibly. SECTION A: POETRY QUESTION ONE Read to the poem below and answer the questions that follow: - His baby cry was of a cub j | tearing the neck moe of the lioness because he was fatherless. 5 1 . i The gods | boiled his blood | | } i i in a clay pot of passion * to course* in his veins. His heart was shaped into an ox shield 10 to foil every foe. Ancestors forged his muscles into | thongs as tough | as wattle bark 15 and nerves as sharp as sycinga thorns. . His eyes were lanterns that shone from the dark valleys of Zululand 20 to see white swallows coming across the sea. His cry to two assassin* brothers: “Lo! you can kill me but you'll never rule this land!’ 25 ; Mbuyiseni Oswald Mtshali I. PTo. Pe

Downloaded'from hlayiso.com Glossary course -a direction taken assassin - one who kills by surprise for political reasons QUESTIONS: 1.1. Discuss what image of Shaka is created by the poet in stanza 1 (Lines 1-5) “His baby cry ...was fatherless.” (3) 1.2.Refer to stanza 5: Identify the figure of speech in Lines 19 ~ 20 “ his eyes... of Zululand” and then comment on the effectiveness of the figure of speech you have identified. (3) 1.3. Explain to what extent the poet presents Shaka as a great leader. (4) TOTAL (10) SECTION B: ESSAY QUESTION TWO In a well-substantiated essay, discuss how religion and culture play a central role in the lives of the Ibo people before the arrival of the Christian missionaries. Lenghth: 300 — 350 words MARKS (25) HOD S.A. PANDAY TOTAL : 10 + 25 (35)

Downloaded from hlayiso.com MEMO: POETRY 1.1. SHAKA THE YOUNG BABY IS LIKENED TO A LION CUB WHO TEARS AT HIS MOTHERS NECK. THE USE OF ‘TEARING’ EMPHASIS SHAKA’S STRENGTH AND POWER AT A VERY YOUNG AGE AND HIS RAGE AT BEING ‘FATHERLASS’, THERE IS A PARALLEL SHOWING THE BOND BETWEEN THE LIONESS AND HER CUB, AND THE BOND THAT NANDI (SHAKA’S MOTHER) AND SHAKA SHARE. (ANY 2-1 %X 2) 1.2. METAPHOR “HIS EYES WERE LANTERNS” CONVEYS THE SHARP, SEARCHING QUALITY OF HIS EYESIGHT WHICH WAS ABLE TO SEE THE WHITES THAT CAME FROM EUROPE TO SETTLE INKZN/ ZULULAND. 1.3. FROM BIRTH HE SHOWED GREAT STRENGTH AND POWER / ALSO EXCEPTIONAL TALENT. THE IMAGE OF BLOOD BOILING SHOWS HIS ANGER AND PLANNED PATH BY THE GODS. THE LIKENING OF HIS HEART TO AND OX SHIELD SHOWS HIS ABILITIES AS A WARRIOR. HIS PHYSICAL STRENGTH (MUSCLES ARE AS TOUGH AS LEATHER STRIPS / WATTLE BARK) NERVES AS SHARP AS SYRINGA THORNS SUUGGESTS HIS SHARPNESS, QUICKNESS ON THE BATTLEFIELD / IN HANDLING HIS FOES/ENEMIES. ALSO HIS FORESIGHT TO BE ABLE TO SEE THE DANGER OF THE WHITES COMING TO HIS COUNTRY. (ANY TWO WELL DISCUSSED) ESSAY: NB. THIS IS MERELY A GUIDE. REFER TO DOE ESSAY MARKING GUIDE 1, PROPER INTRO, BODY, CONCLUSION 2. RELIGION — WORSHIP OF THEIR GODS, THEIR PERSONAL CHI, THE ROLE OF ANI — EARTH'S GODDESS , MOST SIGNIFICANT — THEIR LIVES REVOLVE AROUND HER — HER REWARDS AND PUNISHMENTS — FOCUS ON’ABOMINATION’ ROLE OF AGBALA, MEDICINE AND CHIELO 3, FESTIVAL: WRESTLING — SIGNIFICANCE FOR OKONKWO & PEOPLE, WEEK OF PEACE, HARVESTING OF YAMS, 4, CULTURE: RESPECT FOR ELDERS, TITLES FOR MEN, SIGNIFICANCE OF YAMS, WAR, ROLE OF WOMEN AND CHILDREN, JUSTICE SYSTEM, MARRIAGE AND DEATH ESPECIALLY UNOKA AND EZEU — CONTRAST, WEDDINGS, ROLE OF EGWUGWU / ANCESTORS, PLIGHT OF ALBINO TWINS, IKEMEFUNA USE OF EFFECTIVE QUOTATIONS.

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