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AQA ELLB3 Supporting Materials Exemplar Essays Question 2.doc
ELLB3 Exemplar Essays for Question 2
- Question 2: Comparison of two unseen extracts (one a transcript of talk from a real-life situation, one an extract from crafted speech in prose, poetry or drama)
The following exemplars are based on:
- AQA NTB5 Examination Paper (June 2007)
Exemplar 1: Comparison of Pharmacist Transcript and Dead Parrot Sketch – NTB5 (June 2007) Question 2a)
NTB5 (June 2007) Question 2a) looks like this:
Text A
Key
(.) short pause
(…) longer pause
= latched talk
[ overlapping speech
Text B
Mr Praline walks into the shop carrying a dead parrot in a cage.
He walks to counter where shopkeeper tries to hide below cash register.
* The names ‘John’ and ‘Michael’ refer to actors John Cleese and Michael Palin, who play the characters of Mr Praline and the shopkeeper.
There are several reflections on how to initially approach these two unseen texts for Question 2a) in the section entitled ‘A worked example of how to approach the unseen texts for Question 2’ in the Englishedu guide Introduction to ELLB3. Some of this material is used in the exemplar essay below.
The Indicative Content for Question 2a) from the NTB5 June 2007 Mark Scheme states the following:
Question 2a) INDICATIVE CONTENT Answers may include the...
