NF 2024
PREVIEW
Question 2 Name two features of
human language that can be
used to characterise how the
author is able to write about this
fire incident. 2 marks
Two features of human language
that can be used to characterize
how the author writes about this fire
incident are:
• Descriptiveness: The author
uses language to vividly
describe the unfolding
events and the impact of the
fire, creating a detailed
picture for the readers.
ENG1514
• Emotion: Language is
employed to convey the
emotional impact of the
incident, expressing the grief
and devastation felt by
Capetonians
NATALIE FOXX
SUPPLEMENTARY EXAM
ANSWERS 2024
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, SECTION A: Integrated Content and Text-Based Questions
Read the text and answer the questions set.
Capetonians grieve the loss of priceless heritage treasures as fire rips across
Table Mountain and the University of Cape Town campus.
Paragraph 1 Efforts to contain the out-of-control wildfire that erupted on Table Mountain
on Sunday morning at around 8.45 continued throughout the night.
Paragraph 2 The unforgiving inferno – suspected by Table Mountain National Park to
have been ignited by an unattended vagrant fire – burnt down a restaurant at Rhodes
Memorial and damaged multiple buildings at the University of Cape Town (UCT)
campus, including the 200-year-old Jagger Library. Tearing up the mountain’s slopes
towards Rhodes Memorial, it destroyed the iconic memorial restaurant, and then
headed towards UCT’s upper campus where boarding students were evacuated to
emergency accommodation.
Paragraph 3 Huge plumes of smoke blanketed parts of the southern suburbs and
drifted into the Cape Town City Bowl. From about 11.30am, an orange haze smothered
parts of Rondebosch, Mowbray and Newlands, car headlights cutting through the
gloom. Ash rained down from the sky, only to be whipped back into the air by strong
gusts of wind. Cars, heaving with bird cages, small pieces of furniture and suitcases,
idled in congested traffic as residents fled their homes. Students, holding belongings,
clustered on pavements in Rondebosch and Mowbray.
Paragraph 4 Four helicopters continue to water-bomb the fire lines and teams from the
City of Cape Town, Working on Fire and SANParks were working “non-stop to bring the
fire under control”. Between 150 and 200 firefighters were on the fire line. Later, an
additional firefighter was injured and taken to hospital. Bredell said the fire had jumped
the M3 motorway earlier that afternoon, damaging infrastructure – including private
homes and the irreplaceable 1796 Mostert’s Mill, the country’s oldest working windmill.
Paragraph 5 The human element aside, natural fynbos blazes should ideally ignite, on
average, every 15 years or so as a result of dry, hot, windy conditions interacting with
mature, indigenous vegetation. However, Table Mountain National Park noted that an
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PREVIEW
Question 2 Name two features of
human language that can be
used to characterise how the
author is able to write about this
fire incident. 2 marks
Two features of human language
that can be used to characterize
how the author writes about this fire
incident are:
• Descriptiveness: The author
uses language to vividly
describe the unfolding
events and the impact of the
fire, creating a detailed
picture for the readers.
ENG1514
• Emotion: Language is
employed to convey the
emotional impact of the
incident, expressing the grief
and devastation felt by
Capetonians
NATALIE FOXX
SUPPLEMENTARY EXAM
ANSWERS 2024
Page | 0
, SECTION A: Integrated Content and Text-Based Questions
Read the text and answer the questions set.
Capetonians grieve the loss of priceless heritage treasures as fire rips across
Table Mountain and the University of Cape Town campus.
Paragraph 1 Efforts to contain the out-of-control wildfire that erupted on Table Mountain
on Sunday morning at around 8.45 continued throughout the night.
Paragraph 2 The unforgiving inferno – suspected by Table Mountain National Park to
have been ignited by an unattended vagrant fire – burnt down a restaurant at Rhodes
Memorial and damaged multiple buildings at the University of Cape Town (UCT)
campus, including the 200-year-old Jagger Library. Tearing up the mountain’s slopes
towards Rhodes Memorial, it destroyed the iconic memorial restaurant, and then
headed towards UCT’s upper campus where boarding students were evacuated to
emergency accommodation.
Paragraph 3 Huge plumes of smoke blanketed parts of the southern suburbs and
drifted into the Cape Town City Bowl. From about 11.30am, an orange haze smothered
parts of Rondebosch, Mowbray and Newlands, car headlights cutting through the
gloom. Ash rained down from the sky, only to be whipped back into the air by strong
gusts of wind. Cars, heaving with bird cages, small pieces of furniture and suitcases,
idled in congested traffic as residents fled their homes. Students, holding belongings,
clustered on pavements in Rondebosch and Mowbray.
Paragraph 4 Four helicopters continue to water-bomb the fire lines and teams from the
City of Cape Town, Working on Fire and SANParks were working “non-stop to bring the
fire under control”. Between 150 and 200 firefighters were on the fire line. Later, an
additional firefighter was injured and taken to hospital. Bredell said the fire had jumped
the M3 motorway earlier that afternoon, damaging infrastructure – including private
homes and the irreplaceable 1796 Mostert’s Mill, the country’s oldest working windmill.
Paragraph 5 The human element aside, natural fynbos blazes should ideally ignite, on
average, every 15 years or so as a result of dry, hot, windy conditions interacting with
mature, indigenous vegetation. However, Table Mountain National Park noted that an
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