VCE English Question Thread

[zxcvbnm18]

How do i incoprate argument techniques ( ad hominon/ strawman's fallacy etc) into my language analysis essay. It would be great if someone could provide an exmaple and help me out as i am really struggling to get my head around this. Thnx in advance

[HopefulLawStudent]

For a comparative language/argument analysis, should I be analysing all three letters to the editor, for example? Or should I just analyse one or two with the article given?

Thanks 

To be safe, you should be analysing all three.

How do i incoprate argument techniques ( ad hominon/ strawman's fallacy etc) into my language analysis essay. It would be great if someone could provide an exmaple and help me out as i am really struggling to get my head around this. Thnx in advance

Tbh don't bother; fancy argument techniques will only get you so far. At the end of the day, it's your elaboration and explanation that'll get you marks as an assessor doesn't really mark you based on how fancy your techniques are.

(I know, it's been a month since I last posted, where the heck have I been? Drowning in uni assignments  )

[zxcvbnm18]

To be safe, you should be analysing all three.

Tbh don't bother; fancy argument techniques will only get you so far. At the end of the day, it's your elaboration and explanation that'll get you marks as an assessor doesn't really mark you based on how fancy your techniques are.

(I know, it's been a month since I last posted, where the heck have I been? Drowning in uni assignments  )

Really i got told that the new study design wants us to focus more on how the arguments are made/presented rather than the persuasive techniques?

[TheCommando]

How do u write a creative wirting peice for my next sac

[ImmaculateJeff]

How would schools turn Frankenstein into creative? like what would we have to do for its sac and shit?

[zhen]

How would schools turn Frankenstein into creative? like what would we have to do for its sac and shit?

My school gives us pretty open ended essay topics. Potential topics includes stuff like creating a new chapter inside the story or doing a creative on the stuff before or after the events in the book. Other topics include stuff like retelling parts of the book from another person's perspective. For creative I'm pretty sure that most schools will let you do whatever you like or give you topics where you can do pretty much anything.

[ImmaculateJeff]

My school gives us pretty open ended essay topics. Potential topics includes stuff like creating a new chapter inside the story or doing a creative on the stuff before or after the events in the book. Other topics include stuff like retelling parts of the book from another person's perspective. For creative I'm pretty sure that most schools will let you do whatever you like or give you topics where you can do pretty much anything.

ohhk thanks!

[Max Kawasakii]

I need someone to objective and honest when answering my question, lets just say 'hypothetically' on my language analysis sac I scored 7/10, hypothetically... If had aspirations of achieving a 40+ SS, should I just kick those hopes to the curb and strap my self in for a depressing outcome? Or by the lords is my dream still as realistic as I wish it to be? I'm genuinely distraught, I did so many practice essays, was getting great scores 36/40 on average, some higher! Then the actual sac came, I stressed, ran out of time, cut my analysis to the response short, did a whole lot of wrongs, and my score reflected this.

TLDR: Got 7/10 on my language analysis, have I rooted my dream of a 40+ SS? Thanks in advance to my harbinger of good news..

[zhen]

I need someone to objective and honest when answering my question, lets just say 'hypothetically' on my language analysis sac I scored 7/10, hypothetically... If had aspirations of achieving a 40+ SS, should I just kick those hopes to the curb and strap my self in for a depressing outcome? Or by the lords is my dream still as realistic as I wish it to be? I'm genuinely distraught, I did so many practice essays, was getting great scores 36/40 on average, some higher! Then the actual sac came, I stressed, ran out of time, cut my analysis to the response short, did a whole lot of wrongs, and my score reflected this.

TLDR: Got 7/10 on my language analysis, have I rooted my dream of a 40+ SS? Thanks in advance to my harbinger of good news..

I've heard someone at my school get a 50 with one SAC as a B and another person getting a 47 with one C+ SAC, but these are people who aced the rest of their SACs and the exam. Basically, one single SAC will not determine your whole study score and as long as you try hard and ace the rest of your SACs (ranking highly by the end of the year in your cohort in your SACs) and ace the exam, then 40+ is definitely achievable. I'd say 45+ and maybe even 50 is still achievable provided you ace everything else.

[vcestressed]

Hey Guys,
So I have a persuasive speech coming up really soon and my topic is surrogacy. My aim is to persuade the audience that surrogacy should be allowed in Australia. I've written the speech and I am happy with everything except my introduction. In school debates, I start with a really important and attention grabbing phrase, but with a topic like surrogacy, I am really stuck. I want to make the first thing I say conspicuous. Right now, my introduction is really boring  as it just states what surrogacy is and its problems etc etc and I really need some ideas. Thanks in advance! :'')

[zhen]

Hey Guys,
So I have a persuasive speech coming up really soon and my topic is surrogacy. My aim is to persuade the audience that surrogacy should be allowed in Australia. I've written the speech and I am happy with everything except my introduction. In school debates, I start with a really important and attention grabbing phrase, but with a topic like surrogacy, I am really stuck. I want to make the first thing I say conspicuous. Right now, my introduction is really boring  as it just states what surrogacy is and its problems etc etc and I really need some ideas. Thanks in advance! :'')

I'm really not sure what to say either, but maybe start with a statistic like one in something people are not able to have children and then proceed to elicit sympathy from the audience to those people. Or you could start with the stereotypical close your eyes and imagine if you were in their situation.

[vcestressed]

I'm really not sure what to say either, but maybe start with a statistic like one in something people are not able to have children and then proceed to elicit sympathy from the audience to those people. Or you could start with the stereotypical close your eyes and imagine if you were in their situation.

i think the 'close your eyes and imagine. . . ' would work perfectly! Thank you zhen!!

[pmmenotes]

Hey ATARNOTES so I have a language analysis sac on Monday and I've done about 4 Practice Sacs in preperation. With the grades I've received being, 80%, 70%, 60% and 70% again. My problem is that in my old school, I moved this year so this is my first and last year at this new school I always got 90%+ on my lang analysis and have always been a good english student. This isnt because the school i went to was bad. It has a higher ranking then the school I go to currently as it was a top private school. Anyways the teacher doesnt think Im a good student and has basically told me to just focus on the next sac (text response) so basically "give up" on this. The biggest problem with this is i recieved a 57% on my creative piece so I really REALLY can't afford to drop off again. I really don't know what to do as I know english is extremely important and my ranking is already super low. The SAC is worth 40 marks so its super important

[lovebiology]

Hi, for the topic ‘The play Medea is more about justice than revenge.’ Discuss. How should i start it? i am so confused... Thanks!

[zhen]

Hi, for the topic ‘The play Medea is more about justice than revenge.’ Discuss. How should i start it? i am so confused... Thanks!

I think for this topic the main idea is to discuss whether or not you think that Medea's actions are an act of justice or revenge. To start a text response essay, it's always a good idea to introduce the book and the ideas you're exploring. A stereotypical starting sentence is Set against the backdrop of ...... Euripides' Medea explores the notion of....