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This thread is for all exam-related discussion. Was it easy? Was it hard? What did you get for each question? Feel free to post any and all of your thoughts below.
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Tfw your section B topic is EXACTLY the same as your school SAC’s topic, quotes and all. Mind blowing.
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Hopefully, someone will be able to upload a copy as per previous years? Not every teacher gets their hands on one ...
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I’m sure someone will, if no one has by the time I get home I will upload it.
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I was really excited for the english exam (crazy, I know), as I really just wanted to know what themes they would choose for Rear Window considering it was the first time the text was on the exam. Surprisingly, nothing directly about romance or women?? hmm. Also a review as the analysis? and not comparative? Very interesting.
All that aside I don't think I did too well... was mid sentence when I had to put my pen down. Anyone think a high study score is possible when my exam essay is incomplete, yet I got A's and B's throughout the year?
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I was really excited for the english exam (crazy, I know), as I really just wanted to know what themes they would choose for Rear Window considering it was the first time the text was on the exam. Surprisingly, nothing directly about romance or women?? hmm. Also a review as the analysis? and not comparative? Very interesting.
All that aside I don't think I did too well... was mid sentence when I had to put my pen down. Anyone think a high study score is possible when my exam essay is incomplete, yet I got A's and B's throughout the year?
I’m exactly the same!! Did the exam in order and so language analysis was last and I did not get to finish it. The last word of the sentence was literally a squiggle and was wondering if there’s still a chance to do somewhat well...
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All that aside I don't think I did too well... was mid sentence when I had to put my pen down. Anyone think a high study score is possible when my exam essay is incomplete, yet I got A's and B's throughout the year?
depends on what you mean by 'high', i'd say if you completed the majority of the exam and did well you could be looking at mid to high thirties. if you did averagely, i'd say in the lower thirties. .
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So I heard one of both the Medea and Stasiland/ 1984 topics and did a rough plan:
Medea: Disloyalty is the greatest crime.
1. Euripides portrays disloyalty as a great crime, evident in the emotional consequences suffered by those who fall victim to this disloyalty.
2. However, the actions of murder are far more repugnant.
3. Yet, breaking an oath the gods, rather than simply being disloyal, is the greatest crime (demonstrated through the punishment of those who break oaths).
Comparative: Compare the ways which fear dominates the characters in 1984 and Stasiland.
1. Citizens in totalitarian societies are fearful of authorities due to constant surveillance and propaganda, as well as the threat of punishment.
2. As a result of these fear-inducing mechanisms, meaningful interactions and relationships are prevented from forming (form of psychological damage).
3. However, whilst in 1984 the characters ultimately become subservient to the state due to its omnipotence, Funder demonstrates in Stasiland that courage and hope can overcome adversity (although not without some lasting effects).
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Medea: Disloyalty is the greatest crime.
1. Euripides portrays disloyalty as a great crime, evident in the emotional consequences suffered by those who fall victim to this disloyalty.
2. However, the actions of murder are far more repugnant.
3. Yet, breaking an oath the gods, rather than simply being disloyal, is the greatest crime (demonstrated through the punishment of those who break oaths).
Nice! That is exactly what I did for Medea. Except I went a little different for the third paragraph. I went along the lines of the true greatest crime being the ideals that form the basis of a patriarchal society that allows men to view themselves as heroes. I whiffed section B pretty hard though.
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Nice! That is exactly what I did for Medea. Except I went a little different for the third paragraph. I went along the lines of the true greatest crime being the ideals that form the basis of a patriarchal society that allows men to view themselves as heroes. I whiffed section B pretty hard though.
My Medea essay was pretty similar; the first para on disloyalty, the second regarding the patriarchal society and its inequality, and then contended the murder was the greatest crime in the final one.
And much alike, I also was somewhat disappointed with section B :P Congrats on getting it done nonetheless! (:
Does anyone have a copy of the exam they could post? I stupidly forgot to bring mine with me but I wanted to check one of the prompts.
Thanks and well done to everyone!!
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Congrats all on finishing your English exam! I'm sure you all smashed it :D
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I think I forgot to tick the box saying which prompt I was doing
Is there any way to check/fix this?
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I think I forgot to tick the box saying which prompt I was doing
Is there any way to check/fix this?
Don't worry they'll be able to work it out hopefully, happens all the time
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Congrats all on finishing your English exam! I'm sure you all smashed it :D
In "The Lieutenant", theres something mentioned about working out the square root of two...
All my essays were totally bad, so I spent 45 minutes in the exam working out \(\sqrt{2}\) in my head. Defo smashed it.
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Don't worry they'll be able to work it out hopefully, happens all the time
okay thank you, just wanted peace of mind
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We were so lucky just to have the one big review rather than any other comments!!
But, there were so many images + arguments, so that kinda made up for it with section C!
I'm kinda scared about Medea though, because I did the 'honest characters' one, and I think disloyalty and dishonesty are so similar?!!
So I really hope I didn't go off track / mixed up the two during my essay :-[ :-[ :-[
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Medea prompts was fine but those Ransom and Invictus prompts were kinda dissappointing
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Those Ransom and Invictus prompts were kinda disappointing
Oh so bad... :(
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HEY guys really scared about english since its my weakest subject, im afraid because i used two booklets they may not be able to keep track of my essays, will anything bad happen? i labeled everything accordingly. also how many marks for grammar and spelling, couldnt keep track of that properly due to stress! did anyone catch the alliteration in section C?
Don't worry they'll be able to keep track! :)
Expression marks (grammar and spelling) are significant, but more marks are considered for sophistication of ideas + topic management.
With Section C, there's so limited time, that everyone chooses to focus on different techniques! I didn't do the alliteration and that's fine! Because others didn't talk about the techniques that I did!
So it's about finding some unique techniques which you don't necessarily have to name, as long as you analyse the intended impact
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How did everyone feel about section c?
I was pretty happy with it and how it was targeted to a community which made it a lot easier to work with. There was a lot to work with, especially in the cartoon.
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HEY guys really scared about english since its my weakest subject, im afraid because i used two booklets they may not be able to keep track of my essays, will anything bad happen? i labeled everything accordingly. also how many marks for grammar and spelling, couldnt keep track of that properly due to stress! did anyone catch the alliteration in section C?
They mark it holistically! VCAA assessors always try to find things to reward you for in english.
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Medea prompts was fine but those Ransom and Invictus prompts were kinda dissappointing
hated them too!! thought it was just me, everyone in my class loved them
The ransom/invictus prompts were actually the worst!! Too broad if you ask me.. they had so much potential to give AT LEAST ONE good prompt but they were both disgusting
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The ransom/invictus prompts were actually the worst!! Too broad if you ask me.. they had so much potential to give AT LEAST ONE good prompt but they were both disgusting
Wow really? Does anyone have a copy of them? I would love to see them. Last years were pretty good for Ransom/Invictus.
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Anyone notice how the old lady in front of Kens Butcher helped amplify the effect of heritage and tradition? I know its minor but who knows ;-;
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Wow really? Does anyone have a copy of them? I would love to see them. Last years were pretty good for Ransom/Invictus.
compare how the two text explores the idea that it is essential to know your enemy
compare how the social and cultural differences explored in these two texts are overcome
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Wow really? Does anyone have a copy of them? I would love to see them. Last years were pretty good for Ransom/Invictus.
Here ya go.
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Medea prompts was fine but those Ransom and Invictus prompts were kinda dissappointing
I hated them too! I really didn't want to write on either but I went with the first because the second one seemed way too broad, however everyone else I know chose the second one. I was so ready to write about literally anything else - heroes, leadership, unity, forgiveness, change, gender roles...
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ummm I didn't do the exam because I'm doing EngLang instead, but could someone please send me through the bad review of the cafe or whatever it is. I want to be able to understand all of these memes/inside jokes.
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Here ya go.
Thank-you! Wow those are pretty bad!!
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Umm so lets say i didnt finish the exam. Finished section C, wrote about three pages on section A and an intro and body par for section B. How stuffed am I?
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For section C
Did anyone not talk about the logo?
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I felt like the Medea prompts were easy but I stuffed it up. I was really happy with the Ransom/Invictus prompts and I'm pretty sure I did well on section B (4+ pages) and I thought Section C was easy, but there didn't appear to be any real contention imo. On the whole it was ok, and I'm over the moon that English is done forever.
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Umm so lets say i didnt finish the exam. Finished section C, wrote about three pages on section A and an intro and body par for section B. How stuffed am I?
Don't stress! Each essay is marked separately, so your pieces for Sections A and C won't be negatively impacted by Section B. If you only wrote an intro and one body para, you'd probably struggle to get about a ~5/10 for that section, but your results from the other two sections can boost you up. It's really common that students don't finish one or more of their essays, so don't let it affect your mindset negatively! Just try to be cautious of timing for the next couple of exams so you can pace yourself and show the assessors everything you know :)
For section C
Did anyone not talk about the logo?
Assuming you mean the title and rather rubbish drawing at the top of the page? :P That's not super important - you would have HAD to talk about the cartoon, but the logo and that box summary at the end were just optional extras. For example, you could have talked about how the hand-drawn, calligraphic style of that writing reflected the author's emphasis on tradition in the face of corporate 'soullessness,' or the fact that he was 'about town' gives him credibility as someone well versed in cafe culture. But not at all essential, so don't stress if you didn't refer to it!
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BURIAL RITES!!
the questions were so hard imo uhhhhh. *(anyone else)
Why couldn't it be something broad, my other classmates who did Island had such easy questions
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Is it REALLY detrimental if you go slightly off topic with one of your paragraphs for section A?
Kinda thought I did that for Medea. But will that form a negative first impression if they do think it is off topic?
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Got absolutely blessed with the first White Tiger question: "why is Balram called the white tiger?".
Ransom/Invictus had shocking topics. My teachers were mad at VCAA for the second topic (social and culture differences? wtf), and didn't think the first one (knowing your enemy) was great either. Definitely worried I bombed massively on Sec B. Chose the knowing your enemy topic, spat out an intro, an entire paragraph throwing together highly questionable points for Invictus, then one more paragraph that briefly mentioned Ransom's relevance to the topic then just went straight into a really short "but they differ in...", and then the most basic conclusion ever. About 3 pages but my handwriting is huge. I wanted to produce a "finished" essay rather than be stopped halfway through. Any thoughts on if I should be expecting 5/10 MAX?
Sec C was a bit weird, I focused on portrayals (portrayal of himself, incl. his self-portrait + portrayal of the cafe vs. the other stores ). I also chucked in for the cartoon that it implied this new chain cafe would threaten business of the other ones, evidenced by the gathering of children around the new cafe but no the other ones. I chose not to talk about the frowning granny cus it seemed silly to me at the time to analyse it, not sure why. I have no idea how on the mark I was for all of Sec C. Also, I am pretty sure I forgot to say "cartoon" and called it Jenkins' "drawing" instead. Is this unfavourable?
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Any Measure for Measure folks on here? I was so surprised a character-centric prompt wasn't included (not to my detriment though — I hate character prompts ::))
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for the cartoon in section c, the cafe's storefront had had two instant coffee tin can thingys that split the word coffee into two, except one said coff, while the other said fee (3 fs total). could you infer that to mean there are high costs associated with cafe, *cough cough* stay away, although I had more of a focus on the former than the latter
also had problem where i spelled coffee as coffer every single time. can anyone relate?
i personally found the review to be difficult, as there was no clear contention, and so my paragraphs were all weird: one was focus on how he made himself seem credible and built rapport with community, second was pretentious nature of cafe, and third was incongruity with community atmosphere. i feel like i'm going off topic since paragraphs are supposed to be based on arguments, but those were barely touched upon (decor, service and taste)
for medea, i conned myself into doing the dishonesty prompt and also had trouble with the paragraphs. i kind of went off topic in linking truth to success of one's plans and had one paragraph for how it was affected by truth, lack thereof and how euripides mediates necessity for moderation, although this was don't more holistically in all aspects and encompassed other thematic examples as well (which i think was really off topic). rip
apparently section b for tracks vs itw had prompt that was exactly like in practice exams, but i was one of the only people who'd chosen the other prompt (for prac exam).
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Got absolutely blessed with the first White Tiger question: "why is Balram called the white tiger?". I actually fist pumped in relief.
Ransom/Invictus had shocking topics. My teachers were mad at VCAA for the second topic (social and culture differences??? wtf), and didn't think the first one (knowing your enemy) was great either. Definitely worried I bombed massively on Sec B. Chose the knowing your enemy topic, spat out an intro, an entire paragraph throwing together questionable evidence for Invictus then one more paragraph that briefly mentioned Ransom's relevance to the topic and did a really short "but they differ in...", and then the most basic conclusion ever. About 3 pages but my handwriting is huge. I wanted to produce a "finished" essay rather than be stopped halfway through. Any thoughts on if I should be expecting 5/10 MAX?
Sec C was a bit weird, I focused on portrayals (portrayal of himself, incl. his self-portrait + portrayal of the cafe vs. the other stores ). I also chucked in for the cartoon that it implied this new chain cafe would threaten business of the other ones. I have no idea how on the mark I was for this.
The funny thing about this is that about 3 months ago when we were learning comparative, I asked my teacher about the social and cultural differences but suddenly I had been called into to my VTAC meeting. After I came back, she explained it to the class but I was like that little thing will never come into the exams, so I ignored it... :/ (oh how karma works!) The minute I saw social and cultural differences, I knew i stuffed up lmao ran towards the first prompt and tried to at least fluff around and make an essay out of it
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i personally found the review to be difficult, as there was no clear contention, and so my paragraphs were all weird: one was focus on how he made himself seem credible and built rapport with community, second was pretentious nature of cafe, and third was incongruity with community atmosphere. i feel like i'm going off topic since paragraphs are supposed to be based on arguments, but those were barely touched upon (decor, service and taste)
This sounds great in my opinion. Portrayals were more far more relevant than arguments, and you can definitely organise by portrayals, even better that these portrayals were chronological. What you said sounds just like what flow I went with, but I was technically analysing it chronologically rather than using topic sentences like you seemed to have, which seems way clearer and neater than whatever I did haha. I tried to emphasise that the portrayals built up, that in portraying himself as trustworthy (I avoided "credible" because he has no actual qualifications so I said "trustworthy" I think), he primes residents to side with his overwhelmingly negative opinion of the cafe, then he could assert that it doesn't belong in their quiet community.
I threw in "quiet" a bunch of times because I was really scared to say "small-town values" or "parochial values" since nothing indicated it was a small suburb, just that it was quiet.
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Assuming you mean the title and rather rubbish drawing at the top of the page? :P That's not super important - you would have HAD to talk about the cartoon, but the logo and that box summary at the end were just optional extras. For example, you could have talked about how the hand-drawn, calligraphic style of that writing reflected the author's emphasis on tradition in the face of corporate 'soullessness,' or the fact that he was 'about town' gives him credibility as someone well versed in cafe culture. But not at all essential, so don't stress if you didn't refer to it!
phew, yeh I completely ingored it but talked about the comic ahhaa
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It’s really interesting to see VCAA move away from some of the conventions they’ve had over the past few years. There were no character based prompts for Medea and no second text for section c, only a single one.
Interesting stuff, wonder if this will be the trend going on. Maybe they realised having multiple texts led to a lot of kids comparing whereas this was not the heart of the task?
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From here
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Victorian Association for the Teaching of English president Emily Frawley said Section C did not offer students scope for much more than a tokenistic engagement with the world around them.
While it was accessible to all students, it offered little depth for sophisticated, high level responses, she said.
“Stronger students may have picked up on the attack on consumerism and the hipster dig about the tablet-wielding employee with a man bun, as well as the cranes in the background of the cartoon signalling the author’s fear about development,” she said.
They might have also picked up the fountain pen that the old-fashioned author used, the dates above the heritage buildings in the shopping strip and the frowning elderly woman using the walker who perhaps symbolised a generation alienated by the flash new cafe.
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If this is the case, I wonder how they would be able to give out 9s and 10s?
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Would anyone be able to post a copy of the language analysis? I would like to see if my contention strays too far from the article.
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Ok so, i did the english exam today and in section C i referred to the Calmer Coffee employee as Marcel when in fact it was the guy with the man bun, however i did only mention his name once. Will i lose marks from doing this? Pls help i am currently stressing over it. TYIA
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Ok so, i did the english exam today and in section C i referred to the Calmer Coffee employee as Marcel when in fact it was the guy with the man bun, however i did only mention his name once. Will i lose marks from doing this? Pls help i am currently stressing over it. TYIA
Examiners won't care about minor discrepancies like this. They understand the high-pressure situation you are in, and that little errors like this can occur. Above all, they are only interested in the quality of your analysis. So don't stress!
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https://www.theage.com.au/national/victoria/it-was-weird-vce-exam-sitters-asked-to-analyse-rant-about-hipster-cafe-20181031-p50d4h.html
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It’s really interesting to see VCAA move away from some of the conventions they’ve had over the past few years. There were no character based prompts for Medea and no second text for section c, only a single one.
Interesting stuff, wonder if this will be the trend going on. Maybe they realised having multiple texts led to a lot of kids comparing whereas this was not the heart of the task?
Assuming I am talking teacher-to-teacher here; If I've learned anything (the hard way), it's:
1) Assume nothing. The exam had a single Section C text from 2008 to 2013. So naturally I told my class that the trend was set, and then it went to four years of comparative. Sooner or later they were going to go back to single, especially with some schools caring TOO much about comparing, which not even a criterion of the task. I tutor as well as teach, and some schools have seriously lost the plot on this, to their students' detriment.
2) The longer a text is on the list, the more likely there will be questions that are not about protagonists, sympathy for them or the most obvious major themes. Medea and Burial Rites were in their last years. I was predicting a question about Toti (correct) but also the Chorus (incorrect). Compare that with a text like Rear Window. There was always going to be a question about Jeffries and how we judge people this year, but sooner or later there will be questions about Lisa and the role of women.
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Victorian Association for the Teaching of English president Emily Frawley said Section C did not offer students scope for much more than a tokenistic engagement with the world around them.
While it was accessible to all students, it offered little depth for sophisticated, high level responses, she said.
This actually shows why students and schools need to not pay too much attention to VATE. As a teacher and former examiner, I thought this paper was a really fair task. The point of the task is to analyse the language, not provide a social commentary. There was plenty to analyse in this paper. I'm not going to predict the assessment this year, but there was quite a lot for the kids to deal with, especially in an unseen text under exam stress and a limited time to write.
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I’m sure someone will, if no one has by the time I get home I will upload it.
That would be great. I don't seem able to source it all.
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Anyone notice how the old lady in front of Kens Butcher helped amplify the effect of heritage and tradition? I know its minor but who knows ;-;
Yeah, me too bro :D . I also mentioned how everyone was walking or skateboarding, emphasising the slow, tranquil life in Benmore Village!
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Victorian Association for the Teaching of English president Emily Frawley said Section C did not offer students scope for much more than a tokenistic engagement with the world around them.
While it was accessible to all students, it offered little depth for sophisticated, high level responses, she said.
This actually shows why students and schools need to not pay too much attention to VATE. As a teacher and former examiner, I thought this paper was a really fair task. The point of the task is to analyse the language, not provide a social commentary. There was plenty to analyse in this paper. I'm not going to predict the assessment this year, but there was quite a lot for the kids to deal with, especially in an unseen text under exam stress and a limited time to write.
When I read that article, I was surprised that she would expect us to tie in the wider social issue (for this year, traditionalism vs modernity?) given the time limit. I suppose Emily's response would be "there are students who can do it though". But do they do it at the expense of their other sections? I don't know, this seems like such an unrealistic expectation, even for a top score.
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That would be great. I don't seem able to source it all.
I second this!
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That would be great. I don't seem able to source it all.
I have already PM’d you and will PM Clark right now with it :)
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those Ransom and Invictus prompts were kinda dissappointing
agreed! were everything i hoped not to get! went with first prompt, wrote about 4 pages which is over 1000 words for me, but felt like i just kinda rambled in my panic and didn't say anything very meaningful.
i ran out of time with my language analysis... rushed through my last paragraph and conclusion, but was cut off mid-sentence at the very end. I only touched briefly on the cartoon and focused more on the portrayal of irony in the cafe being called 'Calmer Coffee' when it looked anything but calm, rather than the more technical stuff the rest of you are talking about. :-\ Will this affect my mark much? i did mention all the images used so maybe that will help?
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Can you PM me too please
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Can you PM me as well? Thanks :)
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The misquote in the second Tracks/Into the Wild prompt tho
Misquote how?
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Misquote how?
Wait I was wrong lol
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How many people did Extinction?
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Assuming I am talking teacher-to-teacher here; If I've learned anything (the hard way), it's:
1) Assume nothing. The exam had a single Section C text from 2008 to 2013. So naturally I told my class that the trend was set, and then it went to four years of comparative. Sooner or later they were going to go back to single, especially with some schools caring TOO much about comparing, which not even a criterion of the task. I tutor as well as teach, and some schools have seriously lost the plot on this, to their students' detriment.
2) The longer a text is on the list, the more likely there will be questions that are not about protagonists, sympathy for them or the most obvious major themes. Medea and Burial Rites were in their last years. I was predicting a question about Toti (correct) but also the Chorus (incorrect). Compare that with a text like Rear Window. There was always going to be a question about Jeffries and how we judge people this year, but sooner or later there will be questions about Lisa and the role of women.
That is so true!! What were the Burial Rites prompts?? One was on Toti - if that happened last year I would have been pretty disappointed. I never really focused too much on Toti whilst studying the text.
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@lilyrosee
BR prompts were:
'i. Agnes is as disturbing as she is courageous.' Do you agree?
ii. 'In Burial Rites, although Toti's task is to guide Agnes, she has more impact on him.' Discuss.
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Hi,
I was wondering if anyone here did The Crucible and Year of Wonders for their section B and what they thought of the prompts? :)
I personally liked the one about the role of judgement.
Thanks
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Can anyone give me the Rear Window prompt .
Thank you
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Did anyone else realise that in section c the image at the bottom of the review had coffee written with an extra f on the Calmer Coffee sign.
It was spread out into the two cups so "coff" in one cup and "fee" in the other. So it's like saying that the customers are only there to cough up the fee at calmer coffee
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Did anyone else realise that in section c the image at the bottom of the review had coffee written with an extra f on the Calmer Coffee sign.
It was spread out into the two cups so "coff" in one cup and "fee" in the other. So it's like saying that the customers are only there to cough up the fee at calmer coffee
Welcome to AN!
Yep! Good pickup! I wanted to write about it but just chose not to!
A humorous but a scathing pun haha!
Did you write about it?😊
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I wonder if anyone noticed the dodgy dates in the cartoon. It said 1926 above Ken's butcher shop, but the article said Ken's butcher shop has been there for "over 65 years". 1926 was 92 years ago. So, yeah, 92 is over 65, but if the butcher shop was 92 years old, why would you say "over 65" rather than "over 90"?
Given that the point of that sentence was to emphasise how long the other places have been there for, it seems like he would have said "over 90" if he could. I think I wrote in my essay that the 1926 was a deliberate exaggeration, to amplify the sense of "community" you get when the town is mostly local businesses that have been in operation for a long time.
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Hi can someone edit my creative piece ASAP
The city of lights, Sylvania is something everyone desires. Max, as soon as he arrived at the entrance, he was greeted by many people which instantly put a smile on his face, and it was like a bliss for him. The grumbling noise of his stomach instantly makes him hungry. As he put his hands in his pockets, he then realised it was empty. Fortunately, he was able to go outside and find other miscellaneous things. Max later explored the city until a smell of foul air coming from somewhere instantly had Max wondering where that’s coming from. He goes on his mysterious adventure on to find out. Near Sylvania is a twelve minutes’ walk to Aristo a spooky place that is known for its mysteries. Max had an urge to see this place and walked. Out of nervousness he actually was in the stage of shivering whilst walking.
Max quickly realised he came to the wrong side of place and wanted to turn back but couldn’t. The unpleasant smell was out of an underground tunnel of homeless people seeking asylum from the beckoning lights. Its known for its ongoing spookiness that seem like monsters under your bed. Once you visit this place it may seem like you want to escape because of the vibes it creates. The appearance of people: wearing black clothing and all had a frustrated look and in wonder Max sensed a bad feeling that this wasn’t the best idea, so he managed to go away.
It was quiet, the only sound coming from the scuttling rats and the odd cats slinking through the bushes and walking along the fences. On the right of the streets, lines of bins that were standing along outside fences. The streetlamps flickered, leaving dark shadows for monsters to hide in, enhancing the paranoia that surrounded the area. Pitch black, on the floor the black tarmac glistened from the rain, picking up and reflecting the smallest amount of light back up into the sky. The torch Max had in his backpack was the only tool he brought but he realised it wasn’t working. As he wasn’t able to see much going on, he finds himself in a random house unknowingly. Max senses different sort of phenomena around the house. The noise of footsteps on the stair, creaking doors, window shutters rattling on the outside, the tree branches scraping at the windows. The unsettling feelings the sensation being grabbed on the arm, pulled, a feeling of light-headedness and nausea, hair rising on arms or the back of the neck, the body’s reaction to a drop-in temperature. Suddenly a loud sound came through the next room loud and the sweat came straight form his forehead signalling his anxiousness. He ran everywhere around the house and luckily enough was able to find the door. But there it comes a scary, frightening old lady asking me “who are you, what brings you here” very exasperatedly and his pulse beating in his ears, blocking out all other sound, cold wave embalmed him as the hairs rose on the back of his neck and his mouth ran dry. Speechless on what to say he shivers as he speaks responding “I…...I....don’t know I was in Syldavia and all of a sudden I…I…. just wanted to explore this area and….”. The lady wasn’t as scary as Max imagines but in fact she escorted him in the balcony. The politeness and her care were coming through the air, but Max wasn’t able to float her boat. She advised Max not to feel paranoid but to just have calm. Max has a conversation with her and learns that everything you see is not necessarily what you expect. Max at first was feared of the dark house but once the lady turned on the lights, he was quite relieved. He was suffused with happiness and joy sparkled inside the woman.