AFL2603 Assignment 20 (ENGLISH DETAILED ANSWERS) Semester 2 2024 - DISTINCTION GUARANTEED

AFL2603 Assignment 20 (DETAILED ANSWERS) Semester 2 2024 - DISTINCTION GUARANTEED - DISTINCTION GUARANTEED - DISTINCTION GUARANTEED Answers, guidelines, workings and references .. Question 1 1.1 What is the difference between the traditional folksongs and the current folksongs? Write three supporting points for both. (6) 1.2 Write one folksong that you know and the message it puts across. (6) 1.3 What are the functions of the folksongs? Write five points. (5) 1.4 Read the text that is written in bold below and answer the following questions: It has teeth but cannot bite. (i) Which object does the above text describe? (2) (ii) What example of folklore is the above text? (1) (iii) Write your own example. (2) (iv) What are the functions of the above folklore that is describe in question (d)? (3) /25/ Question 2 1.1 Define the word theme. (2) 1.2 Authors use characters and different strategies to portray the theme. Choose any novel of your choice in one of the indigenous languages of South Africa and indicate how the author successfully used characters and different strategies to portray the theme. (23) /25/ Question 3 3.1 Compare Alliteration and Assonance in a poem. (10) 3.2 Define the term ‘tone’ in a poem. (5) 3.3 Explain the differences between an ‘Elegy’ poem and an Ode poem. (10) /25/ Question 4 4.1 What are picture books? Give FIVE different types of picture books and their function (11) 4.2 Why is children’s literature in most African languages appear to have been published only relatively recently? Write convincing reasons. (5) 4.3 Why do children love the following characters? The lion; the rabbit; the bee. (3) 4.4 What is the difference between adult and children’s literature? (6)