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6 SECTION B Language Focus This Section counts for 20 marks, and you should devote an appropriate proportion of your time to it. The following text is from a book entitled Just Can’t Get Enough: Toys, Games and Other Stuff from the '80s That Rocked, published in 2007. The text is about a popular toy from the 1980s, The Ewok Village. Task: Analyse and discuss the use of language in this text to convey the attitude of the writer towards the Ewok Village. You should consider in your answer: • how the language choices convey the enthusiasm of the writer; • how the language is used to fondly remember this popular toy from the 1980s. (20 Marks) (1151-01)
7 Ewok Village - Nyub-Nyub City! If you were a boy and didn’t have the Ewok Village in the ‘80s, you were a loser. 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 Why Because the Ewok Village was rad. It was a well-designed, well-crafted oversized play set that could easily accommodate action figures from all walks of life, making it one of the central hubs of any self-re<strong>spec</strong>ting kid’s toy collection. The Ewok Village play set was a world of limitless possibilities for the creative (or not so creative) playtime enthusiast: you could roast Han Solo over a painted flame, parade C3PO around like a god on the shoulders of Ewoks, swoop up a few storm troopers in the mesh net or even invite Hachiman from Thundercats and a few of the M.U.S.C.L.E. men over for tea and then send them flying down the Ewok escape chute at your slightest whim. What is it A Star Wars action-figure play set based on the Ewok Village from the movie Star Wars: The Return of the Jedi. When was it out First released in 1983. Who made it Kenner Who was it for Boys and girls ages five and up, and nerds of all ages. Is it still around today Nope, but you’ll run into one occasionally on eBay or at a local garage sale. The Product What exactly made the Ewok Village so desirable Was it the high price Not really. The Ewok Village wasn’t anywhere near the house-mortgaging prices of the G.I. Joe Aircraft Carrier or the Nintendo Entertainment system with R.O.B. In its day, the Ewok Village cost around $19.95, which is probably equivalent to somewhere in the $50 price range today. Was it simply the fact that it was affiliated with the Star Wars universe that made the Ewok Village so desirable Not really. Most kids weren’t able to purchase every single Star Wars toy available and yet almost every kid had the Ewok Village. Sure, we all had a few Luke Skywalkers or Darth Vaders lying around, maybe a toy light sabre here or there, or the occasional figure carrying case in the shape of C3PO’s head. But the sheer size of the Star Wars toy line made it nearly impossible for every kid to own every Star Wars toy; yet, everyone owned the Ewok Village. So what made the Ewok Village such a must have toy in the ‘80s Two things: its size and its design. The size of a toy plays a huge part in its toy-store-attention-grabbing potential. Well, the Ewok Village was the Trump Tower of toy-shelf real estate. It was massive and stood out like a sore thumb among the rest of the Star Wars toys. Seeing that massive toy box on the shelves and that parent-friendly price tag made it a nearly impossible deal to pass up. And why would you want to The thing came with a plastic boulder, for crying out loud. Regardless of the size of the Ewok Village, the toy itself was simply a well-designed product. The Ewok Village stood about a foot off the ground, making for a sturdy, level surface on which to stand up your action figures. For kids like myself who had carpeted bedrooms, a play set that acted like a tabletop was extremely helpful if you wanted to get a figure standing up on its own. Reproduced from ‘Just Can’t Get Enough’ by Matthew Robinson and Jenson Karp, 2007 (HNA Books) (1151-01)
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