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Re: VCE English Exam Discussion and Questions 2017
« Reply #120 on: November 02, 2017, 12:38:54 pm »
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I only wrote 2 essays!! How screwed am I? The 2 essays I did write were fairly good but I only got the intro done for my comparative... :(
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Re: VCE English Exam Discussion and Questions 2017
« Reply #121 on: November 02, 2017, 12:46:03 pm »
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But you at least wrote something for the intros, yeah?  :)

Woops meant to say didn't start, let alone finish the intros

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Re: VCE English Exam Discussion and Questions 2017
« Reply #122 on: November 02, 2017, 04:39:23 pm »
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I didn't even see the Principal's name, where was it? In the Background? I talked about the visuals a lot more than I thought I would though, so I think I'm alright. I said for the garbage bags how it looked like a apocalyptic future, or something to that effect. How did people write 3-7 pages? I could barely write 2.5 for each task. Hope I can get a 6 for each of my tasks, as there was more text knowledge, evidence and better ideas than my practice pieces which I got 5-5.5 for.

How much would failing to mention the Principal's name affect things? Given that I analysed both visuals, and both the message and the comment.
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Re: VCE English Exam Discussion and Questions 2017
« Reply #123 on: November 02, 2017, 04:44:00 pm »
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How did people write 3-7 pages? I could barely write 2.5 for each task.
Handwriting size (and whether some people write double spaced) can cause a big difference in how many pages people write. Your 2.5 pages might have the same amount of words as someone else's 5 pages :)

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Re: VCE English Exam Discussion and Questions 2017
« Reply #124 on: November 02, 2017, 04:45:58 pm »
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Handwriting size (and whether some people write double spaced) can cause a big difference in how many pages people write. Your 2.5 pages might have the same amount of words as someone else's 5 pages :)

My writing is fairly small, I wrote about 10 words per page.
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Re: VCE English Exam Discussion and Questions 2017
« Reply #125 on: November 02, 2017, 04:48:33 pm »
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I didn’t analyse the tree only the pile of rubbish . Would i lose marks ?

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Re: VCE English Exam Discussion and Questions 2017
« Reply #126 on: November 02, 2017, 04:55:39 pm »
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Who else was (pleasantly) surprised with the I for Isobel prompts? I was really happy with my response to it as I feel I really engaged with the prompt and made some meaningful connections. Irrespective of my score, I think my section A response was my best text response I've written all year.

Also, I owe a massive thank you to the ATAR notes English book. I purchased it at a mid-year lecture and it's really made a noticeable difference to my writing! Thank you, thank you, thank you!!  ;D  (If any current year 11's are reading this right now I dub it as an essential!)
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Re: VCE English Exam Discussion and Questions 2017
« Reply #127 on: November 02, 2017, 04:57:15 pm »
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Congrats everyone to making through (imo) the most stressful part of VCE - the English Exam!

Anyways, to all those people asking "I forgot to include X in Language Analysis will I get marked down?" - the answer is no. I've talked to exam markers before and they do not go through the exam with a checklist - they look for your overall ability to analyse and contrast the various purposes and intentions of the writer - forgetting to mention a particular technique will not go against you at all.

Hell, in my LA in a frenzied panic I forgot to include so much basic stuff in my introduction (Name, date, techniques, purpose) but I still walked out with two 8's because examiners don't care that much - they're looking for your ability to analyse, not go down a checklist.

So keep calm and focus on your next exams :)

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Re: VCE English Exam Discussion and Questions 2017
« Reply #128 on: November 02, 2017, 05:24:32 pm »
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I just realised that Dennise was a girl, not a guy.
Am i going to lose marks?

No, but if you're making THAT mistake ...

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Re: VCE English Exam Discussion and Questions 2017
« Reply #129 on: November 02, 2017, 05:29:27 pm »
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I feel amazing about that exam!! I somehow finished all 3 pieces by 11:15 and left the room at 11:45 after reviewing my work twice. I also didn't feel too nervous beforehand despite only studying last night.

CONGRATS EVERYONE! WE DID IT! ;D

From the above, no, they did it. You thought you did.

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Re: VCE English Exam Discussion and Questions 2017
« Reply #130 on: November 02, 2017, 05:33:13 pm »
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Did we seriously have to anaylse the logo of the school for LA?? I completely missed it...

No.

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Re: VCE English Exam Discussion and Questions 2017
« Reply #131 on: November 02, 2017, 05:40:19 pm »
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I did this too! I focused a bit too much on the word 'crucial' and kind of took it as them asking whether it was the main conflict that contributed to the tragedy so I explored the patriarchal society and the Gods as well. Hope it doesn't come across as avoiding the prompt :(

If you said there were other crucial conflicts, you will be fine. It actually makes the essay easier to write.

Not sure how hard you get penalised for this but rip.

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Re: VCE English Exam Discussion and Questions 2017
« Reply #132 on: November 02, 2017, 05:43:22 pm »
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Assessors mark holistically, relating student performance to the published criteria and ranking students over the full range of marks available. Determination of the mark is assisted by the descriptors in ‘Expected qualities for the mark range’ (attached).

And before you ask, no, generally speaking, your assessor doesn't mark you on what you didn't talk about only what you did talk about.

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Re: VCE English Exam Discussion and Questions 2017
« Reply #133 on: November 02, 2017, 05:48:42 pm »
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Interesting question.
Here is a quote from the 2015 examiners report about a somewhat similar question:

"The actual topic („Medea is about extremes of human emotion.‟ Discuss.), however, focused closely on the idea of „extremes of human emotions‟. It appeared that some students did not comprehend the significance of the term „extremes‟. Others responded briefly to the essence of the topic but then spent the majority of their respons
Interesting question.
Here is a quote from the 2015 examiners report about a somewhat similar question:

"The actual topic („Medea is about extremes of human emotion.‟ Discuss.), however, focused closely on the idea of „extremes of human emotions‟. It appeared that some students did not comprehend the significance of the term „extremes‟. Others responded briefly to the essence of the topic but then spent the majority of their response beginning with such phrases as „it is not only about extremes, it is also about...‟ and then proceeded to write about themes they had prepared."

No, it is not a similar topic. That 2015 topic openly claimed the play was about extremes of human emotion. To challenge, it you would have to mount the case that it was about extremes of human lack of emotion (Jason) or excessive use of pragmatism. That would have been a fair challenge, using the terms of the prompt or their alternatives.

It was inappropriate in that year for students to write, "No, it's actually about patriarchy". That is not engaging with the prompt.

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Re: VCE English Exam Discussion and Questions 2017
« Reply #134 on: November 02, 2017, 05:57:24 pm »
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1 mark.
Oh shit  :'(
After 4+ hours after the English exam, I just realised I made a really huge mistake. I forgot to analyse the picture in section c :( am I stuffed? Will I lose many marks?

I'm so angry at myself. :(