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Y180 Making Sense of the Arts

Question: TMA01 Poetry
'Dulce et Decurum Est' by Wilfred Owen (1917)

Task 1
Question1
a) Describe what effects the poem has on you.
b) Say what you think the subject matter is.

Question 2
a) Identify and list in note form three techniques used in the poem.
b) Comment in complete sentences on what the effects of the three techniques you have identified might be.

Question 3
a) In no more than three sentences, give your interpretation of the meaning or meanings of the poem.
b) In no more than two sentences explain how he context helped you to understand the poem.
c) In continuous prose (that is, in paragraph form rather than bullet points or notes), write an account of this poem, showing how the techniques used create the effects that lead to you interpretation of the meaning of the poem.

Task 2
1. What did you find easiest and what did you find most difficult about doing this assignment? Why was this?
2. What could you do to make the difficult area easier in he future?

Answer: The poem has an ironic effect, the more the poem progresses, the more we see that the Latin slogan of the title...

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Question: In the history block of this module, you learned about three explanations for Chartisms support - a reaction to economic pressure, national political movement and an inclusive cultural community.

What evidence is there in the extract above of examples of each of these factors?
Which of the three, if any, appears to dominate in the extract?
(Extract from a Chartist Paper the Northern Star)

Part 1
In no more than 200 words, write a plan for this essay.

Part 2
Write the essay, using no more than 800 words.

Answer: The extract “Great Meeting at York for the Charter” from a report in the Chartist newspaper, the Northern Star which was issued...

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Question: EMA-Option 2 (History)

Write an essay responding to the following:

Which is more important in explaining the public support for Chartism: economic circumstances, or the tradition of radical politics?

Use no more than 1000 words.

Answer: Historians like W.W. Rostow and Gareth Steadman Jones interpret a different view on which was the most important explanation for the public...

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Question: Y180 EMA
Option 1 (poetry)

Task 1
Read John Agard`s “listen Mr oxford don”. Then read grace Nichol`s “wherever I hang”
Write an essay that compares and contrasts the two poems, ensuring that, in line with the study diamond, you comment on their effects, the techniques used in them, the interpretations of their meanings and any relevant contextual information.

Task 2
Write no more than 200 words in total for this task, which covers the past, present and future

1 Past - give at least one example of a way in which your learning skills have improved during this module.

2 Present - give at least one example of strength and at least one example of a weakness in your learning skills.

3 Future - give at least one example of a way in which you could improve a specific skill in future.

Answer: After the Second World War many black people immigrated to England in hope of a better life. They never expected to experience...

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