2017 exam questions - EAL Listening Task

1. Exam Questions – Language Analysis – Key Questions
1. What isthe issue (topicof the article)? /1 Marks
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1. What isthe authorscontention(mainargument)? /1 Marks
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2. What do youthinkisthe intendedaudience forthispiece? Listatleast2 possible groups
/2 Marks
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3. What are the authors arguments(use dotpoints)? /3 Marks
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4. Write a sentence describingthe tone of the piece.Use atleastthree (3) differentwords to
describe the tone of the piece. /3 Marks
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Please Refer to the next page for the last two questions.

2. 5. Name five (5) PersuasiveTechniques,provideanexample,thenprovide the intendedeffect
of thispersuasive technique: /15 Marks
Technique Name Example IntendedEffect
6. Use the followingtable todrawoutyour understandingof the image providedwiththe
article. /3 Marks
What the image shows What the image doesnotshow
(thatyou wouldexpectitmight)
Therefore whatdoyouinfer
(understandthe message to
be)?