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Archived Discussion => English Studies => 2011 => End-of-year exams => Exam Discussion => Victoria => English and ESL => Topic started by: kateaugu on November 03, 2011, 02:17:16 pm

Title: what did you guys think of the whose reality section/exam
Post by: kateaugu on November 03, 2011, 02:17:16 pm: :)
Title: Re: what did you guys think of the whose reality section/exam
Post by: shannon_ruth on November 03, 2011, 02:25:07 pm: Really restricting in my opinion..
I felt it was geared more towards creative pieces. Even working through practice prompts in the lead up, I saw nothing remotely similar :(
How'd you find it?
Title: Re: what did you guys think of the whose reality section/exam
Post by: ShortBlackChick on November 03, 2011, 02:27:53 pm: I used the most irrelevant quotes I could think of
"Question reality especially when it contradicts the evidence of your hopes and dreams." (Brault)
"An error does not become truth by reason of multiple propagation, nor does truth become error because no one sees it." (Gandhi)
I'm pretty sure I linked them back to the idea of shared experiences somehow LOL

What texts did you guys write it on?
I had to choose between ASND and Spies, I chose Spies
Title: Re: what did you guys think of the whose reality section/exam
Post by: Panicmode on November 03, 2011, 02:32:03 pm: I thought it was exceptional for imaginative (which is what I wrote)
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Post by: manniet on November 03, 2011, 02:39:13 pm: I liked it, but ran out of time. Do you reckon a 500 word essay can still get a 6?
Title: Re: what did you guys think of the whose reality section/exam
Post by: mattshen on November 03, 2011, 02:41:33 pm: Quote from: manniet on November 03, 2011, 02:39:13 pm
I liked it, but ran out of time. Do you reckon a 500 word essay can still get a 6?

I reckon you can as long as it was good stuff you were writing ^^
Title: Re: what did you guys think of the whose reality section/exam
Post by: kateaugu on November 03, 2011, 02:43:40 pm: Quote from: kazdawg on November 03, 2011, 02:27:53 pm
I used the most irrelevant quotes I could think of
"Question reality especially when it contradicts the evidence of your hopes and dreams." (Brault)
"An error does not become truth by reason of multiple propagation, nor does truth become error because no one sees it." (Gandhi)
I'm pretty sure I linked them back to the idea of shared experiences somehow LOL

same i used those text as well
What texts did you guys write it on?
I had to choose between ASND and Spies, I chose Spies
Title: Re: what did you guys think of the whose reality section/exam
Post by: mcdreamer on November 04, 2011, 08:31:43 am: Was extremely limiting, I tweaked it so it became a ramble about memory, not necessarily 'shared'
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Post by: pi on November 04, 2011, 10:27:11 am: Loved the prompt :)

Did an imaginary/expos hybrid, same one I got A+ for in a SAC. Hoping for 8+/10 :)
Title: Re: what did you guys think of the whose reality section/exam
Post by: STUDENT4 on November 04, 2011, 01:10:01 pm: didnt do "shared" so i am so screwed, have u read all the comments from previous years, "those who did not adress the prompt did not score very well" then they were saying something about a beautiful insightful piece that could only be given a 6 because there wasnt a strong enough link
Title: Re: what did you guys think of the whose reality section/exam
Post by: xXjAmEZXx on November 05, 2011, 12:42:26 am: the prompt restricted half of my intended external material, but it was similar to my ASND SAC which i scored 46/50 for so I just rephrased what I wrote there to fit in with the prompt and modernise it. one of the guys in my cohort who was/is a contender for a 50 said it was challenging. though we all shared the same experience of doing this prompt, how we saw it differed.
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Post by: Panicmode on November 05, 2011, 12:57:29 am: Quote from: xXjAmEZXx on November 05, 2011, 12:42:26 am
the prompt restricted half of my intended external material, but it was similar to my ASND SAC which i scored 46/50 for so I just rephrased what I wrote there to fit in with the prompt and modernise it. one of the guys in my cohort who was/is a contender for a 50 said it was challenging. though we all shared the same experience of doing this prompt, how we saw it differed.
Mind fuck =_=
Title: Re: what did you guys think of the whose reality section/exam
Post by: pinkky on November 16, 2011, 07:36:46 pm: i felt sick for this ········· :(
i just written that blanche and stella were different after stanley beat stella
， they all see stanley‘s action，however they still not seeing things the same way
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oh my god ，so damn
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Post by: ShortBlackChick on November 16, 2011, 08:45:48 pm: wot
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Post by: Ghost! on November 16, 2011, 08:54:17 pm: Fantastic prompt - Allowed for full exploration of my ideas and concepts and suited my expository/creative hybrid perfectly.
Title: Re: what did you guys think of the whose reality section/exam
Post by: selim31 on November 17, 2011, 09:06:57 pm: OMG I hated this prompt, ended up writing some random shit. On top of that I had a very bizzareeeeee external example for this.