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The discovery in a creative piece?
elysepopplewell:
--- Quote from: massive on October 08, 2016, 05:36:00 pm ---Guys if the question was about the impact of discovery, can you just write about having a changed perception? Would that suffice?
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That is definitely an impact of discovery! Changed perception is more or less also a part of the rubric, so you're ticking two boxes there :) 8)
vincentso69:
if i leave my story with a cliffhanger like
"I wonder what will happen next..."
will that quality for discoveries are able to allow us to speculate about fufure possibilities
studybuddy7777:
--- Quote from: vincentso69 on October 11, 2016, 05:26:45 pm ---if i leave my story with a cliffhanger like
"I wonder what will happen next..."
will that quality for discoveries are able to allow us to speculate about fufure possibilities
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Please. For the sake of not completely flunking a large part of your English mark, just write a complete story. The markers just dont have time to reflect and speculate. They have the whole state to get through. They'll give you a mark (which probably won't be that good) and move on, no skin off their nose.
I'm not saying don't put down everything and leave nothing to the marker to think about, but certainly do not do a cliffhanger. You feel ripped off as a reader and it is a sign of poor time management. You couldn't do a conclusion so you wrote six words instead.
Sorry if that came over really blunt but it needs to. With 2 days left till Paper 1 this is not the time to be sugarcoating everything but the markers are not going to care. They are relentless 😈😈
Hope this helps and sorry again! I'm sure youll do fine :)
jamonwindeyer:
--- Quote from: studybuddy7777 on October 11, 2016, 06:08:07 pm ---Please. For the sake of not completely flunking a large part of your English mark, just write a complete story. The markers just dont have time to reflect and speculate. They have the whole state to get through. They'll give you a mark (which probably won't be that good) and move on, no skin off their nose.
I'm not saying don't put down everything and leave nothing to the marker to think about, but certainly do not do a cliffhanger. You feel ripped off as a reader and it is a sign of poor time management. You couldn't do a conclusion so you wrote six words instead.
Sorry if that came over really blunt but it needs to. With 2 days left till Paper 1 this is not the time to be sugarcoating everything but the markers are not going to care. They are relentless 😈😈
Hope this helps and sorry again! I'm sure youll do fine :)
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Disagree completely, but with a condition, that the cliffhanger be done well.
There is absolutely no requirement that a story be concluded in the HSC; and indeed, cliffhangers can be effective story mechanisms. That said, I've seen a lot of cliffhangers that are used in cliched ways that don't really assist in portraying anything to the reader. So use with caution, but nothing on the marking again will disadvantage you. It's just an atypical choice that can backfire :)
studybuddy7777:
--- Quote from: jamonwindeyer on October 11, 2016, 09:09:02 pm ---Disagree completely, but with a condition, that the cliffhanger be done well.
There is absolutely no requirement that a story be concluded in the HSC; and indeed, cliffhangers can be effective story mechanisms. That said, I've seen a lot of cliffhangers that are used in cliched ways that don't really assist in portraying anything to the reader. So use with caution, but nothing on the marking again will disadvantage you. It's just an atypical choice that can backfire :)
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Glad you brought forward this point. But, my post still stands as valid that you have to have a pretty damn good cliffhanger and not just "I wonder what will happen next" for it to work. Yes, it can be awesome if it is done right, but it is mostly done in a cheesy, cliched way. I trust that you'll be in the minority who can actually do a good cliffhanger though :)
Have you had experience with them before? Because if so, that will aid you immensely. Just don't leave too much for the marker to figure out because they don't have time!
I'm sure youll smash it tomorrow!! :)
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