English exam mistakes

[lolbox]

Hey,
Just wanting to ask about a few mistakes I think I made in the english exam for reassurance I guess.
Firstly, are there huge consequences with not finishing an essay. I only managed to write a three line conclusion for my text response when the examiner said pens down. I've been getting 9's and 10's for my essays previously by various markers and english teachers at a pretty good school, but not finishing does that rule me out of a score like that automatically (be honest, I don't really care about my mark cause I tried my best, just curious to know haha)

Also, the other thing, with the Language Analysis I didn't mention Voxi at all. I didn't see the name until after the exam so I just referred to him as "the author" for the entire language analysis. Other then that, I thought I did really well on it. How detrimental would not mentioning Voxi be in my mark for language analysis.

[EvangelionZeta]

A guy at my school got 47 without even having a conclusion for one essay last year, so you should be ok.

[Trent]

Also, the other thing, with the Language Analysis I didn't mention Voxi at all. I didn't see the name until after the exam so I just referred to him as "the author" for the entire language analysis. Other then that, I thought I did really well on it. How detrimental would not mentioning Voxi be in my mark for language analysis.

I would also like to know this. I did exactly the same thing as you.

[haneybee]

Also, the other thing, with the Language Analysis I didn't mention Voxi at all. I didn't see the name until after the exam so I just referred to him as "the author" for the entire language analysis. Other then that, I thought I did really well on it. How detrimental would not mentioning Voxi be in my mark for language analysis.

me too!! omg, it's reassuring to know that I'm not the only one...

hopefully it doesn't matter too much because Voxi wasn't mentioned explicitly as  the writer and it didn't say "posted by Voxi" like it normally does on a blog entry or whatever.

It just didn't cross my mind to write his/her name!! arghhhh

[EvangelionZeta]

Given that it seems a lot of people were confused about the identity of Voxi, I think most examiners will pick up on it and not care much about it.

[shonira]

yeah my conclusions for the context and text response were pretty short cos i ran out of time....hopefully it doesnt affect my mark too much :I

[mystikal]

my text repsone was dodgey i didnt answer the question properly(misinterpretation) in my first body para, but answered correctly in my other two....

does that mean i cant get a 6-8/10 for text?

[EvangelionZeta]

You might.  Examiners tend to get 75% of their mark from the intro+first paragraph of your essay - however, they most likely will skim over the 2nd+3rd, so if it starts to improve there they might spend an extra minute or two reading in detail.  At any rate, they probably will mark you down a bit because of the 1st paragraph, but if the 2nd and 3rd are solid then you might still pull off a reasonably good mark.  :p

[dejan91]

Really? My best paragraph for text response was probably my third one. Followed by first, then second. Do they even read your conclusion and does it mean anything significant?

[EvangelionZeta]

The rough process is that they'll read the intro in detail, possibly the first paragraph as well if they need confirmation of roughly where your level is, then skim over the other body paragraphs before reading the conclusion in detail. 

I guess it makes sense in a way.  From the intro they can glean the level of your writing quality as well the approach you're taking towards the topic+your points.  Then for all the "knowledge/use of evidence" criteria they can just skim over the body paragraphs and still find quotes, examples, etc.

[mystikal]

You might.  Examiners tend to get 75% of their mark from the intro+first paragraph of your essay - however, they most likely will skim over the 2nd+3rd, so if it starts to improve there they might spend an extra minute or two reading in detail.  At any rate, they probably will mark you down a bit because of the 1st paragraph, but if the 2nd and 3rd are solid then you might still pull off a reasonably good mark.  :p

o wow thanks for the confidence booster lols all i want is like 8,8,8 or at least 7,7,7 == which i hope i can get lols

[haneybee]

The rough process is that they'll read the intro in detail, possibly the first paragraph as well if they need confirmation of roughly where your level is, then skim over the other body paragraphs before reading the conclusion in detail. 

I guess it makes sense in a way.  From the intro they can glean the level of your writing quality as well the approach you're taking towards the topic+your points.  Then for all the "knowledge/use of evidence" criteria they can just skim over the body paragraphs and still find quotes, examples, etc.

do you happen to know if the assessors penalise you for structure? for my context essay I wrote a page for a paragraph because I needed to explain the context then explain the textual evidence etc etc.

I know the structure does count... but do the examiners mark really harshly on this aspect of writing? =SSS. arghhh.

[iao123]

not true, examiners are paid to read every single word of your essay, they do not 'skim read' the second and third paragraphs.

[EvangelionZeta]

The rough process is that they'll read the intro in detail, possibly the first paragraph as well if they need confirmation of roughly where your level is, then skim over the other body paragraphs before reading the conclusion in detail. 

I guess it makes sense in a way.  From the intro they can glean the level of your writing quality as well the approach you're taking towards the topic+your points.  Then for all the "knowledge/use of evidence" criteria they can just skim over the body paragraphs and still find quotes, examples, etc.

do you happen to know if the assessors penalise you for structure? for my context essay I wrote a page for a paragraph because I needed to explain the context then explain the textual evidence etc etc.

I know the structure does count... but do the examiners mark really harshly on this aspect of writing? =SSS. arghhh.

If the way you did it made sense then it should probably be ok.  They won't just be like "zomg, does not follow TEEL essay style, instant -5 marks", especially with Context which tends to get a lot of variation in response types.

not true, examiners are paid to read every single word of your essay, they do not 'skim read' the second and third paragraphs.

Half the English staff at my school are exam markers.  It's drilled into us that on average, examiners only have 3-4 minutes to read through+mark an essay.

[simpak]

  It's drilled into us that on average, examiners only have 3-4 minutes to read through+mark an essay.

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