English Advanced Question Thread

[parthie]

Hey, there's a few things at play here. In the most initial sense, there's imagery here. We are visualising a black world with colourful posters. So, imagery. But after that, do you think that the author is actually describing a black and white world? Or is that a metaphor - perhaps for everything being boring and unimportant, but the posters demand the attention? I want to talk about the word "except" - it's both a preposition and a conjunction in this instance, and I think it works to make a powerful parallel between the colourless and the colourful.

Thanks so much!!

[jamonwindeyer]

I was just wondering, what exactly does this 'personal opinion' mean in terms of content, as I wouldve thought the essay itself integrated the 'personal' side already without having to dedicate certain sections in the body to address this.

Thanks

Hi Jyrgal! Welcome to the forums! to be honest, I agree with your interpretation, that your personal opinion naturally threads through the essay - That's always been my philosophy! If you are needing to do it for your teacher though, I'd definitely do it in small chunks at the end of each paragraph, perhaps just explaining whether what the composer was trying to communicate has resonated with you personally or not. EG, "This representation of human ambition has resonated strongly with me, and blah blah blah."

[Thebarman]

Hey guys, I've got a few questions regarding Module B in relation to Hamlet.
What is textual integrity?
What is the best way to structure an essay with body paragraphs centered around themes?
How are we supposed to integrate a personal view into our essay? Is it by the stance we take with a question (i.e. deciding whether or not Hamlet truly was mad)? Would that also require us to use personal pronouns?

Thanks!
Sorry, I accidentally posted this from my other account momentarily

[MisterNeo]

Hey guys, I've got a few questions regarding Module B in relation to Hamlet.
What is textual integrity?
What is the best way to structure an essay with body paragraphs centered around themes?
How are we supposed to integrate a personal view into our essay? Is it by the stance we take with a question (i.e. deciding whether or not Hamlet truly was mad)? Would that also require us to use personal pronouns?

Thanks!
Sorry, I accidentally posted this from my other account momentarily

Hi! I believe textual integrity is the ability of all the text's ideas and themes to unify together to create an image or a meaning. An example would be TS Eliot's poems that have all the avant-garde imagery and synecdoche just to convey his belief that life is meaningless and hell. This shows textual integrity as they all form one idea.
With your second question about personal views and essays, I would structure the essay using:
-Intro (as usual)
-Theme 1
-Theme 2
-Theme 3 make sure to link somewhat link each theme to a common idea maybe?
-Conclusion
Avoid using personal pronouns such as "I" or "us" in your essays.
To relate the themes to yourself or everyday life, try to phrase them in a way that it refers to people as a whole.
For example,"evaluate complicated relationships in our everyday lives".
-Don't use "We all experience the sophistication of human connection."
-Phrase it as, "Human connection is an essential aspect of human nature that often lead to sophisticated relationships."
Try to refer to yourself as a whole sort of.
Hope this helps

[jamonwindeyer]

I'm unsure which 2 speeches to pick.

The choices (which most of you probably know but I'll say anyway) are:
- Anwar Sadat - Speech to the Israeli Knesset
- Paul Keating - Redfern Speech
- Margaret Atwood - Spotty-Handed Villainesses
- Noel Pearson - An Australian History for us all
- Sir William Deane - It is still winter at home
- Doris Lessing - On not winning the Nobel Prize
- Geraldine Brooks - A home in fiction

If anyone has studied these speeches before or has done a similar assessment, could you recommend which of these speeches pair well together?

Hey! Sorry I missed this, but when I did speeches for Module B (some of them aren't in the list anymore), I found that a few of your speeches work well together:

- Spotty Handed Villainesses works well with pretty much anything, and is (imo) the best speech in terms of techniques on your list. Super rich, blends well with a social or political topic.
- Keating, Pearson and/or Deane work well as a compare/contrast of rhetoric within the realm of Australian politics.
- Sadat has a theme of justice that works well with Pearson/Atwood

I actually have notes on a bunch of these speeches - I'll try and get them uploaded to the Notes section over the coming days

[cxmplete]

hi! i have an assessment coming up on module b (have to write a speech about speeches) and i don't really understand the question. the question is: how the power of rhetoric is used to explore values and ideas associated with literature and identity? also i don't really know and what speeches/ ideas to choose. we have one prescribed speech (margaret atwood) and the other is our own choice. can you please help me?

[maria1999]

hey guys!
I was just wondering what literary technique this is?

" The eyes that fix you in a formulated phrase"

It's from "The Lovesong of J. Alfred Prufrock" by T.S Eliot

[MisterNeo]

hey guys!
I was just wondering what literary technique this is?

" The eyes that fix you in a formulated phrase"

It's from "The Lovesong of J. Alfred Prufrock" by T.S Eliot

Hi! The most obvious technique is Eliot's use of alliteration with the "f sound" in fix...formulated...phrase
Another would be the use of metaphor to represent modern man as "eye" since the eyes are the window to the soul.
Hope this helps

[maria1999]

Hi! The most obvious technique is Eliot's use of alliteration with the "f sound" in fix...formulated...phrase
Another would be the use of metaphor to represent modern man as "eye" since the eyes are the window to the soul.
Hope this helps

Yes, this is great! Thank you so much!

[jamonwindeyer]

hi! i have an assessment coming up on module b (have to write a speech about speeches) and i don't really understand the question. the question is: how the power of rhetoric is used to explore values and ideas associated with literature and identity? also i don't really know and what speeches/ ideas to choose. we have one prescribed speech (margaret atwood) and the other is our own choice. can you please help me?

Hey! The question is basically asking you to do two things:

1. Identify the ideas being presented (to do with literature and identity).
2. Explain how the orators use rhetorical techniques to communicate these ideas to their audiences.

So you need to explore what the speakers do (technique), and the ideas this conveys!

For the texts on your list, for this question, I'd say Geraldine Brooks would be a good combo for Atwood - Both explore the idea of literature/representation directly in their speeches, and both explore the idea of identity

[elysepopplewell]

hey guys!
I was just wondering what literary technique this is?

" The eyes that fix you in a formulated phrase"

It's from "The Lovesong of J. Alfred Prufrock" by T.S Eliot

Depending on what you want to draw on in your analysis, you could also talk about the use of the definite article that precedes eyes, and you can talk about the "you" address, specifying the subject! Just adding this onto the analysis given above

[emilybrooks99]

Hi! The Redfern speech is definitely a great choice for a speech because of the significance it has on current society. The only political speeches that I can think of are Martin Luther King's "I have a Dream", which also related to racial discrimination in the Redfern speech. The other speeches I have not heard of before :/
Hope this helps

Also...it says at the bottom that your school is PHS. Does that stand for Penrith High? (my school!)

sadly I can't do 'I have a dream' as its not in the prescribed list
And unfortunately no not Penrith, Picton High.

[emilybrooks99]

Hey! Sorry I missed this, but when I did speeches for Module B (some of them aren't in the list anymore), I found that a few of your speeches work well together:

- Spotty Handed Villainesses works well with pretty much anything, and is (imo) the best speech in terms of techniques on your list. Super rich, blends well with a social or political topic.
- Keating, Pearson and/or Deane work well as a compare/contrast of rhetoric within the realm of Australian politics.
- Sadat has a theme of justice that works well with Pearson/Atwood

I actually have notes on a bunch of these speeches - I'll try and get them uploaded to the Notes section over the coming days

thank you so much! I'll keep an eye out for the notes.

[tahliamag]

Helloo,
Does anyone have some good quotes from the T.S.Eliot poem 'Preludes' that relates to the theme of uncertainty?? I've only really found 1 quote so far and i need about 2 more so if anyone has any suggestions that would be much appreciated!

[itssona]

Got back my prelim for short answer and got 9/15 So saddened, and I want a band 6 in hsc

Do you have advice for practising for the paper 1 (specifically the 3 and 5 mark ones)? Because I got the full 2 marker questions but failed real bad with the 3 and 5 mark ones :/

It was based on 'belonging'

Thank you