Hey guys, i got my trial marks back and was wondering how i can improve on "referring to the stimulus".
My teacher said that inserting figures and quotes from the stimulus isnt actually referring to it and i should use it as the basis of my essay
Thoughts on this ?
Hi Deng!
It would be difficult for me to comment unless I actually see your response, but often directly inserting quotes from the stimulus isn't actually
showing an understanding of the question. To achieve the high bands, the questions require you to
integrate the stimulus into your response.
Say the stimulus (often a paragraph in the HSC trials) said something along the lines of
"The RBA posed that the deteriorating inflation rate in Australia, sitting at 1.3%, was a result of both domestic and international factors."
You should
never directly insert the quote ie "Inflation is a result of both domestic and international factors. The RBA posed that..."
Instead, what the markers want to see is an understanding of the question and a use of words/small phrases from the stimulus sustained through your response.
This may look like "The recent decline in inflation can be attributed to domestic factors such as a trend lowering of consumer MPC, as well as slower overall global growth. Currently, due to the reduction in effectiveness of monetary policy, the inflation rate now sits outside the targeted band of 2-3% at 1.3%."
Hope this helps - happy to have a look at any of your responses if you need specific clarification (i feel i'm being too general
)