June 2015

Section A

Ans no: 01

Two features of the northern lights:

i) It lights up the midnight sky.

ii) It has so many beautiful shades of colours that it makes the entire sky colourful.

Ans no: 02

i) As his mum was not present and also as he did not had school the other day so he was free to go out

and enjoy.

ii) He eagerly wanted to play with his friends outside.

iii) He knew his father was not that mush strict about his bedtimes and would let him go out to play.

Ans no: 03

The writer was completely mesmerized to witness such a beautiful display of lights as it was his first time

to witness such a beautiful portrayal of lights and he just could not remove his eyes from the view. It was

such awe inspiring view for him as he labeled it as magical and supernatural.

Ans no: 04

As the writer was busy with his jobs and with his children and wife so he did not used to get plentiful

amount of time to go and see the northern lights.

Ans no: 05

i) The children found it amazing as hit looked cool to them and was also appreciating his dad for

bringing them here.

ii) The writer felt emotional as his eyes were full of tears and his sense of happiness was also vividly
 portrayed as he was happy to be at home.

Text Analysis of Text 01

The writer of this text starts off with a direct title “The Northern Lights” which vividly foreshadows

the theme of the text and gives a more drastic idea about the theme of the text. The writer starts the text

with a factual description of how the collisions of the particles “near the magnetic north, causes a display of

lights known as the Aurora Borealis or the Northern Lights.” Then the writer gives a pictorial description of

how the awe inspiring view of the lights gives a “display of colour and beauty.” Throughout the text the

writer uses colloquial language like “Cheerio Mum, pals” multiple times making the text more authentic as

well as makes it an ease for the readers to gain a more vivid idea about the situation which helps the

readers to believe the writer more easily. The inclusion of direct quotation multiple times in the whole text

makes the whole passage more descriptive as well as more authentic as it grants a more personal and

reliable tone in the text. The inclusion of first narration all throughout the text makes the whole passage

more authentic as well as grants a more reliable tone in the writing. The uses of anecdote of when his

mother was “called out of town to visit her sister” and how he was being teased by his friend “Alex” makes

the text more round and also makes it an ease for the readers to absorb all the informations easily. The

writer uses pattern of three multiple times throughout the text making the passage vividly descriptive and

grants a more clear idea about the whole environment as he calls the Northern lights “magical,

supernatural, amazing.” Then the writer becomes personal and shares his personal life experience which

gives a more vivid idea about the text and also makes it an ease for the readers to make an idea about the

whole passage. The passage has multiple numbers of paragraphs indicating frequent changes in sequence

of writing. The whole passage was written with easy accessible vocabularies making it an ease for readers

of all age to read and accumulate the knowledge.

At the start as no one was noticing about the start of the eclipse which was unusual.

Ans no: 07

When the eclipse suddenly started the writer started to feel cold and he was also feeling a awkward as the

entire atmosphere was getting darker and darker as there were no light present. Instantly after that the

writer started to feel how calm the people were becoming indicating how crucial moment it was turning

out to be.

Ans no: 08

Point: the writer was feeling disappointed and had a sense of despair

Example: “but it was frustrating”, “the sense of anti-climax for me was immense”

Point: The writer had a feeling that he had missed something valuable and could have seen something very

important.

Example: “but I had a nagging feeling that I might have had a better view”

Ans no: 09

The people`s reaction about this eclipse were new as some confessed that it was indeed a new

experience for them. A lot of them also stated that it made them feel that they were completely

transferred to a whole new universe.

Text Analysis of Text 02

This text is about the experience of the writer that he had witnessed throughout the entire period

of total eclipse. The writer starts of the text with a direct title “The Cornish Total Eclipse 1999” which made

it an ease for the readers to foreshadow the theme of the text and accumulate all the information easily.

This text is narrated in first person narration “I” which made the whole passage more descriptive as well as
more expressive making it an ease for the readers to believe what the writer wants to tell. The whole

passage was written with easy accessible vocabulary making it an ease for the readers of all age to read, but

science enthusiasts will prefer this type of writing more than any other type of person.

In this text the writer uses statistical as well as factual description all throughout the passage

making the whole text more descriptive as well as more factual towards the readers increasing the

authenticity of the writing as It included exact accurate date and times like “1999, around 9:57, it was

11:11”. The pictorial description of the writer granted an extra degree of authenticity in the writing as it

made the whole scenario more illustrative as well as more descriptive as the writer included “I thought the

colour of the moon was orange-yellow”. The uses of parenthesis throughout the text in multiple places

made the entire passage more descriptive. The writer also used complex sentences multiple times in the

whole passage making the text more descriptive as well as more expressive as it helped the writer to

provide more information at a time. The inclusion of comments of different people after they have sighted

the eclipse made the entire passage unbiased and gave a general point of view of how all the people felt

when they have sighted this scenario. The inclusion of direct quotations made it an ease for the readers to

gain an overall gist of the entire atmosphere of how people felt at that situation. The sense of frustration of

the writer was also being stated in the passage by using bold adjectives like “nagging” as he was feeling

that he was missing something very important. The writer also used personification making the writing

more interesting to read as it stated that the “moon masked the whole effect anyway.” The inclusion of the

naive philosophy of the persons also made a drastic idea of how the scenario looked like as some people

has stated that the incident felt like they have been transported to “a new universe.’

The writer was at the verge of being pessimistic then the sense of appreciation of the writer was

being portrayed as he “felt great respect for astronomers` ability to predict” and also he “did feel
privileged”. The writer had a subjective approach while explaining how he felt while witnessing the eclipse

and also how honored he was to see the ability of the astronomers to predict. He was also objective while

explaining the incidents that took place while the eclipse was taking place.

Text Comparison

Text one is about a boy who shares his mesmerizing moments while he was sighting the

beautiful Northern Lights while text two was about a boy who conveys his experiences along with

all the people of his village while they were sighting the lunar eclipse.

In both the texts the writers had the same theme as in both the texts the writers talked about

the natural beauties that take place as the writer in text one talked about the mesmerizing

“Northern Lights” and the writer in text two talked about the “Total eclipse in 1999”. In both the

texts the writer narrated the whole passage using first person narration making both the texts

equally descriptive as well as expressive towards the readers. The inclusion of pictorial description

like made both the texts more illustrative as well as more imaginative as the writer in text one

includes “beautiful shades of green, pale blue and sometimes pink.” and the writer of text two

included “the colour of the light was orange-yellow.” Both the texts included direct reference

multiple times in the passage making the entire passages more descriptive as it granted the original

view of the situation of how the real condition was, but text one had more references than text

two. Moreover in both the texts the writer included many characters along with the main

protagonist making the whole passage lively and more enthusiastic for the readers to read. Both the

texts include multiple number of paragraphs indicating frequent changes in sequence but the writer

in text one used more number of paragraphs then the writer in text two. In both the texts the writer
uses anecdotal description as the writer in text one shares a story of how his mother used to do

with his bed times and in text two the writer shows how persons felt when the sighted the eclipse.

The writers of both the texts included multiple number of figurative devices as the writers of both

the texts includes language devices like pictorial description, direct title, anecdotes to make the

texts more enjoyable to read but the writer of text one uses some additional ones like statistical

data, colloquial language and the writer of text two uses some additional devices like parenthesis,

personification making the whole passage more descriptive as well as more enthusiastic to read.

The writer of text one includes pattern of three to describe the Northern Light as “magical,

supernatural, amazing” making the scenario more descriptive as well as more illustrative but the

writer of text two lacked this feature making the text less illustrative. In both the texts the writers

portrayed their wise sense of colours as both the writers mentioned various shades of colours

making the text more pictorial. According to me text one was more preferable than text two as the

writer of text one was more enthusiastic and more descriptive making an ease to illustrate the

whole scenario.
 Section B

Hello everyone who are resent here. How are you all doing? Indeed it`s really an honor for

me to be present in front of you all and be able to share some of my experiences. I firmly believe

that you all know about what we will be talking about today, Yes it`s about the amazing

supernatural things that we can witness only in the nature.

Recently I have been to Scotland which you all know is one of the most beautiful place one can

find in the earth, and I was luck as I had been there during the winter. In the winter times there are

always the Aurora Borealis which is also known as the Northern Lights.

My dear friends this sight is one of the most mesmerizing sights that I had ever came to witness in my

entire life. The beauty of the colours, the perfect blend of the awe inspiring blend of the shades and mostly

the stunning gorgeous scenario just left me stunned after watching this beauty. After that day I can easily

say to anyone that this situation was one of the most memorable as well as one of the most remembering

one that I had ever exploited in my entire life. My fellow mates, I had also been a luck one as I went there

with my all friend with whom I enjoy the most, and believe me their presence along with the hot chips, a

cup of hot smoky coffee and the warm jackets just made the whole situation a soothing one. It was indeed

one of the most mysterious experiences as I was wondering what caused this type of lightning to occur and

yet one of the most delighting and amazing one I have ever faced in my life. My friends do you all know I

had also been lucky enough to witness a total eclipse. During that moment the entire surrounding started

to deem so less lightly that it felt like the darkness was about the gallop the entire continent. The inclusion

of the absolute silence of the crowd as well as the presence of perplexed, stilled humans and animals made

the experience a thrilling yet a petrifying one.

The Northern Lights gave me a comforting as well as a delighting one as the perfect blend of
all the beautiful colours and the frequent changes of all the beautiful colours simply made the entire

atmosphere a delighting one. Not only the Northern Lights, The Total Eclipse also granted me a superior

feelings as when it was complete darkness outside I had some feelings that may be is a way through which

our God is transferring to a new planet where there were no jealousy among man, where everyone is being

treated equally. To sum up everything, I felt like it’s the path through which everyone would achieve

soliloquy. My fellow mates who are present here I would like to say that I am really honored and glad that I

had been able to witness all these beauties with my bare eyes.

My dear friends as you all know every good things also have a bad so does the same

happened in this case also. While I was completely flattering out of such beautiful and mesmerizing

moments the darkness gave me some very weird vibes. It gave me such feelings that this darkness might be

a reason which resisted an entire continent from witnessing something very beautiful. Also the awkward

silence in between such a mesmerizing scenario also gave some uncomforting vibes as it was becoming

difficult for all of us to cope up with the entire situation.

My dear friends this is what I want to share with you. Its really been an honor for me to be

able to stand in front of such patient, intelligent souls who have been hearing my speech for a long time. I

again cordially thank you everyone for listening to me.

b) Your Favorite Time

25th September is one of the most precious as well as the most awaited days in a whole calendar year

according to me. This day is not only precious as it’s the birthday of my little angel Varisha, instead it’s a day

which always portrays me the strong, intangible, enormous, level of love and affection that our parents

have towards us. It’s a day which will be framed in my heart till my last breathe and this moment weights so

much that I do not even get tired wondering about this moment by and by.

Many years ago, around 30 years back, I did one of the most disgusted mistakes of my life that always

offends me no matter in which situation I am now. This moment always taunts me as this moment is the

moment which resisted me from having the blessings and love of my parents. This moment is the reason for

which I had to come out of my house and live in another place.

It was around 10 o clock in the night, when suddenly I started to hear very loud thudding noises from

the other end of the door. With a swollen petrified voice I managed to pull up all my courage and bravely

ask, “Who is there?” Then with a furious voice the person from the other end replied “Open the door, I am

your dad.” As soon as I have heard my father`s voice I strutted towards the door and instantly opened the

door and greeted them to come inside.

The first thing they asked when they entered my room was “What are you doing? I have heard that you

did not go for the interview. May I know the reason why?” Then with a fearing voice from which sounds

were hardly coming out, and by staring at the floor I replied “Dad please try to understand, I do not want to

do any sort of jobs nor I do want to do business, all I want to do is to follow my passion which I love the

most and that is TEACHING and if any day I get the feeling that I cannot cope up with my day to day

expenses then I will obviously follow your advice” As soon as I said this instantly I felt a tremendous level of
pressure on my soft chicks which instantly turned out red. My mother tried her best to stop my dad from

hitting me but she failed. As soon as my dad slaped me he stated “You were a very good as well as the most

obedient students that I can ever recall. If you had the plan to teach then why do you have to get so much

degrees, I am totally upset with you.”

As soon as my father ended up his talk, instantly I rushed out of my house and disconnected all the

ways possible through which my parents can contact with me. I hurt deeply when my father hit me, as he

was such type of person who never used to yell at me, so let alone hitting me.

Time passed by and I moved on. Gradually as time passed by I got myself married and within one and a

half year of our marriage I had one of the most beautiful gifts of my life, which is y little daughter Varisha.

She was so cute and adorable that I could not move my sight from her and whenever she used to laugh my

mother`s laughing style used to resemble with her ones and coincidently whenever she used to get angry I

sometimes confuse whether if it was she or my father.

Then on her fifth birthday, I hosted a birthday party for her in my house. Then suddenly my door`s

calling bell rang and I started to have some gut feelings that it was my parents who are waiting outside, but

then I thought how could they be here, so with a dichotomized monomania I headed towards the door and

opened it. As soon as I opened it I saw it was my parents who were waiting outside. After seeing them in no

time I fetched my arms towards them and simply gave them a hug. I did not know when tears started to fall

from my eyes. It was such a nostalgic moment. This moment would be framed inside my heart for an

eternity. I could not forget this moment ever in my life. In deed its one of the most favorite times of my life.