ADVANCED RESOURCES MEGA THREAD

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This thread will act as a ONE STOP SHOP for all English Advanced resources available on ATAR Notes!!

Check out the DISCOVERY MEGA THREAD if you haven't already! It contains all of our resources for the Area of Study - Marking threads, guides, and more!

Asking Questions

If you have any question about English Advanced, you can ask it in our Advanced Question Thread - Whether its help analysing a poem, a question about how Advanced scales, or anything in between - We'll do our best to answer.

You can also start a new topic if you'd prefer to have your question separated from the rest, or if it is a little unique

Getting Feedback

Our Module Marking Thread is the place to post essays for any of the Modules - You'll get feedback from one of our markers, all English experts. And this isn't just one line feedback - This is detailed, a breakdown of what went well and what needs to be improved. If you aren't using it, you are shooting yourself in the foot!

Note that this thread is subject to our essay marking rules .

Guides and Resources

Strap yourself in, it's a big list (many of these are duplicates from the Area of Study section!)

How to Write Module Essays

We have guides for writing an Advanced essay for Module A, Module B, and Module C. We also have an ongoing Module B Critic Quotes thread for all your scholars needs 

Along with these, you can check out this complete breakdown of what a 20/20 essay looks like! You can read it here

Creative Writing:
- Guide to Creative Writing, which contains tips and tricks to enhance your piece.
- ULTIMATE Guide to Creative Writing, which is like the above, but longer and even more, well, ultimate.
- Breaking Down the AoS Rubric, a guide to using the syllabus to enhance your Creative writing skills.

Essay Writing:
- Guide to Writing an AoS Essay, including tips on integrating your texts into a conceptually based response.
- A Guide on Memorising English Essays, and an article on Why You Shouldn't Memorise Essays (you can make your own call!)
- Avoid using these words in an English essay; there are some in here you would never guess. Try using these words instead!
- A guide to Discovery Thesis statements, the most important part of any AoS essay!

Practice Questions:
- Check out this thread for Module A Practice Questions (updated for the new syllabus)!

General:
- Not an English person? This might be the guide for you.
- Why your essay is like a glass of cordial
- Struggling to reach your word counts in exams? Here is a guide on improving your handwriting speed. If you're able to write fast enough, but don't know what the heck to write in the first place, try this guide on improving your vocabulary.
- Paper One Preparation Guide, a last minute plan for preparing for an English Paper 1.
- How do you even study for Advanced? Read this.

Don't forget to check out our FREE downloadable English Notes, which includes summaries and exemplars for a range of popular texts!