English Advanced Question Thread

[Elenaa]

Hey elenaa,
I can help with the second one

Richard III is a manipulative little toad and he has basically killed off everyone to get to the crown right?

Recognition: he certainly did get recognised, which is what he wanted the whole time, that is he pursued it throughout the course of the play.

Why is he hellbent on being individually recognised? He says it (indirectly) in his first soliloquy. He wants to be recognised for something else rather than the 'spare to the spare to the heir'
He has lived his whole life in the shadow of his brothers, and he is "so ugly dogs bark at him", deform'd, unfinished, sent before my time yada yada ya.

In a sentence, he wants to seek revenge for all of those people who have humiliated him and make them pay, and realise just because he is a deformed hunchback, he can still be a force to be reckoned with.

This is all leads back to Richard's strengths and weaknesses. His manipulation, deceit but also his ambition. Basically in a modern context; he played with fire and got burnt.

Hope this helps and best of luck for tomorrow and Friday, im sure youll smash it!

Seeing as studybuddy got the second one, I'll assist with the first Stability and change. Ok. So in most poetry, in fact, most texts, you'll observe tension. Tension between people, between people and politics, between ideas, between forces, etc. So stability can mean stagnant, reliability, dependable, not-changing. Change, on the other hand, is exactly the opposite to stability. So there is a tension seen in the work. I haven't studied Eliot's poetry but I studied Yeats and we looked at specific examples of this in my class. Often poetry is produced in response to an incident of some kind, and incidents usually are classified as incidents when something stable - changes. Emotions, relationships, politics, war, etc.

So essentially - there is tension in everything. The poetic treatment of tension is important, it is the basis of the poem in a lot of circumstances

Thanks so much for the help guys !!! 

[elysepopplewell]

Haha thanks! That does make sense for me, but I was more thinking about something relating to the tone of the first section if that makes sense? Something to relate to how the persona seems to patronise the intelligence of the "Father".

Aha! I see what you're saying. Is the poem said from the perspective of the child? Perhaps the patronising tone comes from the word "let" and the reversal of roles between father and child in terms of permitting right and wrong. It's a bit of a stretch!

[Elenaa]

Hello !
Quick question, for AOS the reading time do you guys get into reading the comprehension straight away or look at the stimulus for the essay and creative first?

[bethjomay]

Hola! If the statement for the AOS essay is something like "Not all discoveries are made for the first time." can I make my overall thesis something like - "While not all discoveries are made for the first time, all discoveries entail the revelation of new ideas or deepened understanding of ourselves and/or the world at large." So not directly agreeing or disagreeing?

This forum is really blowing up at the moment. 

[bethjomay]

Hello !
Quick question, for AOS the reading time do you guys get into reading the comprehension straight away or look at the stimulus for the essay and creative first?

I personally use reading time to read the paper backwards, essay first, then creative stimulus, then section 1 questions then unseen texts! This gives me the ability to subconsciously be thinking about my approach for the creative and essay. But that's just me! 

[studybuddy7777]

Just did this on a little sub topic. It is two sample questions in the short answers (Section I) to made up texts . Just did this for someone so I thought other people might need help with it

Re: Using TEE Structure

Enjoy and best of luck everyone!! You'll do well, I'm sure of it! 

[ssarahj]

Hola! If the statement for the AOS essay is something like "Not all discoveries are made for the first time." can I make my overall thesis something like - "While not all discoveries are made for the first time, all discoveries entail the revelation of new ideas or deepened understanding of ourselves and/or the world at large." So not directly agreeing or disagreeing?

This forum is really blowing up at the moment. 

That overall thesis is bang on. Its super awesome if you can take the statement and make it your own (which you've done here).

I personally use reading time to read the paper backwards, essay first, then creative stimulus, then section 1 questions then unseen texts! This gives me the ability to subconsciously be thinking about my approach for the creative and essay. But that's just me! 

I use this strategy as well, its really great and sets you up right at the start of the paper.

[bethjomay]

That overall thesis is bang on. Its super awesome if you can take the statement and make it your own (which you've done here).

I use this strategy as well, its really great and sets you up right at the start of the paper.

Yay! Thank you! ATAR notes is honestly keeping me sane at the moment.

[WLalex]

I was wondering if markers are allowed to google related texts if they are unsure what it is..I thought someone told me that they weren't but I could be mistaken. For example for my Mod C related text I am using an artwork from a well-known Indigenous artist but will the marker google the image to check my visual analysis ect. ?

Thanks guyssss : )

[Sssssrr]

are we meant to use personal pronouns in module b?
thanks!

[jamonwindeyer]

I was wondering if markers are allowed to google related texts if they are unsure what it is..I thought someone told me that they weren't but I could be mistaken. For example for my Mod C related text I am using an artwork from a well-known Indigenous artist but will the marker google the image to check my visual analysis ect. ?

Thanks guyssss : )

Yes they absolutely are allowed to do that, but they aren't compelled to. Markers may mark your papers at home at their computer, so they might choose to do a quick Google!! But if they don't that's fine too

[jamonwindeyer]

are we meant to use personal pronouns in module b?
thanks!

Hey! Nope, your opinion of the text comes through in your ideas/analysis, personal pronouns are seen as less sophisticated/academic

[kawther]

Hey guys! Any tips for section one of AOS?? My biggest weakness is the unseen texts section 

[sudodds]

Hey guys! Any tips for section one of AOS?? My biggest weakness is the unseen texts section 

rubric, rubric, rubric just keeping chucking out words and phrases from there and you should be fine!
Also remember to include techniques within each of your response, for example does the use of colour within an image mean anything? does the use of first person narration within a short story mean anything?
Also, this might sound obvious, but according to my english teacher during the trials, a good chunk of people just don't answer the question, which is of course extremely important if you want to get good marks!

Hope this helps and Good luck! I'm sure you're going to do absolutely fab xx

[ml125]

Hey guys! Any tips for section one of AOS?? My biggest weakness is the unseen texts section 

What I usually do is; during reading time, I'd take a look at the questions so I know what to look for, then would read through each of the texts and pick out anything that even remotely sounds like it is related to discovery or whatever the question is asking - and that I think I'll be able to flesh out. In the first 5 seconds of writing time, I'd quickly circle everything I'm planning to use - that way if I choose to do another section first I won't be lost when I come back to short answer. Also, in your responses make sure you get straight to the point. It is quite easy to fall into the trap of writing much more than needed, just try to conserve as much time as possible.

Adding onto what sudodds has said above - remember that you do not always have to analyse the texts in depth. Some questions will not require techniques, usually these are the 2 markers. Just look at the way the question is stated and the mark allocation as a guide. As a rule of thumb, if a question asks how something is portrayed, asks for an analysis/evaluation, or is worth 3 or more marks - include techniques in your response. Usually questions that do not require techniques will be 'Identify' questions. However, if you're unsure just include techniques anyway.