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VCE Stuff => VCE English Studies => VCE Subjects + Help => VCE English & EAL => Topic started by: FatnessFirst on October 28, 2011, 10:31:56 pm
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Can everyone share the things that is a must in the exam?
So far I know that we have to include...
Text Response:
-Name of text
-Author
Context:
-Name of film or text
-Author
Language Analysis
-Date
-Name of author
-What the author's intention is
-Article name?
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Text response
QUOTES, unless you want to do bad...
Context
-nothing, as long as you discuss/explore the ideas brought up by the text
Language Analysis
-Date may not always be necessary
-contention
-audience
-tone
-yes article name, if it is an article that is..
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LA
-publication details i.e herald sun
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Can everyone share the things that is a must in the exam?
Context:
-Name of film or text
-Author
Context
-nothing, as long as you discuss/explore the ideas brought up by the text
Yeah, not explicitly necessary. As long as you have very clear discussion or exploration of ideas apparent in the text and the examiner identifies this you'll be fine.
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In text response, if you can subtly incorporate genre, social/historical context and narrative structure that would show good knowledge of the text and its construct.
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quick question: What do mid-range responses usually get out of 10?
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quick question: What do mid-range responses usually get out of 10?
Anywhere from a 5 to 7.
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Language Analysis: Type of article(eg. Opinion piece, cartoon, feature, editorial, etc.)
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um with LA can you quote, and focus on a particular word's impact?
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um with LA can you quote, and focus on a particular word's impact?
Yup, it's still using language to persuade :)
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um with LA can you quote, and focus on a particular word's impact?
Yup, it's still using language to persuade :)
Of course! Picking up something subtle like that can show the assessor that you understand how language even at the smaller level can influence the reader. Probably don't pick more than one or two subtle things though as you also want to ensure your assessor sees that you can analyse the major persuasive mechanisms at work.
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oh yay I always forget to ask my teacher if its ok.
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How would you guys introduce the techniques you're going to discuss? Would you clearly say in the into, i'm using this this and this? or shouldn't you be as direct
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How would you guys introduce the techniques you're going to discuss? Would you clearly say in the into, i'm using this this and this? or shouldn't you be as direct
For the intro, i usually have an opening sentence that introduces the issue. Then something that includes the date, publication, author, type of article/speech etc and their contention+tone. Then maybe mention the image if i'm going to talk about it later on, and then the audience.
You dont have to write the uses x technique, y technique etc, but my old teacher use to like us to do that and he had a few students who got low-mid 40s who did that.
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Is it recommended to have an opening sentence that addresses the issue? and could you give me an example of what you address and how?
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This is from Re: English Work Examples Directory
'With the police’s recent decision to begin patrolling graffiti “hot spots” in Avonlea in an attempt to combat vandalism, debate has been sparked as to the effectiveness of this approach and to the nature of graffiti itself. One commentator, Vanessa Swan, writes in an opinion piece from a Melbourne newspaper that graffiti is in fact an art form, contributing more to society than those who would like it to be removed tend to believe. A photograph published together with the opinion piece supports Swan’s contention, presenting graffiti as vivifying society and encouraging self-expression through artistic creation. This issue is set to spark further conflict, as it deals not only with graffiti and its place within society, but also the nature of art itself and its role within human civilisation.'
Thanks to EZ :D hope that helps!
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For context, is it okay to write "we"?