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FatnessFirst

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English Exam-What do I have to include?
« 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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Re: English Exam-What do I have to include?
« Reply #1 on: October 28, 2011, 10:48:51 pm »
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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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Re: Silly things you did during the exam..
Quote from: Anon123 on November 03, 2011, 05:15:17 pm
I accidentally wrote a really shit context essay, oh wai-

English (33>31)
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Re: English Exam-What do I have to include?
« Reply #2 on: October 28, 2011, 11:03:35 pm »
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LA

-publication details i.e herald sun
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Re: English Exam-What do I have to include?
« Reply #3 on: October 29, 2011, 12:06:32 pm »
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Quote from: FatnessFirst on October 28, 2011, 10:31:56 pm
Can everyone share the things that is a must in the exam?

Context:
-Name of film or text
-Author

Quote from: Anon123 on October 28, 2011, 10:48:51 pm

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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2011 - English, English Language, Philosophy, Indonesian SL, Outdoor and Environmental Studies.

“We are all alone, born alone, die alone, we shall all someday look back on our lives and see that, in spite of our company, we were alone the whole way. I do not say lonely -- at least, not all the time -- but essentially, and finally, alone. This is what makes your self-respect so important, and I don't see how you can respect yourself if you must look in the hearts and minds of others for your happiness.”
― Hunter S. Thompson

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Re: English Exam-What do I have to include?
« Reply #4 on: October 29, 2011, 12:28:54 pm »
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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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Re: English Exam-What do I have to include?
« Reply #5 on: October 29, 2011, 05:39:00 pm »
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quick question: What do mid-range responses usually get out of 10?
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Re: English Exam-What do I have to include?
« Reply #6 on: October 29, 2011, 06:35:41 pm »
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Quote from: FatnessFirst on October 29, 2011, 05:39:00 pm
quick question: What do mid-range responses usually get out of 10?

Anywhere from a 5 to 7.
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2011 - English, English Language, Philosophy, Indonesian SL, Outdoor and Environmental Studies.

“We are all alone, born alone, die alone, we shall all someday look back on our lives and see that, in spite of our company, we were alone the whole way. I do not say lonely -- at least, not all the time -- but essentially, and finally, alone. This is what makes your self-respect so important, and I don't see how you can respect yourself if you must look in the hearts and minds of others for your happiness.”
― Hunter S. Thompson

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Re: English Exam-What do I have to include?
« Reply #7 on: October 29, 2011, 06:36:53 pm »
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Language Analysis: Type of article(eg. Opinion piece, cartoon, feature, editorial, etc.)
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Re: English Exam-What do I have to include?
« Reply #8 on: October 29, 2011, 06:38:06 pm »
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um with LA can you quote, and focus on a particular word's impact?
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Re: English Exam-What do I have to include?
« Reply #9 on: October 29, 2011, 08:55:37 pm »
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Quote from: nemolala on October 29, 2011, 06:38:06 pm
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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Re: English Exam-What do I have to include?
« Reply #10 on: October 29, 2011, 09:04:20 pm »
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Quote from: swarley on October 29, 2011, 08:55:37 pm
Quote from: nemolala on October 29, 2011, 06:38:06 pm
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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Re: English Exam-What do I have to include?
« Reply #11 on: October 29, 2011, 09:27:52 pm »
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oh yay I always  forget to ask my teacher if its ok.
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Re: English Exam-What do I have to include?
« Reply #12 on: October 29, 2011, 09:38:35 pm »
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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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Re: English Exam-What do I have to include?
« Reply #13 on: October 29, 2011, 10:14:49 pm »
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Quote from: abzzzz on October 29, 2011, 09:38:35 pm
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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Re: English Exam-What do I have to include?
« Reply #14 on: October 29, 2011, 10:51:25 pm »
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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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