English Standard Question Thread

[fantasticbeasts3]

hi!! can someone help me identify a technique from this quote: ‘She has lost her roots, her anchorage to the earth… the world is spinning away from her.' the ellipsis is there because i've taken a huge chunk of quote out, so i can't use that as a technique.

thanks!

[Natasha.97]

hi!! can someone help me identify a technique from this quote: ‘She has lost her roots, her anchorage to the earth… the world is spinning away from her.' the ellipsis is there because i've taken a huge chunk of quote out, so i can't use that as a technique.

thanks!

Hey!
Maybe a metaphor in "her anchorage to the earth", or personification of the world spinning to exemplify her shock??

[mattmorley]

yep wouldve said the same thing

[beatroot]

would the pilot episode of fresh off the boat be a suitable ort for billy elliot?

[HSCNewcastle2017]

would the pilot episode of fresh off the boat be a suitable ort for billy elliot?

I think it would be, however am pretty sure if your prescribed text is a film, the examiners would prefer a different text type for your related text, e.g. novel, poem, speech etc. I would personally recommend though just using whatever you're most comfortable with.

The markers would be the best people to answer this question though.

[angelahchan]

Hi, does anyone know any techniques for this quote?
"Right then I can’t imagine an end to the quiet. The horizon fades. Everything looks impossibly far off. "
thank you!

[beatroot]

Hi. Just need help identifying techniques from these quotes:

1. "I'm one of the boys. Early on I am told to get in line after a morning bell, girls in one line, boys in another. I walk past the girls feeling this strange, powerful gravity of association. As soon as I look towards the other line, though, I feel a feeling of differentiation that confuses me. I don't belong there, either"

2. "She tells me to look at her but I don't want to, because when I do I am unable to understand why she cannot see me"

3. "I cried, feeling stupid and that I was a liar because i was unable myself to imagine a world where I would ever fit in"

4. "Years later I find the courage to admit that I am transgender and this doesn't mean that I am unlovable"

^ the quotes are from a speech btw.

Thanks!

[prickles]

Hi, does anyone know any techniques for this quote?
"Right then I can’t imagine an end to the quiet. The horizon fades. Everything looks impossibly far off. "
thank you!

I can see hyperbole...and truncated sentences? Someone should verify this though

[jamonwindeyer]

would the pilot episode of fresh off the boat be a suitable ort for billy elliot?

I think it would be, however am pretty sure if your prescribed text is a film, the examiners would prefer a different text type for your related text, e.g. novel, poem, speech etc. I would personally recommend though just using whatever you're most comfortable with.

The markers would be the best people to answer this question though.

Pick whatever you can get a lot of techniques out of and link to your prescribed without working too hard - Don't stress if it is the same form! As long as you can get a variety of techniques then you are all sweet

[beatroot]

Are essay scaffolds an effective way to study beside writing essays?

[jamonwindeyer]

Are essay scaffolds an effective way to study beside writing essays?

I think so! I wrote heaps of them to save time writing practice essays - I think a mix is good!

[Daniyahasan]

Hey guys! so I remember in trials you guys stopped marking for a few days so you could use that time answering questions. Are you guys gonna do that again this time?
if yes, then when do you think you're gonna take essays to mark at latest?
thank you

[jamonwindeyer]

Hey guys! so I remember in trials you guys stopped marking for a few days so you could use that time answering questions. Are you guys gonna do that again this time?
if yes, then when do you think you're gonna take essays to mark at latest?
thank you

We've not discussed it, since the HSC period is more spread we might not do a complete stop - Stuff submitted for English any later than Monday or Tuesday will probably not be marked though, since our lag time is about 5 days at the moment so we might stop taking essays for English this Tuesday night or something, we'll see - We'll give you a couple of days notice

[jaskirat]

Can someone give me some tips on how to prepare for the close study of text question coming up in the exam (

[fantasticbeasts3]

Can someone give me some tips on how to prepare for the close study of text question coming up in the exam (

what text are you doing? the questions are usually centered around themes for mine (don't know if it's the same for you?) so i have a couple of themes ready with quotes, techniques, etc so i can apply them to any question. i don't know if that'll work for you, but the questions are quite similar because there's only so much that can be asked. if you did cssa trials, they try to predict the question in the hsc, so look at feedback from there as well. :-)