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Sardothienn:
--- Quote from: bangali_lok on November 07, 2015, 04:50:36 pm ---Can you give any examples? I'm not totally sure what you mean.
Remember that if you get too caught up in small details without looking at how overall it impacts the community, then that's being 'unsophisticated' in itself because you're missing the big picture, the big overall message. How I did it was explain impact of specific details throughout, and then 'zoom out' with more general explanations (e.g. 'The fact that an outcast receives salvation would encourage Luke's primarily Hellenistic audience that they too could be saved....' and all that nonsense) in my last paragraph.
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I see what you mean. Basically what I'm trying to say is upon explaining themes or literary terms (like an aphorism that might accentuate God's conviction and might) I would link it to how this would have impacted the original community (enjoins believers to appreciate the consistent favours God blesses then with ..) I would do this throughout my essay but didn't really see a point in discussing the overall impact as I've discussed it already; so should I talk about the overall significance/ impact of the original community only or is it better to do both? Sorry if I'm not making sense
anat0my:
--- Quote from: Sardothienn on November 06, 2015, 06:57:29 pm ---I was trying to answer Part B of 2014 exam Q7 but I'm not sure on how to approach it;
It's for The Quran section
"Discuss how reward and punishment in the Hereafter are related to the idea of divine justice and guidance"
The question I feel only refers to one set text (Maryam) but only briefly, how would I go about answering this question?
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Hey I'm not familiar with this years set texts, but for this essay you could discuss what the rewards and punishments are, why they're necessary, i.e how justice is given by reward/punishment and the prospect of being rewarded/punishment allows for guidance. Do let me know if you're still struggling with this prompt. :)
Also, if you happen to be studying the Quran section, do check out the thread I made for resources/advice for the quran section, I've provided links to exegesis that may further explain such topics in regard to your set texts.
xsangan:
Hi,
Since the Text and Traditions Exams are very close (4 days left), I was wondering about the Short Answer Questions in Part A; is it mostly restricted to set chapters or it can be anything from the entire gospel?
anat0my:
--- Quote from: xsangan on November 08, 2015, 01:54:25 pm ---Hi,
Since the Text and Traditions Exams are very close (4 days left), I was wondering about the Short Answer Questions in Part A; is it mostly restricted to set chapters or it can be anything from the entire gospel?
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I'm not familiar with the set text you're studying, however I think usually the questions from section A are specific to chapters. Best thing is to take a look at the past exam paper to get an idea of what the questions will look like :).
heids:
--- Quote from: xsangan on November 08, 2015, 01:54:25 pm ---Hi,
Since the Text and Traditions Exams are very close (4 days left), I was wondering about the Short Answer Questions in Part A; is it mostly restricted to set chapters or it can be anything from the entire gospel?
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It can definitely be anywhere in the Gospel (like for questions 4a/b we had a passage out of our chapters, and not even about any of our themes... ???) But they're unlikely to ask for much factual/historical detail from outside your chapters - it'll mostly focus on special chapters.
--- Quote from: Sardothienn on November 07, 2015, 05:02:24 pm ---I see what you mean. Basically what I'm trying to say is upon explaining themes or literary terms (like an aphorism that might accentuate God's conviction and might) I would link it to how this would have impacted the original community (enjoins believers to appreciate the consistent favours God blesses then with ..) I would do this throughout my essay but didn't really see a point in discussing the overall impact as I've discussed it already; so should I talk about the overall significance/ impact of the original community only or is it better to do both? Sorry if I'm not making sense
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How do you structure an exegesis? If you use a ‘chronological’ style, where you chronologically disucss each ‘feature’ of the passage with a mixture of background/literary/themes/meaning to audience, then what you’re doing sounds great (though I might finish off with a short ‘conclusion’ that’s more general/broad/overall meaning). But I blocked it in chunks with headings under VCAA's bullet points.
Longer answer - I still don’t know if this answers your question though ::) … not totally understanding the question still.Basically, in the bodies, I tried not to link to the audience too much. Like, see how there's this 'formula' you use in the bodies?
1. Technique/example: His use of an aphorism in ____
2. Immediate effect: accentuates God's conviction and might
3. Impact on audience: encouraging believers to appreciate the consistent favours...
I mainly did 1-2 rather than 1-2-3 unless it was super clear, just because there wasn’t time. That's what I'm saying - do it occasionally but not too much so you can put more in the conclusion.
Then I did a much broader 'profound'-style conclusion, where I wouldn't reference any specific nitty-gritty details (e.g. I definitely wouldn't mention a technique) - instead I'd be like 'This passage would have encouraged believers, struggling with ____, to appreciate the consistent favours of God.’ OR: ‘The fact that so-and-so receives salvation would have reassured…’
In other words, I did a mixture – some ‘specific’ meaning ot audience throughout, and then more generalised profound at the end.
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