A.S. 2.5 Visual or Oral text External Exam questions 2006 -
2006 Exam questions
- Analyse how ONE or MORE of the following helped you understand a main character or individual:
Costume Make-up Soundtrack Cinematography Voice
Note: “Cinematography” is the art or technique of film photography. “Cinematography” could include layout, camera shots, camera angles, lighting, transitions between shots, etc.
2. Analyse how an important setting was made realistic or believable.
3. Analyse how techniques were used to strongly affect your emotions in ONE or TWO key scenes.
4. Analyse how links between the beginning and end helped you understand a main theme or issue.
5. Analyse how the text managed to be BOTH entertaining and thought-provoking.
6. Analyse how ONE main character’s attempts to solve a problem were important to the text as a whole. Note: “Character” can refer to an individual in a non-fiction text.
2007 Exam questions
7. Analyse how techniques strengthened or changed your opinion of a particular topic or issue.
8. Analyse how ONE main character or individual changed to become more (OR less) admirable.
9. Analyse how techniques were used to create a strongly positive OR negative mood in ONE scene / section.
10. Analyse why you thought either the beginning OR the ending of the text was effective.
11. Analyse how the text presented a positive OR negative view of humanity and / or society.
12. Analyse how ONE OR MORE symbols were used to present an important idea or ideas.
2008 Exam questions
13. Analyse how techniques were used to create a strong impression of at least ONE character or individual.
14. Analyse how the presentation of at least ONE setting helped develop an important theme.
15. Analyse how BOTH internal and external conflict were important to the text as a whole.
Note: “internal conflict” means conflict within a character, and “external conflict” means conflict between a character and other individual(s) or group(s).
16. Analyse how techniques were used to create impact in ONE important section.
17. Analyse how the text influenced the audience to think differently about an idea or issue.
18. Analyse how the text is typical of its genre. Note: “genre” might include science fiction, romance, drama, documentary, political speech, etc.