ENG1514 Assignment 1 (DETAILED ANSWERS) 2024 - DISTINCTION GUARANTEED

ENG1514 Assignment 1 (DETAILED ANSWERS) 2024 - DISTINCTION GUARANTEED - DISTINCTION GUARANTEED - DISTINCTION GUARANTEED Answers, guidelines, workings and references ............ PART 1: Knowledge-based Questions Question 1 Indicate whether the following sentences are formal or informal and provide a reason for each answer. 1a Bra, how are you gonna come for the party? 2 Marks 1b Ladies and gentlemen, it is my pleasure to welcome you to this august occasion. 2 Marks 1c The student couldn’t submit the assignment on time. 2 Marks 1d Good afternoon, how can I help you? 2 Marks 1e Come 4 d textbk 2 Marks Question 2 2a Name four concepts that are related to the English pronoun system. 4 marks 2b Give one pronoun as an example for each of the four concepts named in 2a) above. 4 marks Question 3 Form is a grammatical concept that refers to the structure of a particular word and is closely connected with adding suffixes to words to express their grammatical concepts. 3a Provide the three forms of the verb walk. 3 Marks 3b Provide the two forms of the adjective fast. 2 Marks Page | 3 Question 4 4 Explain, in one sentence, the function of adverbial phrases in a clause? 1 mark Total: 24 Marks PART TWO: Text Based Questions Anger expression amongst students. Paragraph 1 Most schools today have embarked on various safety measures such as installation of security surveillance systems, constant interaction with law enforcement authorities, strong policies against bullying, sexual abuse and crimes against children, and other measures to curb acts of violence against and among school children. These measures will, surely caution parents and students to be aware of the realities and thus, lower the rates of violence in the schools. Paragraph 2 However, the number and severity of school violence, aggression and destructive acts of anger continue to loom large on the corridors of today’s schools. In addition, a good number of students are faced with a sense of fear, abuse, anxiety, and depression. Even though school violence is a very complicated issue with many different reasons pointing to it, one significant aspect, however, is its relationship with uncontrolled anger. Researchers have identified anger as a possible cause for violence and aggression among school children. Paragraph 3 Students who experience high anger during school days may later run the risk of becoming involved in violence and crimes. Often, anger acts like a motivator for aggressive behaviour and violence. An in-depth understanding of anger will help teachers and parents to assist students to express their anger constructively. Paragraph 4 Page | 4 Over the last 50 years, researchers have assigned different labels to the construct of anger to explain different modes of anger. Spielberger (1988) introduced two facets of anger as state and trait anger. State anger is a psychobiological subjective state of anger that varies in intensity over time; that is, the intensity of anger in a particular time. We come across students who experience intense anger during games, classroom discussions and sports. These students experience state anger in that specific situation. Intensity of experiencing anger can vary from student to student, and situation to situation. Paragraph 5 On the other hand, trait anger is the “general inclination to experience and express anger without specific provocation”. These students are angry not in one or two situations, but often they are found angry and reactive. It is more of cognitive and seen as a personality trait. They perceive a wide variety of situations as negative and connected rather than perceiving them separately. High trait anger students involve in constant aggressive acts and bullying. They also experience high intensity of anger on a continuous level. Source: Sonia P Thomas, Aug 27, 2015, DHNS: Question 1 The phrase “These measures” at the beginning of the second sentence of Paragraph 1 refers back to the various safety measures in the first sentence of this Paragraph. List the four specific measures referred to in Paragraph 1. 4 Marks Question 2 “However,” is a conjunctive adverb that connects Paragraph 2 to Paragraph 1. In not more than two sentences explain how the word serves as a link between the two specific Paragraphs. 2 Marks Page | 5 Question 3 a) What type of sentence is the last sentence of Paragraph 2? “Researchers have identified anger as a possible cause for violence and aggression among school children.” 1 Mark b) In what tense is the sentence written? 1 Mark c) Identify the verb phrase in the sentence 1 Mark d) In which noun form is the subject of the sentence? 1 Mark Question 4 Write out two adverbs from Paragraph 3. 2 Marks Question 5 a) ‘An in-depth understanding of anger” is a noun phrase. Divide the noun phrase into its three constituent parts. 3 Marks b) Write out: • The adjective in the Noun phrase • The prepositional phrase • The noun in the prepositional phrase 3 Marks Question 6 a) What type of phrase is “Over the last 50 years” in Paragraph 4? 1 Mark b) What function is the phrase performing in the first sentence of Paragraph 4? 1 Mark c) In what tense is the sentence “Spielberger (1988) introduced two facets of anger as state and trait anger?” 1 Mark d) Explain the type of concord between the subject and the verb in the sentence “These students experience state anger in that specific situation” 2 Marks Page | 6 Question 7 a) What type of pronoun are “they” and “them”? 1 Mark b) Explain the use of the two conjunctions ‘and” and “but” in Paragraph 5.