VCE English Question Thread

[thaaanyan]

Anyone mind reviewing my text response for 'In the Country of Men' and giving it a mark out of 10?

cheers

ALSO: Minor error on the attached document. It was meant to read "where male privilege is culturally codified between the sexes." Like, the first sentence in. I forgot the word codified, so the correction doesn't make much sense.
Anyway, yeah, this is everything. Even the mark out of 10. Hope it helps.

[cameotodd]

No problem.
Attached. Hope this helps.

Thanks a lot thaaanyan! this is so helpful!

[banaidil]

hi guys, can you please read this practice essay on 'No Sugar' and rate it out of ten plus some constructive feedback? thanks

[StupidProdigy]

hi guys, can you please read this practice essay on 'No Sugar' and rate it out of ten plus some constructive feedback? thanks

Not attached!

[banaidil]

hi guys, can you please read this practice essay on 'No Sugar' and rate it out of ten plus some constructive feedback? thanks

sorry i thought i had here it is

[heids]

Can we please keep essays to the English Work Submission and Marking board?

If I see any more I'm going to split them into a new thread in that board (you should probably get better exposure in a new thread anyway), it just makes it easier for people to see if there's an essay they can mark.

And everyone, I want to say thanks for your recent contributions in essay marking - especially sunshine98 and thaaanyan since they're the ones I've noticed most!  Keep it up!

[gaydrea]

for the english exam how many body paragraphs do you think is best to write for each essay. My english teacher has told my class to do 2 body paragraphs to make sure we fit into the time constraints, however some other english teachers at my school have said to do 3 so i'm not quite sure how many i'm meant to do.

[wombat123]

Hi! I was wondering if anyone could help me with this Medea prompt? I've got a few ideas but not enough to write a whole essay on, especially in an exam.
This is the prompt:
‘Characters display both cool logic and fiery emotion in Medea, but Euripides is supportive of neither.’ Discuss.

These are my ideas so far:
Cool logic -
Jason’s reasons for abandoning Medea - betrayal leaves her distraught. Euripides doesn’t approve of this

Fiery emotion -
Medea’s decision to kill 4 ppl leads to the end of Jason’s legacy and a kingdom with no royalty - he is left with nothing. Euripides doesn’t approve of this but approves of balance.

I want to have at the least 3 body paragraphs, maybe even 4. Can anyone give me some ideas??? It would be much appreciated 

[cosine]

Hi! I was wondering if anyone could help me with this Medea prompt? I've got a few ideas but not enough to write a whole essay on, especially in an exam.
This is the prompt:
‘Characters display both cool logic and fiery emotion in Medea, but Euripides is supportive of neither.’ Discuss.

These are my ideas so far:
Cool logic -
Jason’s reasons for abandoning Medea - betrayal leaves her distraught. Euripides doesn’t approve of this

Fiery emotion -
Medea’s decision to kill 4 ppl leads to the end of Jason’s legacy and a kingdom with no royalty - he is left with nothing. Euripides doesn’t approve of this but approves of balance.

I want to have at the least 3 body paragraphs, maybe even 4. Can anyone give me some ideas??? It would be much appreciated 

Cool logic:
- Jason's abandonment of Medea leaving her distraught, Jason was cool about it and thought it was the best choice for him. Euripides definitely does not approve of this as evident through Medea's final crime spree, and most importantly, departing the scene not only without punishment, but leaving on a dragon-led chariot handed down by her grandfather, the Sun-god.

- King Creon's decision to grant Medea one day in Corinth to plan her refuge, in which she instead uses to plan out her terrible crimes. Euripides once again does not approve of Creon's decision by having Medea destroy the city of Corinth as a result of Creon's decision, despite knowing her 'dangerous temperament' and he knew that he would regret the decision.

Fiery emotion:
- Medea's final actions serve to astound everyone - the audience, city of Corinth and Jason. The fact that, once again, Medea ditched the concluding scene unharmed directed on her dragon-led chariot, proves that Euripides agreed and supported Medea's actions, for ultimately standing up to the male-dominated patriarchy of 431BC and thus possessing natures of a tragic hero.

- Although Euripides supports Medea's fiery emotions, the characters of the play don't and detest Medea for her unnatural crimes.

[wombat123]

- Although Euripides supports Medea's fiery emotions, the characters of the play don't and detest Medea for her unnatural crimes.

Thanks heaps for your help! Means a lot! 

[heids]

for the english exam how many body paragraphs do you think is best to write for each essay. My english teacher has told my class to do 2 body paragraphs to make sure we fit into the time constraints, however some other english teachers at my school have said to do 3 so i'm not quite sure how many i'm meant to do.

3-4 paragraphs is normal - 2 would suggest an unfinished essay and you wouldn't have enough different ideas.

Euripides doesn’t approve of this but approves of balance.

Don't know the text, but how about you discuss this in a separate paragraph?  Basically you've said he doesn't approve of either on their own (in your first two paras), and then you pull it together and build it up to say that neither of them are necessarily bad, if taken in moderation and balance.  Are there any other characters that could suggest this?  Don't know if this would work, just an idea

P.S. I'd like to alert you all to Re: English Guides, Sample Pieces, Tips and Resources if you haven't already seen it.

[cosine]

Hey bangali lok,

Is it alright if I make a conclusive statement about Euripides on the exam/essay? For example say that euripides thinks this... thought that... reveals this.... through major events in the play?

Like the essay I uploaded on the essay correction page, I had one paragraph talking about how euripides supported Medea's plight and how it was evident through allowing her to escape with haven.

[Cristiano]

Hey bangali lok,

Is it alright if I make a conclusive statement about Euripides on the exam/essay? For example say that euripides thinks this... thought that... reveals this.... through major events in the play?

Like the essay I uploaded on the essay correction page, I had one paragraph talking about how euripides supported Medea's plight and how it was evident through allowing her to escape with haven.

Hopefully someone else can provide another response but:

i think you're not supposed to say the [Author] DEFINITELY does something or not, as this is just your interpretation. To some it might be,or might not be, and we don't know the author's actual intentions.
It would best to say something like 'Through Medea, Euripides explores _____
Euripides exposes the true nature of a patriarchial society...
Euripides suggests that ___ can be ______
Euripides questions, advocates, intends to, constructs!

[imaware]

For language analysis, do we have to begin by introducing the issue and what sparked it or could we go straight into introducing the actual piece?

[bvb09]

For prompts such as this : “Everything I said was taken from me and altered until the story wasn’t my own”. In what ways is Agnes disempowered in Burial Rites?"

Is it OK to talk about both disempowerment and empowerment? Or is it just asking for the ways in which Agnes is empowered all throughout?