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HSC Stuff => HSC English Stuff => HSC Subjects + Help => HSC English Standard => Topic started by: LoneWolf on November 12, 2019, 12:19:08 pm
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A call out to all hsc finishers, or indeed any1, please post all, marker ticking, teacher pleasing and a-grade students words and phrases associated with the common module!
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A call out to all hsc finishers, or indeed any1, please post all, marker ticking, teacher pleasing and a-grade students words and phrases associated with the common module!
To achieve a good grade in english, it is more important that your thesis statements and analysis is succinct, deep, unique but also answers the question, rather than picking up on certain phrases that "a-grade" students use. However, in saying this, the syllabus key terms of the common module is a good place to start including but not limited to "paradoxes and anomalies" and "individual and collective experiences" in deepening your understanding of the text. Just note that some syllabus key terms will be more relevant to the question than others.
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Hey, LoneWolf!
Will second what avocadinq has already addressed in that your responses should first answer the question and have relevant arguments to support your judgement in the thesis. Having strong ideas is crucial to success in English and you'll be surprised at how many high performing responses don't actually use overtly convoluted sentences or flowery words. What they do is get their point across in a way that markers can clearly see and understand.
Once you've achieved that, using rubric concepts will assist you in making sure your answer covers what is relevant for the specific question in hand. You can also use terms that relate to those rubric concepts; "narrative" works really well with anything to do with "storytelling", as "complexity" might help encompass the nature of human behaviours and motivations. Hope this helps!
Angelina ;D