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Cape Communication Studies Past Paper Answers

The document summarizes arguments about the sustainability of water resources in the Caribbean region. It states that though the Caribbean currently has adequate water supplies, regional experts predict resources will be drastically depleted. This is because Caribbean nations are expanding industries to boost their economies, which will increase water demand and eventually outpace available supplies if usage is not managed properly. The summary evaluates the credibility of the information by noting it cites experts like the director of a regional environmental health organization, giving it more authority.

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Cape Communication Studies Past Paper Answers

The document summarizes arguments about the sustainability of water resources in the Caribbean region. It states that though the Caribbean currently has adequate water supplies, regional experts predict resources will be drastically depleted. This is because Caribbean nations are expanding industries to boost their economies, which will increase water demand and eventually outpace available supplies if usage is not managed properly. The summary evaluates the credibility of the information by noting it cites experts like the director of a regional environmental health organization, giving it more authority.

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CAPE Communication Studies 2005

Section A 

a)State the writer’s main point in no more than 30 words.


The writers focuses in the passage on the history of a rum industry in the Caribbean and
especially that of Barbados, wherte there exists the longest living rum-maker, Mt Gay.

b)Write an essay of no more than 500 words in which you:


i) establish the writer's purpose,
ii)and comment on the strategies and language techniques used.
iii)In addition, briefly evaluate the reliability of the information presented in this extract.

Verbal communication is the process of sending a message whether orally or in written form.
When we communicate we usually do so with specific aims, goals and intention. The reasons
for communicating includes wanting to persuade, inform, evaluate a situation, explain,
negotiate, express feelings, to entertain or explore an idea. Different strategies and language
techniques can help a writer or speaker to fulfill the purpose for communicating. This can be
through using emotional appeal, using examples or employing literary devices such as
repetition, rhetorical questions, hyperbole, etc. The strategies employed are mainly dependent
on the purpose to be achieved. For example, for an informative piece of writing a writer would
have to prove the reliability of his information to fulfill the purpose of relaying factual information.
Within the above passage, a written form of communication, the writer intends to inform his
readers of the rum culture in the Caribbean and specifically of the ageless “rum story” of
Barbados. He provides inormation about the Mt Gay distillery and answers questions of how the
distillery progressed throughout its existence, who it was owned by at what time, where it was
relocated to and why its name was changed. Upon reading this passage the reader would’ve
essentially learned that the Mt. Gay distillery in Barabados is over 300 years old, that it was
originally called Mt. Gilboa, had multiple owners throughout its existence one after which it was
renamed and that it was relocated from St Lucy to Bridgetown of the island.
However, the reader would not have been able to garner such information without the help of
certain startegies and language techniques utilized in the passage by the writer. Firstly, the
writer opens the passage with on a high note with a very effective attention getter which
interests the reader into continuing to read the passage. He then, appeals to the emotion of the
reader in order to create a relatable context for the reader within the following lines “Some of
us…,have become rum snobs- aghast should anything but white rum be used to make
cocktails!’. ​Within the same paragragh he personifies rum as a storyteller and through the use of
this language technique he foreshadows that the passage will contain a story of some sort
about rum. Which turns out to be the rum story of Barbados.
Another strategy used was to prove the reliability of the facts he shares in his essay, thus
getting the reader to take the information as truthful and factual.The author relays his facts
about the Barbados rum story from authoritative sources- historians- who a reader would trust to
know information from as long as 300 years ago. He also quotes from the legal deed of the Mt
Gay distillery, which like the historians can be taken as a reliable source.
In conclusion, the writer uses written communication to inform his readers of the ageless rum
story in Barbados and effectively makes that purpose achievable through ways such as
appealing to the reader’s emotions and using personification to keep the reader interested in the
information being imparted. He also proves the reliability throughout the passage so that the
reader can not only read the facts but also believe them.
Section B 
In an essay of no more than 500 words, discuss the use of speech and body language in the
excerpt, concentrating on the following:

a) A careful analysis of the context and its effect on the language behaviour of Babolal, the
other labourers, and Mr. and Mrs. Robinson

b) Tiger's interpretation of, and reaction to, Mrs. Robinson's non-verbal gestures

c) What Tiger hopes to achieve by addressing Mrs. Robinson in "good English"

d) How Tiger's discomfort would be highlighted in a video presentation of the scene.

Section C 
Read the scenario below then answer the questions that follow.
Your country's Board of Tourism intends to promote the country as a destination that offers
cultural and business opportunities to visitors. Wealthy elite travellers from Europe and North
America are to be targeted in this campaign.
(a) Identify the medium you think would effectively promote the campaign.
(b) Write the presentation that the Board ofTourism could use to promote your country.
(c) Point out the strategies you would employ to enhance the presentation and explain why you
would consider these appropriate.

2006.

Section A 
 
You are conducting research on the sustainability of the Caribbean's water resources, and you
have come across the above article.
(i) In no more than 60 words, summarize the arguments put forward in the extract. [ 5 marks]
Though the Caribbean has adequate water resources it has been predicted that they are soon
to be drastically depleted. This will be as a result of Caribbean nations working to save their
failing economies by developing and expanding industries. As they expand and invest in these
industries a subsequent increase in water demand is created which will lead to the predicted
depletion.
(ii) In no more than 150 words and in point form, write an evaluation that explores whether the
information is credible.
● The writer uses regional experts such as the Information Service Director at the
Caribbean Environmental Health Institute as a source. He quotes directly what the
Director who would be very informed on the matter considering his profession has to say
about the matter and this gives his information some credibility.
● The regional experts are what is known as an authoritative source..

Section B 
In an essay of no more than 300 words, write an analysis of the above extract taking into
consideration:
(i) Dialectal variation : regional dialect variation/ horizontal variation- Britain English is different
from Caribbean English
(ii) Attitudes to language: the Caribbean english is not perceived as “decent” when compared to
the Britain English.
(iii) Communicative behaviours
(iv) Use of register

Section C

In an essay of no more than 250 words discuss


(i) the writer's concem in this passage
(ii) the intended audience
(iii) the writer's purpose
(iv) THREE context(s) in which you would consider this piece appropriate.

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