VCE English Question Thread

[thaaanyan]

What I meant about the prompt is the whole idea of it not just those paragraphs. I think this might be my main issue, ideas to discuss? I mean I have a pretty good knowledge of the play but I think linking things is my issue. How can I improve this, you seem very knowledgable about it, what did you do to be able to think outside the box to interlink the ideas together and manipulate it?

About the introduction sentence, what about just a quick historic background to provide some context for the assessor? Like just mentioning the era of Medea's production etc? And then getting straight into the prompt?

Cheers.

Ima reiterate the queen, literally lauren:
like let's go with "Medea's anger throughout the play is justified."
WHY YES JUSTIFIED?
- cos she's exiled
- cos Jason's an ass to her
- cos society treats her like crap
WHY NOT?
- she doesn't actually give a crap about women or anything, she's just manipulative - her anger isn't the anger of the oppressed it's the anger of a psycho
SO ARE HER ACTIONS JUSTIFIED?
- nah, she kills her kids and Glauce
OR
-yeah screw the kids and Glauce
OR
-kinda, i liked her till she put her anger into violent action

then put together key ideas to form a general contention= While Medea's anger and desire for justice throughout the tragedy are justified, the resulting consequence of her violent actions are not.
General contention done! Separate the above into separate key ideas to discuss which support the prompt.
That's just how i go about things, and how i learnt from the Queen.

But yeah, dude my word is not gospel here. Like, if you're comfortable with a quick socio-historical sentence before jumping into the prompt go for it. That was just my perspective, on what works for me/ what i consider important. there are exceptions for every rule!

Hope this helps!

[_fruitcake_]

Im having trouble doing an LA piece. I am doing it on the 2014 LA part. There is the main article and a comment section.

So far i got
1 - intro for main article

2- Body Par 1 about main article

3 - Body Par 2 about main article

4- Body Par 3 about main article

Im stuck here, what should i do?

5- conclusion about main article?

6- intro for comment section?

7- Body par 1 for comment section?

8- conclusion for comment section?

[Cristiano]

I would have mentioned in the main intro that there was a response to the article.. so you would say something like "In response to abc, xyz contends that... in their comment"

Then talk about the main bodies for the first article, then after you're done you can say; in comparison to abc, xyz (comment section) says etc and analyse that

then just have one big conclusion which sums up both sides!  so you dont need 2 intros or 2 conclusions just one but tie the other article/comment in

[_fruitcake_]

I would have mentioned in the main intro that there was a response to the article.. so you would say something like "In response to abc, xyz contends that... in their comment"

Then talk about the main bodies for the first article, then after you're done you can say; in comparison to abc, xyz (comment section) says etc and analyse that

then just have one big conclusion which sums up both sides!  so you dont need 2 intros or 2 conclusions just one but tie the other article/comment in

Ah thats cool thanks bro.

[acm9]

if the language analysis article has no named author, will we get penalised for referring to them with gendered pronouns?
Also, I was wondering if I can get a 40 raw if my GA's are 90, 93, and 49/60 respectively.
Thanks!

[Cristiano]

if the language analysis article has no named author, will we get penalised for referring to them with gendered pronouns?
Also, I was wondering if I can get a 40 raw if my GA's are 90, 93, and 49/60 respectively.
Thanks!

On the Exam it will definitely have an author's name, but if a practice one does not then the writer or author is fine. (It's also usually assumed that its a 'he' if it does not say)

With your scores, you are looking at perhaps a 41 or 42 raw, maybe even higher

[duo0024]

OKay so I've been trying to fix this problem of mine for a while now and I just keep doing it... I tend to overwrite in language analysis due to my innate fear of running out of things to analyse (I somehow feel bad if I don't analyse every good persuasive technique or connotations because it would feel like a waste to not analyse it-weird huh?) and because of this, I tend to spend too much time on L.A or spend half of my time analysing the first quarter of the text and the last doing a rushed analysis of the rest. Anyone have any tips? I tend to favour really large chunky paragraphs so maybe I should just start writing a lot of short paragraphs?
Cheers

[jrx98]

Hi everyone,
Was wondering what the difference between a 9 and a 10 in an essay is? Is it just expression and cohesion?
Personally I've gotten 10s for text and 10s for context before, but keep getting 9s for section c :/ !!!!!
I've spoken to my teacher and she says I shouldn't be complaining LOL

Help would be much appreciated

Thanks

[cosine]

Is writing 3 body paragraphs in an exam dangerous? Should we aim for at least 4? (but with three paras, obviously the word limit will be reached)?

[Cristiano]

Is writing 3 body paragraphs in an exam dangerous? Should we aim for at least 4? (but with three paras, obviously the word limit will be reached)?

3 is fine and a lot of people do it, it's probably what you'll have time to write, that being said that each paragraph is complex and somewhat lengthy.
It is better to write 3 very good in depth paragraphs than 4 shorter mediocre paragraphs.

[RJA7445]

Hi, which would be a better text to write on so I can get a higher score for text response: Stasiland or Medea?

[heids]

Hi, which would be a better text to write on so I can get a higher score for text response: Stasiland or Medea?

Neither text is inherently 'better' - it's about which one you know better or are most comfortable with.  Which one do you know more quotes from?  Which one do you have deeper notes or insights on?  Which one have you spent longer planning/analysing on before?  Which one do you like better?  If you still can't decide, grab a few (like maybe 5) prompts for each text, and do a really quick brainstorm; whichever one has more ideas flowing is better.

But if you're unsure, it won't make too much difference, pick a name out of a hat.  Once you've picked one, stick to it and exclusively study it.

[cosine]

Someone mind reading my Medea essay for me, please? Any feedback is greatly appreciated, many thanks.

[heids]

Someone mind reading my Medea essay for me, please? Any feedback is greatly appreciated, many thanks.

Will do.  Tomorrow, 95% sure.

[dandunu]

Hey guys

I just finished a practise language analysis and I was wondering whether anyone would be able to mark it and perhaps give it a score out of ten?

Also, for some context, the piece I analysed is in the last few pages of this PDF: https://proffpoet.files.wordpress.com/2015/09/vate-english-exam-2015.pdf

Thanks in advance and sorry if its dodgy (especially the second paragraph and conclusion, was struggling to think of things to analyse), haven't done language analysis since the term 1 sac