Speech exploration · AS 91787
Te tūhura me te pūrongo i te reo peha
Level 2 · Year 124 creditsInternalAchievement StandardTe Reo Rangatira 2.11
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National attainment · NZQA · 2024
172 students sat this in 2024 · 87% passed
Excellence30.5%
Merit25.2%
Achieved31.8%
Not Achieved12.6%
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This standard asks you to analyse how writers and speakers use figurative language (metaphors, similes, idioms, wordplay, etc.) to create meaning and express ideas. You need to understand the techniques they use, explain why they're effective, and respond thoughtfully to what the speaker or writer is trying to communicate.
What you actually do
- ·Analyse figurative language techniques in written or spoken texts from expert speakers/writers
- ·Identify and name the specific techniques being used (metaphor, simile, kīwaha, etc.)
- ·Explain how these techniques create meaning and what effect they have
- ·Provide evidence from the text to support your explanations
- ·Respond to the ideas the speaker or writer is expressing through their use of language
AAchieved
You identify figurative language techniques and explain what they mean, with some evidence from the text.
MMerit
You identify techniques, explain how they create meaning and their effect, and consistently support your explanations with relevant examples.