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Re: Memorising essays
« Reply #45 on: December 21, 2009, 01:56:52 pm »
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What did TrueTears do? lol

"Then when I got to the exam period I realised this was VERY BAD exam prep. I had not done many practice essays and the text response question in the exam was one I had completely not touched on before."

Talk about not being talented...you got 50 lol!!!! Well done on epic result btw...:P
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« Reply #46 on: December 21, 2009, 01:58:57 pm »
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Yep - memorising is the way to go - you've got a whole year - write generic essays so that u can just regurgitate relevant shit in the exam.
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« Reply #47 on: December 21, 2009, 02:01:15 pm »
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So does anyone know a good essay source?
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« Reply #48 on: December 21, 2009, 02:02:08 pm »
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Lol, that's what I'm trying to do. I'm the type of person that get mind-blanks during exams (especially in exams such as English where you need to deal with such complicated concepts whilst trying not to get distracted and going mentally off course), so I'm really REALLY bad at thinking on the spot! Especially if the time limits an hour per essay....I might go with the golden memorising suggestion....:)
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Re: Memorising essays
« Reply #49 on: December 21, 2009, 02:03:17 pm »
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Quote from: kenhung123 on December 21, 2009, 02:01:15 pm
So does anyone know a good essay source?

There's some pretty good essays off the Examiner's Report thing under Past Exams in the VCAA site. Or alternatively, you can try and get some examples off top English students on VN...
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Re: Memorising essays
« Reply #50 on: December 21, 2009, 02:08:42 pm »
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Quote from: TrueTears on December 15, 2009, 10:09:50 pm
I think I at least memorised over 100 sentences and phrases which could be used in a variety of language analysis pieces.

Do that. It's very useful for language analysis since the articles are generally not as unpredictable as text response or context.

Go with memorizing essays if you wish, but sometimes that may throw you completely off if you encounter a question in the exam that you have not dealt with before. Though this will not happen if you have adequate exam prep. :)

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Talk about not being talented...you got 50 lol!!!! Well done on epic result btw...:P

the examiner(s) who read my responses were drunk...>.> ssshhhhh
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Re: Memorising essays
« Reply #51 on: December 21, 2009, 02:12:53 pm »
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Quote from: brightsky on December 21, 2009, 02:03:17 pm
Quote from: kenhung123 on December 21, 2009, 02:01:15 pm
So does anyone know a good essay source?

There's some pretty good essays off the Examiner's Report thing under Past Exams in the VCAA site. Or alternatively, you can try and get some examples off top English students on VN...

This is a really good suggestion, i found heaps of really good and interesting essays from these sources and at time did use some of there ideas. they give you very abstract and irregular responses that give different perspective on a prompt. DEFINITELY worth checking out
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Re: Memorising essays
« Reply #52 on: December 21, 2009, 02:24:11 pm »
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People say examiner report essays are not very good i.e. 8/10
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« Reply #53 on: December 21, 2009, 02:26:58 pm »
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Quote from: kenhung123 on December 21, 2009, 02:24:11 pm
People say examiner report essays are not very good i.e. 8/10
I only used them as a GUIDE to see where I rank, i.e. if my essays are up to standard, and what examiners see as "good".

The trouble is, the essays on the VCAA do not say 8/10, 9/10 etc, just "very good".....such an ambiguous term
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Re: Memorising essays
« Reply #54 on: December 21, 2009, 05:05:08 pm »
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Yeah, it's what they're for anyway. I won't imagine VCAA would put 10/10 essays on their site for various veritable reasons...
I'll say ask some top notch English folks on VN to post some example essays. herzy or someone was going to post some on the English Essay Directory just this morning, but he left...
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Re: Memorising essays
« Reply #55 on: December 21, 2009, 09:24:00 pm »
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Quote from: kenhung123 on December 21, 2009, 02:24:11 pm
People say examiner report essays are not very good i.e. 8/10

Since when does one person, EZ, count as "people"?
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Re: Memorising essays
« Reply #56 on: December 21, 2009, 10:16:05 pm »
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Quote from: kyzoo on December 21, 2009, 09:24:00 pm
Quote from: kenhung123 on December 21, 2009, 02:24:11 pm
People say examiner report essays are not very good i.e. 8/10

Since when does one person, EZ, count as "people"?

kyzoo, my info comes from ex-examiners/people who have contact with actual examiners eg. Ms. Hamilton.  :p
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Re: Memorising essays
« Reply #57 on: December 21, 2009, 10:20:04 pm »
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Quote from: kyzoo on December 21, 2009, 09:24:00 pm
Quote from: kenhung123 on December 21, 2009, 02:24:11 pm
People say examiner report essays are not very good i.e. 8/10

Since when does one person, EZ, count as "people"?
holby also said that.
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Re: Memorising essays
« Reply #58 on: December 21, 2009, 10:23:45 pm »
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Quote from: EvangelionZeta on December 21, 2009, 10:16:05 pm
Quote from: kyzoo on December 21, 2009, 09:24:00 pm
Quote from: kenhung123 on December 21, 2009, 02:24:11 pm
People say examiner report essays are not very good i.e. 8/10

Since when does one person, EZ, count as "people"?

kyzoo, my info comes from ex-examiners/people who have contact with actual examiners eg. Ms. Hamilton.  :p

lol, but that's indirect, so it doesn't count as being several ppl.

I find it funny how when someone says "people", it sounds like 10+ persons when it's actually only 2 or 3
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Re: Memorising essays
« Reply #59 on: December 21, 2009, 10:31:02 pm »
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I'm sorry kyzoo

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