# English FAL Grade 11 Paper 3 Eastern Cape November 2013 Memo

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- Subject: English FAL
- Grade: Grade 11
- Document type: Memorandum
- Year: 2013
- Exam period: Eastern Cape November
- Paper: 3
- Curriculum: CAPS
- Pages: 12

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                    NATIONAL
               SENIOR CERTIFICATE

                        GRADE 11

                NOVEMBER 2013

   ENGLISH FIRST ADDITIONAL LANGUAGE P3
               MEMORANDUM

MARKS:   100

               This memorandum consists of 12 pages.

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2                     ENGLISH FIRST ADDITIONAL LANGUAGE P3                      (NOVEMBER 2013)

INSTRUCTIONS AND INFORMATION

This memorandum must be used in conjunction with the attached English FAL
Assessment Rubrics for SECTIONS A, B and C.

NOTE: All pieces of writing should be read at least TWICE during assessment,
      once for content and once for language respectively. Errors have to be
      indicated in your second reading.

SECTION A: ESSAY

QUESTION 1

INSTRUCTIONS TO MARKERS (EDUCATORS)

      Candidates are required to write on ONE topic only.
      The ideas listed below the topics are only some of the ways in which the topics
       can be interpreted. Full credit must be given for the candidates’ own
       interpretation.
      Marking must be objective. Consider the background of the candidates and
       give credit for relevant ideas, even if they are not listed below the topics.
      Use the 50 mark grid to mark the essays. The texts produced by candidates
       must be assessed according to the following criteria:
        Content and planning = 32 marks
        Language, style and editing = 12 marks
        Structure = 6 marks

    NOTE: No additional penalties may be imposed as the rubric itself imposes
          penalties.

1.1       EMPTY PROMISES

             Narrative/Descriptive/Reflective essay
             The following must be considered:
              o If narrative, a story with a strong storyline must be
                  evident in which a series of events leads to empty promises.
              o If descriptive, there must be a vivid description of an
                  experience(s)/incident(s) involving empty promises.
              o If reflective, there must be a personal account of
                  thought processes and feelings connected to empty promises.             [50]

                                              OR

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 1.2 “OH! WHAT A DAY”

        NOTE: The words in the topic MUST be included somewhere in the essay.
          Narrative/Descriptive/Reflective essay
          The following must be included:
           o If narrative, a story with a strong story line must be evident in
               which a series of events leads to a successful/disastrous/
               wonderful/sorrowful day. There must be a logical sequence of
               tense.
           o If descriptive, there must be a vivid description of events/
               situations which prompted the interjection.
           o If reflective, there must be a personal account of thought
               processes and feelings/emotions culminating in the interjection.       [50]

                                             OR

 1.3 HAPPINESS IS A STATE OF MIND. DO YOU AGREE?

        Argumentative essay.
        The following must be considered:
         o Essay must offer one distinct opinion; therefore the essay must
            either be for or against the topic given.
         o Candidates may argue that happiness is a state of mind or that it is not
            the case.
         o The idea of happiness being a state of mind or the opposite must be
            evident.
         o There should be a clear defence/motivation/argument of the position
            taken.                                                                    [50]

                                             OR

 1.4 “SIT DOWN, WE HAVE SOMETHING VERY IMPORTANT TO TELL YOU.” I
     SAT DOWN AND LISTENED TO MY PARENTS/GUARDIANS. WRITE AN
     ESSAY ON WHAT YOUR PARENTS/GUARDIANS TOLD YOU. GIVE
     YOUR ESSAY A SUITABLE TITLE.

        Narrative/Descriptive essay
        The following must be considered:
          o If narrative, a story with a strong story line must be evident in which
            a series of events leads to candidate’s parents/guardians talking to
            him/her.
         o If descriptive, there must be a vivid description of an experience/
            incident connected to what the candidate may have been told my
            his/her parents/guardians.
        Essay must be written in the first person/have a first person reference.     [50]

                                             OR

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4                  ENGLISH FIRST ADDITIONAL LANGUAGE P3                      (NOVEMBER 2013)

1.5 AS I LOOKED AT HIS/HER COFFIN ...

     Narrative/Descriptive/Reflective essay
     The following must be considered:
      o     If narrative, a story with a strong story line must be evident in which
            a series of events culminate in the topic.
            There must be a logical sequence of tense.
      o     If descriptive, there must be a vivid description of how the candidate
            felt as he/she looked at a parent/relative/friend’s etc. coffin.
      o     If reflective, there must be a personal account of thought
            processes and feelings/emotions as evoked by the death of a
            parent/relative/friend etc.                                                 [50]

                                             OR

1.6 SOUTH AFRICA – A COUNTRY OF MANY OPPORTUNITIES, A COUNTRY
    TO BE PROUD OF. DISCUSS YOUR VIEWS.

     Discursive essay
     The following must be considered:
      o      The essay must offer a balanced view of both sides of argument.
             Opposing views must be presented impartially.                              [50]

                                             OR

1.7 ESSAY BASED ON PICTURE.

           Candidates may interpret the pictures in any way.
           The interpretation should be linked to the pictures.
           Candidates should give the essay a suitable title.
           Candidates may write in any appropriate tense.
           The following ideas may be explored in response to the
            pictures, among others:

    1.7.1    Can be literal or figurative interpretation.

             o   Social interpretations: e.g. poor environment/poor living
                 conditions, poverty and dirty places/squalor.
             o   Literal interpretations may include the usefulness of dumping
                 sites, recycling etc.
             o   Economic interpretations: poor socio-economic conditions/
                 deprivation/service delivery problems, etc.
             o   Figurative interpretations: impurity/manifestation of evil etc.
             o   Personal interpretation: poor economic background, one’s
                 destitution etc.                                                     [50]

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       1.7.2      o   Social interpretations, e.g. religion/religious diversity/beautiful
                      buildings, nature/aesthetic appreciation etc.
                  o   Economic interpretations: expensive buildings, government’s
                      lavish expenditure on buildings etc.
                  o   A more literal interpretation might include: beautiful
                      churches/places of worship/places to visit.                           [50]

                                                                    TOTAL SECTION A:         50

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6                   ENGLISH FIRST ADDITIONAL LANGUAGE P3                     (NOVEMBER 2013)

SECTION B: LONGER TRANSACTIONAL TEXT
QUESTION 2
INSTRUCTIONS TO MARKERS (EDUCATORS)
      Candidates are required to answer ONE question only.
      Marking must be objective. Consider the background of candidates and give
       credit for relevant ideas, even if they are not listed below the topics.
      Use the 30 mark rubric to mark longer transactional pieces. The pieces
       produced by candidates must be assessed according to the following criteria:
       o Content, planning and format = 20 marks
       o Language, style and editing = 10 marks
    NOTE:   No additional penalties may be imposed as the rubric itself imposes
            penalties.
2.1 FRIENDLY LETTER
        Letter should be addressed to a friend.
        Tone and register of the letter may be informal.
        The following aspects of format should be included:
         o Address of sender
         o Date
         o Greeting/salutation
         o Suitable ending
        The following should be included in the letter, among others:
         o The type of lost opportunity must be stated.
         o The candidate should comfort his/her friend.
         o The candidate must also advise the friend about other options to
             consider to develop his/her talents.                                      [30]
                                           OR
2.2 FORMAL LETTER
       NOTE:
        Letter should be addressed to the RCL.
        Tone and register should be formal.
        The following aspects of format should be included:
         o Address of sender.
         o Date
         o Address of recipient.
         o Greeting/salutation.
         o Subject line.
         o Suitable ending.
        The following should be included in the letter, among others:
         o Expression of dissatisfaction with Sports Committee not organising
             enough sports activities.
         o Explanation on how such activities would have benefited learners.           [30]
                                           OR

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 2.3    DIALOGUE

        NOTE:
          The correct dialogue format must be used:
              o  The names of characters on the left-hand side of the page.
              o  A colon after the name of the speaker.
              o  A new line to indicate each new speaker.
              o  Stage directions (tone of voice, actions, etc.) in brackets before the
                 spoken words, if applicable.
              o No inverted commas should be used.
             The following ideas may be explored, among others:
              o An expression of teacher’s unhappiness with learner’s lack of
                 commitment.
              o Learner’s defence/explanation.
              o Positive or negative outcome of the conversation.                         [30]

                                               OR

 2.4    NEWSPAPER ARTICLE

             The heading must be interesting/eye-catching.
             The style should be personal, speaking directly to the reader.
             The article should stimulate interest.
             Paragraphs should not be too long, encouraging easy reading.
             Consider the following:
              o    Candidates should write about a visit by a sports
                   personality/singer/ television star to their school
              o    Information about the person
              o    Reaction of learners to the personality                                [30]

                                                                  TOTAL SECTION B:         30

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8                     ENGLISH FIRST ADDITIONAL LANGUAGE P3                        (NOVEMBER 2013)

SECTION C:         SHORTER TEXT (TRANSACTIONAL/REFERTIAL/
                   INFORMATIONAL)

QUESTION 3

INSTRUCTIONS TO MARKERS (EDUCATORS)

 Candidates are required to answer ONE question only.
 Marking must be objective. Consider the background of the candidates and give
  credit for relevant ideas, even if they are not listed below the topics.
 Use the 20 mark rubric to mark the texts. The texts produced by the candidates
  must comply with the following criteria:
         Content, planning and format = 13 marks
         Language, style and editing = 7 marks

    NOTE: No additional penalties may be imposed as the marking grid itself imposes
          penalties.

3.1       FACSIMILE (FAX)

             Tone and register should be formal.

             Candidates should use the fax form provided in ANNEXURE A.

             The fax should be addressed to the bus company.

             Candidate must provide a description of the bag and its contents.

             The date and time of the journey should be mentioned.

             Candidate must include his/her contact details.                               [20]

                                              OR

3.2       INSTRUCTIONS

           The contents of the instructions should relate to giving tips (pieces of
            advice) on exercising good and sound leadership skills to promote team
            spirit in a particular sport.

           The instructions may be in point or paragraph form.

           Numbers or bullets may be used to indicate each new instruction.

           The language should be clear and informative.

           Complete sentences are not necessary.                                           [20]

                                              OR

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 3.3    DIARY ENTRY

         Tone and register may be informal and colloquial.

         Candidate does not have to write in full sentences.

         The following should be included:
           o      Reflection on wonderful holiday experiences.
           o      Date of day of entry.                                          [20]

                                                              TOTAL SECTION C:    20
                                                                 GRAND TOTAL:    100

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                    ENGLISH FIRST ADDITIONAL LANGUAGE P3                                  (NOVEMBER 2013)

SECTION A: RUBRIC FOR ASSESSING AN ESSAY – FIRST ADDITIONAL LANGUAGE (50 marks)

                  Code 7:                   Code 6:                    Code 5:                     Code 4:                   Code 3:                   Code 2:                 Code 1:
                Outstanding                Meritorious                Substantial                 Adequate                   Moderate                Elementary              Not achieved
                 80-100%                    70-79%                      60-69%                     50-59%                     40-49%                   30-39%                   0-29%
                      26-32                   22½-25½                     19½-22                      16-19                    13-15½                    10-12½                     0-9½
 CONTENT       -Content shows            -Content shows             -Content shows a          -Content an adequate       -Content ordinary.        -Content not always      -Content irrelevant.
               impressive insight        thorough                   sound interpretation      interpretation of topic.   Gaps in coherence.        clear, lacks             No coherence.
   AND         into topic.               interpretation of topic.   of the topic.             -Ideas ordinary,           -Ideas mostly             coherence.               -Ideas repetitive.
 PLANNING      -Ideas thought-           -Ideas imaginative,        -Ideas interesting,       lacking depth.             relevant. Repetitive.     -Few ideas, often        -Non-existent
               provoking, mature.        interesting.               convincing.               - Planning and /or         - Planning and /or        repetitive.              planning/drafting.
               -Planning and/or          - Planning and /or         - Planning and /or        drafting has produced      drafting has produced     -Inadequate evidence     Poorly presented
 32 MARKS      drafting has produced     drafting has produced      drafting has produced     a satisfactorily           a moderately              of planning/drafting.    essay.
               a virtually flawless,     a well-crafted and         a presentable and         presented essay.           presentable and           Essay not well
               presentable essay.        presentable essay.         very good essay.                                     coherent essay.           presented.
                      10-12                     8½-9½                       7½-8                       6-7                       5-5½                      4-4½                     0-3½
               -Critical awareness of    -Critical awareness of     -Critical awareness of    -Some awareness of         -Limited critical         -Language and            -Language and
               impact of language.       impact of language.        language evident.         impact of language.        language awareness.       punctuation flawed.      punctuation seriously
               -Language,                -Language,                 -Language and             -Language simplistic,      -Language ordinary        -Choice of words         flawed.
               punctuation               punctuation correct;       punctuation mostly        punctuation                and punctuation often     limited.                 -Choice of words
 LANGUAGE,     effectively used.         able to include            correct.                  adequate.                  inaccurately used.        -Style, tone, register   inappropriate.
 STYLE AND     Uses figurative           figurative language        -Choice of words          -Choice of words           -Choice of words          inappropriate.           -Style, tone, register
               language.                 correctly.                 suited to text.           adequate.                  basic.                    -Error-ridden despite    flawed in all aspects.
   EDITING     -Choice of words          -Choice of words           -Style, tone, register    -Style, tone, register     -Style, tone register     proof-reading,           -Error-ridden and
               highly appropriate.       varied and correctly       suited to topic in most   generally consistent       lacking in coherence.     editing.                 confused following
 12 MARKS      -Style, tone, register    used.                      of the essay.             with topic                 -Contains several                                  proof-reading,
               highly suited to topic.   -Style, tone, register     -By and large error-      requirements.              errors following proof-                            editing.
               -Virtually error-free     appropriately suited       free following proof-     -Still contains errors     reading, editing.
               following proof-          to topic.                  reading, editing.         following proof-
               reading and editing.      -Largely error-free                                  reading, editing.
                                         following proof-
                                         reading, editing.
                        5-6                       4½                          4                       3-3½                        2½                         2                      0-1½
               -Coherent                 -Logical development       -Several relevant         -Some points,              -Some necessary           -Sometimes off topic.    -Off topic.
               development of topic.     of details. Coherent.      details developed.        necessary details          points evident.           General line of          -Sentences,
STRUCTURE      Vivid detail.             -Sentences,                -Sentences,               developed.                 -Sentences,               thought difficult to     paragraphs muddled,
               -Sentences,               paragraphs logical,        paragraphs well-          -Sentences,                paragraphs faulty but     follow.                  inconsistent.
               paragraphs                varied.                    constructed.              paragraphing might         ideas can be              -Sentences,              Length - far too
     6 MARKS   coherently                -Length correct.           -Length almost            be faulty in places but    understood.               paragraphs               long/short.
               constructed.                                         correct.                  essay still makes          -Length - too             constructed at an
               -Length in                                                                     sense.                     long/short.               elementary level.
               accordance with                                                                -Length correct.                                     -Length - too
               requirements of topic.                                                                                                              long/short.

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SECTION B: RUBRIC FOR AS SESSING LONGER TRANSACTIONAL TEXTS - FIRST ADDITIONAL LANGUAGE (30 marks)
                    Code 7:                 Code 6:                  Code 5:                     Code 4:                  Code 3:                  Code 2:                   Code 1:
                  Outstanding              Meritorious              Substantial                 Adequate                  Moderate               Elementary                Not achieved
                   80-100%                  70-79%                    60-69%                     50-59%                    40-49%                  30-39%                     0-29%
                       16-20                   14-15½                   12-13½                    10-11½                     8-9½                      6-7½                      0-5½
               -Specialized              -Good knowledge of       -Fair knowledge of        -Adequate knowledge       -Moderate knowledge      -Elementary                -No knowledge of
               knowledge of              requirements of the      requirements of the       of requirements of        of requirements of       knowledge of               requirements of the
               requirements of the       text.                    text.                     the text.                 the text. Response to    requirements of the        text.
               text.                     -Disciplined writing –   -Writing – learner        -Writing – learner        writing task reveals a   text. Response to          -Writing – learner
               -Disciplined writing –    learner maintains        maintains focus, with     digresses from topic      narrow focus.            writing task reveals a     digresses, meaning is
               maintains thorough        focus, hardly any        minor digressions.        but does not impede       -Writing – learner       limited focus.             obscure in places.
               focus, no digressions.    digressions.             -Text is coherent in      overall meaning.          digresses, meaning is    -Writing – learner         -Text not coherent in
 CONTENT,      -Text fully coherent in   -Text is coherent in     content and ideas,        -Text adequately          vague in places.         digresses, meaning is      content and ideas,
               content and ideas         content and ideas,       and details support       coherent in content       -Text moderately         obscure in places.         too few details to
 PLANNING      and all detail support    with all details         the topic.                and ideas and some        coherent in content      -Text not always           support topic.
AND FORMAT     the topic.                supporting the topic.    -Evidence of planning     details support the       and ideas and has        coherent in content        -Planning/ drafting
               -Evidence of planning     -Evidence of planning    and/or drafting has       topic.                    basic details which      and ideas, and has         non-existent. Poorly
               and /or drafting has      and /or drafting has     produced a                -Evidence of planning     support the topic.       few details which          presented text.
 20 MARKS      produced a virtually      produced a well-         presentable & good        and/or drafting has       -Evidence of planning    support the topic.         -Has not applied the
               flawlessly                crafted, presentable     text.                     produced a                &/or drafting has        -Inadequate planning       necessary rules of
               presentable text.         text.                    -Has applied most of      satisfactorily            produced a               and/or drafting. Text      format.
               -Has applied all the      -Has applied the         the necessary rules       presented text.           moderately               not well presented,
               necessary rules of        necessary rules of       of format/substantial.    -Has applied an           presentable and          -Has vaguely applied
               format/outstanding.       format/meritorious.                                adequate idea of the      coherent text.           the necessary rules
                                                                                            requirements of           -Has a moderate idea     of format.
                                                                                            format.                   of requirements of
                                                                                                                      format – some critical
                                                                                                                      oversights.
                       8-10                     7- 7½                     6-6½                      5-5½                     4-4½                      3-3½                      0- 2½
               -Text is                  -Text is well            -Text is well             -Text is adequately       -Text is basically       -Text is poorly            -Text is poorly
               grammatically             constructed and          constructed and easy      constructed. Errors       constructed. Several     constructed                constructed and
               accurate & well-          accurate.                to read.                  do not impede flow.       errors.                  and difficult to follow.   muddled.
               constructed.              -Vocabulary is mostly    -Vocabulary is            -Vocabulary is            -Vocabulary is limited   -Vocabulary requires       -Vocabulary requires
 LANGUAGE,     -Vocabulary is very       appropriate to           appropriate to            adequate for the          and not very suitable    remediation and not        serious remediation
 STYLE AND     appropriate to            purpose, audience        purpose, audience         purpose, audience         for the purpose,         suitable for purpose,      and not suitable for
               purpose, audience         and context.             and context.              and context.              audience and             audience & context.        purpose.
   EDITING     and context.               -Style, tone and         -Style, tone, register    -Style, tone, register   context.                 -Style, tone & register    -Style, tone and
                -Style, tone, register   register mostly          generally appropriate.    adequately                 -Lapses in style,       inappropriate.             register do not
 10 MARKS      very appropriate.         appropriate              -Text mostly error-       appropriate.              -Text contains           -Text error-ridden         correspond with topic
               -Text virtually error-    -Text largely error-     free following proof-     -Text still contains a    several errors           despite proof-             -Text error-ridden
               free following proof-     free following proof-    reading, editing.         few errors following      following proof-         reading, editing.          and confused
               reading, editing.         reading, editing.        -Length correct.          proof-reading,            reading, editing.        -Length – too              following proof-
               -Length correct.          -Length correct.                                   editing.                  -Length – too            long/short.                reading, editing.
                                                                                            -Length almost            long/short.                                         -Length – far too
                                                                                            correct.                                                                      long/short.

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12                        ENGLISH FIRST ADDITIONAL LANGUAGE P3                                                 (NOVEMBER 2013)
SECTION C: RUBRIC FOR ASSESSING SHORTER TRANSACTIONAL/REFERENCE/INFORMATIONAL TEXTS -
FIRST ADDITIONAL LANGUAGE (20 marks)
                   Code 7:        Code 6:      Code 5:       Code 4:       Code 3:                                                                 Code 2:                 Code 1:
                 Outstanding    Meritorious   Substantial   Adequate       Moderate                                                              Elementary              Not achieved
                   80-100%        70-79%       60-69%        50-59%         40-49%                                                                 30-39%                   0-29%
                    10½-13         9½-10         8-9         6½-7½           5½-6                                                                    4-5                     0-3½
                -Specialized             -Good knowledge of       -Fair knowledge of        -Adequate knowledge      -Moderate knowledge      -Elementary              -No knowledge of
               knowledge of              requirements of text.    requirements of the       of requirements of       of requirements of       knowledge of             requirements of the
               requirements of text.     -Disciplined writing –   text.                     text.                    the text. Response to    requirements of the      text.
               -Disciplined writing –    learner maintains        -Writing – learner        -Writing – learner       writing task reveals a   text. Response to        -Writing – learner
               learner maintains         focus, hardly any        maintains focus, with     digresses but does       narrow focus.            writing task reveals a   digresses, meaning is
               thorough focus, no        digressions.             minor digressions.        not impede overall       -Writing – learner       limited focus.           obscure in places.
               digressions.              -Text is coherent in     -Text is coherent in      meaning.                 digresses, meaning       -Writing – learner       -Text not coherent in
               -Text fully coherent in   content and ideas        content and ideas,        -Text adequately         vague in places.         digresses, meaning       content and ideas
 CONTENT,      content and ideas,        with all details         and details support       coherent in content      -Text moderately         obscure in places.       and too few details to
 PLANNING      and all details           supporting the topic.    topic.                    and ideas and some       coherent in content      -Text not always         support the topic.
               support topic.            -Evidence of planning    -Evidence of planning     details support topic.   and ideas and has        coherent in content      -Planning and
AND FORMAT     -Evidence of planning     and/or drafting has      and/or drafting has       -Evidence of planning    basic details which      and ideas, and has       drafting non-existent.
               and/or drafting has       produced a well-         produced a                and/or drafting has      support the topic.       few details which        Poorly presented
 13 MARKS      produced a virtually      crafted and              presentable and good      produced a               -Evidence of planning    support topic.           text.
               flawless, presentable     presentable text.        text.                     satisfactorily           and/or drafting that     -Planning/drafting       -Has not applied the
               text.                     -Has applied the         -Has applied most of      presented text.          has produced a           inadequate. Text not     necessary rules of
               -Has applied all the      necessary rules of       the necessary rules       -Has applied an          moderately               well presented,          format.
               necessary rules of        format.                  of format.                adequate idea of the     presentable and          -Has vaguely applied
               format.                                                                      requirements of          coherent text.           the necessary rules
                                                                                            format.                  -Has a moderate idea     of format.
                                                                                                                     of requirements of
                                                                                                                     the format – some
                                                                                                                     critical oversights.
                        6-7                     5-5½                       4½                      3½-4                        3                       2½                      0- 2
               -Text is                  -Text is well            -Text is well             -Text is adequately      -Text is basically       -Text is poorly          -Text is poorly
               grammatically             constructed and          constructed and easy      constructed. Errors      constructed. Several     constructed and          constructed and
               accurate and well-        accurate.                to read.                  do not impede flow.      errors.                  difficult to follow.     muddled.
               constructed.              -Vocabulary is mostly    -Vocabulary is very       -Vocabulary is           -Vocabulary is limited   -Vocabulary requires     -Vocabulary requires
LANGUAGE,      -Vocabulary is very       appropriate to           appropriate to            adequate for             and not very suitable    some remediation         serious remediation
               appropriate to            purpose, audience        purpose, audience         purpose, audience        for purpose, audience    and not suitable for     and not suitable for
STYLE AND      purpose, audience         and context.             and context.              and context.             and context.             purpose, audience        purpose.
  EDITING      and context.               -Style, tone and         -Style, tone, register    -Style, tone and         -Lapses in style,       and context.             -Style, tone and
                -Style, tone, register   register mostly          generally appropriate.    register adequately      tone and register.       -Style, tone and         register do not
               very appropriate.         appropriate.             -Text mostly error-       appropriate.             -Text contains           register                 correspond with topic
     7 MARKS   -Text virtually error-    -Text largely error-     free following proof-     -Text still contains     several errors           inappropriate.           -Text error-ridden
               free following proof-     free following proof-    reading, editing.         few errors following     following proof-         -Text error-ridden       and confused
               reading and editing.      reading, editing.        -Length correct.          proof-reading,           reading, editing.        despite proof-           following proof-
               -Length correct.          -Length correct.                                   editing.                 -Length – too            reading, editing.        reading, editing.
                                                                                            -Length almost           long/short.              -Length – too            -Length – far too
                                                                                            correct.                                          long/short.              long/short.

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