ES300 12428 Assessment Questions

Transactional Formative Assessment Reading Test

Unit Standard: 12428 Read transactional written text closely

Answer these questions on the Listener article "What happens when the oil runs out?"

Name:

Title of text:


Instructions:
Read the text closely and complete the following activities:

1. (a) What are central ideas or meanings conveyed in this text?

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(b) Select one quote from the text that show these ideas or meanings.

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Ideas and meanings in the text are analysed with reference to relevant sections of the text 1.1□


2. Give your opinion why these are important ideas (issues) and support your discussion with examples from the text and from real life.
Importance relates to social, historical, cultural, physical, political and personal contexts

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The significance of a main idea is explained with reference to at least one relevant section of the text 1.2□
3. Identify five examples of language features and explain their effect using the grid below.
Language features could include: metaphor, simile, personification, alliteration, assonance, consonance, colloquialism, irony, symbolism, grammatical usage, punctuation, choice of words.

Name of technique
Example
What effect does this technique have in expressing a point?
Technique 1:








Technique 2:








Technique 3:








Technique 4:








Technique 5:









Five examples are identified using appropriate terminology, and each example is analysed in terms of effect
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4. Identify two techniques used to shape the text and evaluate its effect using the grid below.
Techniques could include structure and narrative technique.

Name of technique
Example
How effective is this technique in helping convey the message and appealing to a specific audience?
Technique 1:













Technique 2:














Two techniques used to shape the text are identified.
Each technique is evaluated in terms of its effect with reference to relevant sections of the text 1.4□