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VCE Stuff => VCE English Studies => VCE Subjects + Help => VCE Literature => Topic started by: jaz95 on November 05, 2013, 11:52:54 am

Title: LIT PRACTICE EXAMS - URGENT!!!
Post by: jaz95 on November 05, 2013, 11:52:54 am
Does anybody have any practice Literature exams (non VCAA) that do not date back past 2011.
Unfortunately with my exam texts (The Tempest and Blake's Poetry) I am struggling to find any material.
Any help is greatly appreciated!
Title: Re: LIT PRACTICE EXAMS - URGENT!!!
Post by: achre on November 05, 2013, 02:26:55 pm
It might be valuable to select and write on your own passages.
For the reason that it's so easy to make your own (and our small cohort size), lit practice exams tend to be somewhat scant, especially freely available ones.
Title: Re: LIT PRACTICE EXAMS - URGENT!!!
Post by: MnB on November 05, 2013, 08:29:32 pm
Maybe engage education?
Title: Re: LIT PRACTICE EXAMS - URGENT!!!
Post by: Lolly on November 05, 2013, 08:43:33 pm
Yeah I rarely used prac exams. Grab digital copies of your texts ( a lot are on the public domain) and print out sections you want to practice. Easy.
Title: Re: LIT PRACTICE EXAMS - URGENT!!!
Post by: charmanderp on November 05, 2013, 09:29:55 pm
Yep, as has been said above, just choose your own passages. Pick ones you think are complexing or most exemplary of key ideas. Or perhaps ones that discuss obscure and difficult ideas within the text. Alternatively, get your teachers/classmates to pick passages for you.
Title: Re: LIT PRACTICE EXAMS - URGENT!!!
Post by: jaz95 on November 05, 2013, 10:58:29 pm
Thanks for the help all!
Reassuring to know that it's normal for me to be just picking random passages out of the text!
Title: Re: LIT PRACTICE EXAMS - URGENT!!!
Post by: charmanderp on November 05, 2013, 11:51:08 pm
Post the passages you do choose here: Passages for close analysis.
Title: Re: LIT PRACTICE EXAMS - URGENT!!!
Post by: availn on November 06, 2013, 04:36:45 pm
Thanks for the help all!
Reassuring to know that it's normal for me to be just picking random passages out of the text!

Knowing VCAA, it's probably what they do too.
Title: Re: LIT PRACTICE EXAMS - URGENT!!!
Post by: jaz95 on November 06, 2013, 05:33:26 pm
Yeah, sometimes with the randomly selected passages I just find that the connections are quite small and so minor, that it is impossible to write a sustained piece on them and actually show some complexity.
Title: Re: LIT PRACTICE EXAMS - URGENT!!!
Post by: charmanderp on November 06, 2013, 06:30:04 pm
Yeah, sometimes with the randomly selected passages I just find that the connections are quite small and so minor, that it is impossible to write a sustained piece on them and actually show some complexity.
So make sure you pick ones which are connected!