English Advanced Question Thread

[ellsco]

Hi! I am struggling to find literary techniques in the following quote from Emma by Jane Austen: “With insufferable vanity had she believed herself in the secret of everybody's feelings; with unpardonable arrogance proposed to arrange everybody's destiny ... she had done mischief.”

[Opengangs]

Hi! I am struggling to find literary techniques in the following quote from Emma by Jane Austen: “With insufferable vanity had she believed herself in the secret of everybody's feelings; with unpardonable arrogance proposed to arrange everybody's destiny ... she had done mischief.”

Hey,
What sort of analysis are you going for? For now, there are a few I can think of:

Tone - what sort of tone do the words "insufferable" and "unpardonable arrogance" give? How does it add to the meaning of the text, and the characters themselves? (I didn't do the text, so your analysis is based upon your interpretation).
Use of the indefinite pronoun - everyone - usually used for commonality amongst all things, people, and other non-specific objects. I'm not sure about the context in which this is appropriate but it can be used to diminish the value of the characters in the text.

[Mada438]

Hi! I am struggling to find literary techniques in the following quote from Emma by Jane Austen: “With insufferable vanity had she believed herself in the secret of everybody's feelings; with unpardonable arrogance proposed to arrange everybody's destiny ... she had done mischief.”

Hey!
Your literary techniques that you pull out can vary depending on the theme that you're looking at. Do you have a certain theme you are looking for?

Hey,
What sort of analysis are you going for? For now, there are a few I can think of:

Tone - what sort of tone do the words "insufferable" and "unpardonable arrogance" give? How does it add to the meaning of the text, and the characters themselves? (I didn't do the text, so your analysis is based upon your interpretation).
Use of the indefinite pronoun - everyone - usually used for commonality amongst all things, people, and other non-specific objects. I'm not sure about the context in which this is appropriate but it can be used to diminish the value of the characters in the text.

Good work opengangs!
These are definitely good ones to start with! 

[3.14159265359]

Hey, I was wondering if the advanced English "Head start lectures" slides from last week will be up soon?

[owidjaja]

Hey, I was wondering if the advanced English "Head start lectures" slides from last week will be up soon?

Hey!
It usually takes exactly one week for ATAR Notes to send the slides, so keep an eye out in your inbox!

[jamonwindeyer]

Hey, I was wondering if the advanced English "Head start lectures" slides from last week will be up soon?

Expect an email tomorrow

[fergo]

Any ideas for a speech based on the concept of discovery?

[prickles]

Any ideas for a speech based on the concept of discovery?

This is kinda really really vague. Can you give us some more detail?
There are stacks of aspects to discovery itself, which will apply to the text you are using (if that is the case), so any more details will help us give more specific advice to you. 

[Potatohater]

Any ideas for a speech based on the concept of discovery?

So prickles beat me to it but to add to that, it depends on your texts, your question and what you think about the texts. Look at your texts in relation to the question and brainstorm some ideas to help develop what you think about discovery as supported by your texts. Then talk about your views about discovery with evidence from the texts.

[fergo]

This is kinda really really vague. Can you give us some more detail?
There are stacks of aspects to discovery itself, which will apply to the text you are using (if that is the case), so any more details will help us give more specific advice to you. 

That is our question, the speech can be on anything we want it to be on as long as it relates to discovery in some way, but I have no idea what I could even do, so I was hoping for some random thoughts that might give me an idea- it's very vague, I know (sorry)

[3.14159265359]

Expect an email tomorrow

Hey!
It usually takes exactly one week for ATAR Notes to send the slides, so keep an eye out in your inbox!

Thanks guys!

[carina22222]

Hi,
Should we use the Oxford comma in the HSC or not?
I'm a big supporter of it but I'm not sure if it's considered grammatically correct by everyone

[katarina.khitra]

Hi! Just wondering if you guys offer feedback for things such as creative and imaginative writing? If so, where can we submit? Thanks

[Potatohater]

Hi! Just wondering if you guys offer feedback for things such as creative and imaginative writing? If so, where can we submit? Thanks

We sure do! On the feedback and marking  board you can get feedback from peers and even a Moderator if you meet the post count (I think it's 30 per peice?)

Hi,
Should we use the Oxford comma in the HSC or not?
I'm a big supporter of it but I'm not sure if it's considered grammatically correct by everyone

Yeah that should be fine, I don't think the markers really care and pretty sure it is considered grammatically correct anyway

[prickles]

Hi! Just wondering if you guys offer feedback for things such as creative and imaginative writing? If so, where can we submit? Thanks

Submit it here Just make a new topic (little blue box top right hand corner) and include some info about the piece (e.g. creative writing AOS) you want marked in your title so people know what they are marking before they even click on it. It just helps, opposed to calling your topic 'English marking' which is not as helpful 
Sorry if this is very confusing, I think there is a better explaination here