Who else is nervous?

[kenny17]

I looked at the Cover page for eng lang and it says only 5 questions each for both spoken and written language. Wouldnt this mean 4-5 marks are allocated per question meaning a "deep insightful" explanation is needed for each? This would also mean no MC questions unless vcaa start to add in part a) and b) question format. (which has not really been seen in existing vcaa exams, especially in vcaa 08)

What are ur thoughts people? (this is sort of making me nervous)

[Gloamglozer]

I've heard from the VATE lecturers that it will be set out in part a), part b) etc.

[kenny17]

ok kool, slightly less nervous then b4!

[panicky]

can anyone tell me how to talk about 'inference' when saying a text is coherent?
im confused with how to explain how it affects the coherence

[appianway]

Something has to be assumed, or already known, for the text to make sense.

[ngRISING]

golly gosh, 2006 vcaa was 100marks. 19 questions altogether in section 1&2. didnt finish on time . slightly off. thank god this ones only adds up to about 45 marks. the other one was 60 lol. -.-

[ngRISING]

is semantic patterning the same as figurative language? it is right?

as well as for VCAA 07 Exam. is this response correct. the question is. Q 7

Does this speech achieve its purpose? Discuss, using linguistic evidence to support your analysis.

Following is an example of a high-scoring student response.
The speech does achieve its purpose of convincing the audience present to buy more Australian goods. His speech is entertaining, with humour used to keep his speech memorable e.g. ‘So let’s keep it legal’ (line 32). Coherence is achieved through the continuing metaphor of the cup of coffee (Line 4). The use of personal pronouns e.g. ‘we’ and ‘our’ (line 2) refer to the speaker and audience directly in an inclusive sense. The repetition of the phrase ‘Buy Australian’ drives home the main contention.


My response.
This speech achieves its purpose in persuading the audience to buy Australian by the use of constant repetition of the term "Buy Australian" [Line 1,10,14] to put emphasis on the main purpose of this speech. The speaker also uses personal pronouns such as 'I'm' [line 33], 'We' [line 2] to indicate that the speaker and audience are on one side together. There is interrogative sentences to let the audience think about what they should do, for instance in line 38, "sixty five cents worth and half a cup, or Buy Australian and receive a full cup?" The buyer also use imperative sentences to guide what the audience should do in line 43, "Buy Australian".

its out of 5 marks, the sampled response is full marks, do you guys reckon mines at least 4? thanks!

[appianway]

Figurative language is really just metaphor, which is semantic patterning.

What did people think of the 06 VCAA solutions? Personally, I'm wondering if there should be a bit more flexibility. I guess it's just that I thought that text 2 could also serve a persuasive function, as well as an informative one... the lexical choice (with lexemes such as dire) and fact that it was listed under a category called "why save water" seemed to suggest that it was persuading readers that water should be saved. The more recent VCAA exams seem to have less prescriptive answers though.

[ngRISING]

hmmphs. i also wrote text 2 is a persuasive function for that one due to the comparison it makes, it points out the benefits of being water efficient[being persuasive by what you do can lead to benefits, thus you should do it]
Also the imperative sentence in line 22 assists in the persuasive function or an order i guess. "It's time to be water efficient!"

hmmph, what is function of a capitalised noun in say a terms and conditions document?

[hyperblade01]

Emphasis - for example when talking about a frequent flyers card "the Card cannot be used" vs "the card cannot be used" ...

The first case is saying that is THAT card and no other...

I think my example just came from one of the insight questions - is YOUR question based on that question lol

[ngRISING]

YEAH LOL. text 5 in the written section . yeah makes little sense to me from what insight[:idiot2:] gave me, you cleared it up
i personally dont like insights answers ^^

[TheJosh]

So when it asks for semantic patterning, what is it actually looking for?

[emiily]

semantic patterning can be irony, metaphor and figurative language, oxymoron, paradox, simile, symbolism, personification, puns

[ngRISING]

hmmph, in VATE 07 that i just did, it says How do reference and semantic field establish cohesion within the text.
 I got confused because i didn't know what reference is until i read the solutions. It meant cataphoric referencing, shouldn't it be more specific?

[brenny]

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hmmph, in VATE 07 that i just did, it says How do reference and semantic field establish cohesion within the text.
 I got confused because i didn't know what reference is until i read the solutions. It meant cataphoric referencing, shouldn't it be more specific?

referencing can refer to cataphoric anaphoric or any of the three deitic references (being personal, temporal or locational)