English Language Exam 2012 Revision Thread

[JEStarr]

thought i was the only one screwed for this exam, been cramming for the past 4 days...
how many examples does everyone have? i have a few but doubt its enough

[Starlight]

thought i was the only one screwed for this exam, been cramming for the past 4 days...
how many examples does everyone have? i have a few but doubt its enough

For essays?

[Niskii]

Awesome, that works Thanks guys!

Yeah I don't think I have enough either for my essays! I found this thread really useful for some examples though

Edit: Fixed link.

[JEStarr]

thought i was the only one screwed for this exam, been cramming for the past 4 days...
how many examples does everyone have? i have a few but doubt its enough

For essays?

yeah the section C essay

[JEStarr]

Awesome, that works Thanks guys!

Yeah I don't think I have enough either for my essays! I found [link=http://www.atarnotes.com/forum/index.php?topic=37776.0]this[/link] thread really useful for some examples though

thanks
though just wondering, don't the examples have to be from 2012? thats what i was told at the vate lecture

[aishuwa1995]

Awesome, that works Thanks guys!

Yeah I don't think I have enough either for my essays! I found [link=http://www.atarnotes.com/forum/index.php?topic=37776.0]this[/link] thread really useful for some examples though

thanks
though just wondering, don't the examples have to be from 2012? thats what i was told at the vate lecture

Nah, she said we can use examples from 2010 onwards, just don't use really old stuff like the "where the bloody hell are you" ad 

[RTandon]

But the examiners will be more impressed if you use examples from this year, only because they have most likely read the ones from previous years.

[thushan]

Personally I don't think they'd be prescriptive (see what I did there? ) and discount examples from before 2010, but it would add extra value if you could use examples from this year.

In my exam last year, most of my examples were pre 2011, and I had one example that was from The Age on the day of the exam (lucky I randomly decided to read the paper that morning!), and the examiners didn't seem too fazed by it

[ldee]

Yeah I agree with the above. You should try and use current examples, to show you've been reading widely throughout the year, but if you're stuck and can only remember an example from pre-2010, I think you're better off including it than not including anything!

[rebeckab]

How we all feeling? Less than 26 hours to go...

[RTandon]

How we all feeling? Less than 26 hours to go...

Shit scared.

[Starlight]

You guys will do great! Does anyone have any last minute questions? I might be able to help out

[Niskii]

Can coordination and subordination be considered examples of cohesive ties, because they links two phrases/clauses together in a logical way?

[rebeckab]

Can coordination and subordination be considered examples of cohesive ties, because they links two phrases/clauses together in a logical way?

I think so, on the sheet our teacher gave us it has conjunctions and linking adverbials as cohesive ties

[Niskii]

Great! Thanks. Thought I'd double check - it sounded reasonable to me but haven't been able to find any explicit mention in assessment reports Good luck for tomorrow!