English Exam Discussion 2009

[NE2000]

Hey does anyone know if you are marked down for missing a few obvious and effective language devices. There was a lot in that article, and there was a lot to analyze, and I think I wrote well in general and I definitely wrote a lot. But I still missed techniques which in hindsight may have been more powerful (they're downside of course was being on second page)

[NE2000]

Yeah I know but I was quite thorough with the first page and second page I missed good things like the scuba-diver thing and the balloons. The last paragraph in the piece was also good but I didn't do much on it due to time running out. I just want to know whether they mark down for missing things or whether they just look for what you have got

[NE2000]

Also, what exactly does "keyed in" mean lol??

[Pezza]

I did an all nighter as I could not sleep due to nervousness haha!
Text response was citizen kane and chose 2nd prompt. I wrote a rather fluent essay, fitting in about 9 quotes comfortably. One thing im worried about though. I forgot to tick a box deciding what prompt i chose, as i didnt see it, instead i wrote my prompt at the top of the first page. Think i will be penalised?
Context was rushed as i did it in 35 mins, but it should still go ok, but not as complete as the others. I did whose reality, and wrote a newspaper article about how the childhood of a murderer ultimately made him perceive humans as hostile, causing him to react in a malicious manner.
Language analysis was fairly straight forward like usual, however the type of article was surprising. Did anyone mention how the anecdotal story and the visual had common ground?

[dejan91]

Hmmm...Pretty sure they can't mark you down for what you haven't included as that's not a part of the marking criteria. That is, if you meet the requirements of the marking criteria, then ti doesn't matter.

[Dark Templar]

Hey does anyone know if you are marked down for missing a few obvious and effective language devices. There was a lot in that article, and there was a lot to analyze, and I think I wrote well in general and I definitely wrote a lot. But I still missed techniques which in hindsight may have been more powerful (they're downside of course was being on second page)

You can't possibly get them all. You just have to have the right amount of length, depth etc. You choose the ones you want to talk about. There is no criteria saying that you have to get their interpretation of what the main ones were.

I did an all nighter as I could not sleep due to nervousness haha!

Wow an all nighter! How did you concentrate?

Did anyone mention how the anecdotal story and the visual had common ground?

What was the anecdotal story? I don't remember. If you meant the prediction about how the augmentation of digital technology with our brains would cause us to go down an evolutionary path to become super saiyans etc then yeah I did.

[Pezza]

Nah the anecdote was the thing in quotations, talking all this jibber jabber about relating the computer chip to a brain etc. btw best word for lang analysis tone was optimistic! Can anyone help stop me from panicking and tell me if i will get penalised for not ticking the box for prompt in text response. I did write it at the top of the first page though.

[Dark Templar]

Nah the anecdote was the thing in quotations, talking all this jibber jabber about relating the computer chip to a brain etc. btw best word for lang analysis tone was optimistic! Can anyone help stop me from panicking and tell me if i will get penalised for not ticking the box for prompt in text response. I did write it at the top of the first page though.

VCAA seems pretty reasoned in their approach to stuff like this, I'm sure they won't penalise you if they can clearly see which prompt you chose anyway.

I used optimistic tone as well. I realised in a small panic that I was halfway through my conclusion and hadn't mentioned the tone. I said that the optimistic tone offered peace of mind in return for agreement with the author's contention but it relied on the reader's susceptibility to manipulation. Something like that. I'm beginning to lose memory of those 3 hours!

[costargh]

I don't understand why VCAA persists with having gender neutral fictional authors every year... Political correctness gone too far when it detracts from an individuals true writing ability (eg. awkwardness when trying to say he/she).

[kendraaaaa]

In my haste I used the adjective "complacent" for the tone. Urgh how did optimistic not come to my mind.

[tullyanders]

people who did look both ways which one did u find was easiest... i chose to do the second one as could relate to so many technique sarah watts had used.  

I did the same, wrote about Photo Montages, Short Animations and then general filmic techniques.

Same here. Luckily one of the practice exams I did had a question really similar to ii. of this exam so I just tweaked it to fit this one

the more i think of it, i wish i had done the second question for lbw, my text response had a good structure, but it lacked fluency

[dejan91]

he wasn't really optimistic. He was more,,, placating the fears that society percieves about digital technology. Don't know why optimism?

I said it was considered and reasoned.
Then towards the end it was enthusiastic.

[invalid]

Having left my vocab at the door, I just said "casual"

[xXNovaxX]

Having left my vocab at the door, I just said "casual"

+1

[NE2000]

he wasn't really optimistic. He was more,,, placating the fears that society percieves about digital technology. Don't know why optimism?

I said it was considered and reasoned.
Then towards the end it was enthusiastic.

tone shift ftw!