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Emily - Ask a State Ranker! (Q+A Closed)

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livcopeland:
How did you memorize your essays?

bowiemily:

--- Quote from: chelseam on July 30, 2017, 03:02:42 pm ---Hi Emily! ;D

What was your personal preference for structuring your notes for the area of study?

And what do you like about your degree so far?  :)

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Hey there!

I used palm cars for AOS. Each palm card had a dot point from the rubric on the front, with synonyms and similar concepts on it. On the back, it had quotes from both my ORT and prescribed text. I covered all sections of the rubric using this method

As for Arts/Law, I love the content of the degree. The most difficult part of the degree, really, is transitioning from a relatively small, and uncompetitive school to Sydney Uni. It was, and still is, a really big shock. But slowly and surely, I'm getting used to it :)

Tallis :
Hi there, my trials start tomorrow and I'm currently sitting at first in my year for advanced English with a mark of 98. Was just wondering what your top tip would be to give a discovery essay an 'edge' over the other 500 in my year? Paper 1 is tomorrow and I'm currently looking for anyway to be able to get those couple of extra marks to put me a step ahead of everyone else and not lose my rank.

Thanks for any help!
(I also want to study law at USYD next year!)

heathersnowy:
I was also wondering if you went into english exams with pre-prepared essays that you could adapt to a specific question? Thanks. (:

bowiemily:

--- Quote from: sharpie11 on July 30, 2017, 03:03:57 pm ---Hi Emily, what techniques would you suggest using when analysing a non-fiction text in paper one section one?

Thanks  :)

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Look at the tone of the text. Is it trying to confront, inform, inspire or narrate? Then, pinpoint the words that are working to create this tone. You can then use these at the quote + technique (being tone), which helps to express a particular aspect of discovery.

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