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Question
State the common issue faced by most of the aged in the current times, with reference to the poem My Mother at Sixty-six.
Solution
Common issue: absence of supporting presence/loneliness/alone when children move away
Explanation: the poet lived away from her mother.
Notes
Marking skill
Content -
- Award 1 mark for writing the problem with the explanation.
- Award ½ mark for only one thing being mentioned.
Expression –
1 mark when both given aspects are included
- Answer organised effectively
- The language used needs to display elaboration/comparison/reasoning
½ mark when either aspect is missing
- Deduct ½ mark from the overall score if the error density is high (more than a total of 2 spellings and/or grammatical errors).
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