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Informative text type
rirerire:
Anyone have any experience preparing for this text type? How could they possible test this one in the HSC as in how are we supposed to know enough about one topic to write this kind of response?
angewina_naguen:
--- Quote from: rirerire on October 10, 2020, 08:56:56 pm ---Anyone have any experience preparing for this text type? How could they possible test this one in the HSC as in how are we supposed to know enough about one topic to write this kind of response?
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Hey, rirerire!
I don't have personal experience with this text type myself but for those interested in engaging with informative writing for the HSC, I usually recommend they combine it with another text type to write a hybrid piece instead. This way, you can prepare information and ideas for a topic which can still be somewhat adaptable and worked with under exam conditions. An example could be to have an informative-creative piece which goes back and forth between two voices. The first speaker could be a professor delivering a lecture in Family Law who is providing facts, studies and statistics about divorce and the other character is a student who is listening in and recalling the events which led up to her parents' own divorce. This could allow you to prepare material to bring into the exam but still be flexible enough to change things if you get a completely unrelated question because you can work with writing a solely creative/discursive/persuasive instead :) I highly doubt they will specify for you to write an informative response only in the HSC so hopefully this gives you some options to think about. Feel free to let me know if you have any further questions though!
Angelina ;D
rirerire:
--- Quote from: angewina_naguen on October 10, 2020, 09:47:30 pm ---Hey, rirerire!
I don't have personal experience with this text type myself but for those interested in engaging with informative writing for the HSC, I usually recommend they combine it with another text type to write a hybrid piece instead. This way, you can prepare information and ideas for a topic which can still be somewhat adaptable and worked with under exam conditions. An example could be to have an informative-creative piece which goes back and forth between two voices. The first speaker could be a professor delivering a lecture in Family Law who is providing facts, studies and statistics about divorce and the other character is a student who is listening in and recalling the events which led up to her parents' own divorce. This could allow you to prepare material to bring into the exam but still be flexible enough to change things if you get a completely unrelated question because you can work with writing a solely creative/discursive/persuasive instead :) I highly doubt they will specify for you to write an informative response only in the HSC so hopefully this gives you some options to think about. Feel free to let me know if you have any further questions though!
Angelina ;D
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oooo that is such a cool idea wow
I have a question tho- is it a bad idea to make up stats? especially in your scenario where it is a hybrid text so partially imaginative as well
angewina_naguen:
--- Quote from: rirerire on October 10, 2020, 10:49:27 pm ---oooo that is such a cool idea wow
I have a question tho- is it a bad idea to make up stats? especially in your scenario where it is a hybrid text so partially imaginative as well
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Hey, rirerire!
I definitely don't think you should be making up facts, studies and statistics if you're dealing with a discursive or persuasive hybrid because the topics you're exploring are being drawn from real life. This is something you can prepare in advance for by conducting some quick research can help you find what you need to address your ideas in an informed and skilful manner ;D
However, if you have a certain purpose that you wish to fulfil by making up facts, I think it should work fine in a creative context. For example, for an imaginative hybrid piece set in a dystopic world where the line between fact and fiction is more blurred, you might want to deliberately make up the facts and figures that the leaders in the society are projecting in their propaganda to illustrate the manipulative nature of the society. Perhaps your protagonist discovers a history textbook which contradicts the knowledge they have been surrounded by and understood their whole lives which can develop itself into a strong narrative on how we might distinguish information from misinformation in our current world. Basically, if you choose to make up any facts or figures, it should align with the intended effect you want the piece to have on a reader and serve as a means to achieve it :) Hope that helps!
Angelina ;D
rirerire:
--- Quote from: angewina_naguen on October 11, 2020, 11:49:28 am ---Hey, rirerire!
I definitely don't think you should be making up facts, studies and statistics if you're dealing with a discursive or persuasive hybrid because the topics you're exploring are being drawn from real life. This is something you can prepare in advance for by conducting some quick research can help you find what you need to address your ideas in an informed and skilful manner ;D
However, if you have a certain purpose that you wish to fulfil by making up facts, I think it should work fine in a creative context. For example, for an imaginative hybrid piece set in a dystopic world where the line between fact and fiction is more blurred, you might want to deliberately make up the facts and figures that the leaders in the society are projecting in their propaganda to illustrate the manipulative nature of the society. Perhaps your protagonist discovers a history textbook which contradicts the knowledge they have been surrounded by and understood their whole lives which can develop itself into a strong narrative on how we might distinguish information from misinformation in our current world. Basically, if you choose to make up any facts or figures, it should align with the intended effect you want the piece to have on a reader and serve as a means to achieve it :) Hope that helps!
Angelina ;D
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yeah you're right ;D wow though you have so many cool ideas I think I need to start reading more books haha
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