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Re: ENGLISH EXAM HOW THE BLOODY HELL DID YOU GO?
« Reply #30 on: October 28, 2010, 01:37:26 pm »
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I love you and you saved my ass.  

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Re: ENGLISH EXAM HOW THE BLOODY HELL DID YOU GO?
« Reply #31 on: October 28, 2010, 01:38:30 pm »
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Quote from: andrewloppol on October 28, 2010, 01:26:24 pm
i talked about everything :P
audience,
constant repeating of "action" was one of my main points,
both images and the title of the first slide :)


LOL-me too. And also the word "biodiversity"

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Re: ENGLISH EXAM HOW THE BLOODY HELL DID YOU GO?
« Reply #32 on: October 28, 2010, 01:39:02 pm »
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I'm not sure if the piece is a real piece, but it is a bit ridiculous, not many other people identified the alternate meaning of the action of taking stock.
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Re: ENGLISH EXAM HOW THE BLOODY HELL DID YOU GO?
« Reply #33 on: October 28, 2010, 01:40:29 pm »
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Quote from: stonecold on October 28, 2010, 01:37:26 pm
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I saw the Cosi prompts and... STUFF YOU GOT THE GOOD ONES
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Re: ENGLISH EXAM HOW THE BLOODY HELL DID YOU GO?
« Reply #34 on: October 28, 2010, 01:41:33 pm »
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Quote from: taiga on October 28, 2010, 01:39:02 pm
I'm not sure if the piece is a real piece, but it is a bit ridiculous, not many other people identified the alternate meaning of the action of taking stock.
yeh i wrote that it could have many meanings which left the audience curious or somthing like that. is that correct?
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Re: ENGLISH EXAM HOW THE BLOODY HELL DID YOU GO?
« Reply #35 on: October 28, 2010, 01:41:41 pm »
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Quote from: taiga on October 28, 2010, 01:39:02 pm
I'm not sure if the piece is a real piece, but it is a bit ridiculous, not many other people identified the alternate meaning of the action of taking stock.
Yer I mentioned how the title referred to "taking" while the image was the direct opposite and brought up the idea of "giving" to change the audiences' actions ... blah blah blah. So glad I don't have to write another essay on a book EVER again.

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Re: ENGLISH EXAM HOW THE BLOODY HELL DID YOU GO?
« Reply #36 on: October 28, 2010, 01:41:47 pm »
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I thought it just had something to do when people say 'taking inventory' like a review of what has changed, and what still needs to be done.

But I'm pretty wishywashy to I dunno :S
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Re: ENGLISH EXAM HOW THE BLOODY HELL DID YOU GO?
« Reply #37 on: October 28, 2010, 01:44:00 pm »
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lol mfas promts were so gay man..i thought there would be one abut the common man and spent all of yesterday memorising a common man essay...fkn waste
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Re: ENGLISH EXAM HOW THE BLOODY HELL DID YOU GO?
« Reply #38 on: October 28, 2010, 01:44:53 pm »
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Quote from: lisafaustina on October 28, 2010, 01:44:00 pm
lol mfas promts were so gay man..i thought there would be one abut the common man and spent all of yesterday memorising a common man essay...fkn waste

Hahah everyones predictions were wrong... the only thing that was guessed right was "something about More"
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Re: ENGLISH EXAM HOW THE BLOODY HELL DID YOU GO?
« Reply #39 on: October 28, 2010, 01:46:38 pm »
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LOL well the whole play is about more after all
but eh
they were just so gay i wrote so much bullshit lol
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Re: ENGLISH EXAM HOW THE BLOODY HELL DID YOU GO?
« Reply #40 on: October 28, 2010, 01:47:30 pm »
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I found Language Analysis to be an absolute gift... Very straightforward.
Text Response questions for Hard Times were alright. I chose the "suffering" one ... Pretty obvious choice haha!
And context (imaginative landscape) seemed like a normal "inner vs. outer reality" topic... But this is the essay I badly timed for and only had 30 mins to do in it's entirety lol! I got 3 and a half pages for it... very rushed and shitty handwriting... my Island references were shallow and hurried... :S

BUT IT'S OVER! Everyone, even if you felt like it was anti-climactic or stuff-up, it's over. So just find solace that you wil never have to do that again haha. And I think most people would be pleasantly surprised by how they went in English anyway - comparing to the absolute belcurve of language ability in the state haha!

And regarding the speech and the 2 images - if you mentioned the SECOND ONE of the "world in the hands" but not the other one, then I wouldn't be too stressed. The opening slide wasn't anything amazing except for correlating with that idea of looking beyond the "glossy brochures"/"inspiring documentaries" and things LIKE that optimistic image and getting to the issue. They won't TAKE MARKS OFF but if you DID mention it it probably looked good.
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Re: ENGLISH EXAM HOW THE BLOODY HELL DID YOU GO?
« Reply #41 on: October 28, 2010, 01:48:05 pm »
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Quote from: studying_hard on October 28, 2010, 01:41:33 pm
Quote from: taiga on October 28, 2010, 01:39:02 pm
I'm not sure if the piece is a real piece, but it is a bit ridiculous, not many other people identified the alternate meaning of the action of taking stock.
yeh i wrote that it could have many meanings which left the audience curious or somthing like that. is that correct?
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Quote from: taiga on October 28, 2010, 01:39:02 pm
I'm not sure if the piece is a real piece, but it is a bit ridiculous, not many other people identified the alternate meaning of the action of taking stock.
Yer I mentioned how the title referred to "taking" while the image was the direct opposite and brought up the idea of "giving" to change the audiences' actions ... blah blah blah. So glad I don't have to write another essay on a book EVER again.



Well by chance I had heard it reading an article about 5 months ago.

To "take stock" is to calculate and make a judgement. how it means that? I don't know. But I looked it up after, and yeah, that's it
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Re: ENGLISH EXAM HOW THE BLOODY HELL DID YOU GO?
« Reply #42 on: October 28, 2010, 01:48:51 pm »
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SO GLAD ENGLISH IS OVER. NO MORE ESSAYS EVER AGAIN. WIN :D
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Re: ENGLISH EXAM HOW THE BLOODY HELL DID YOU GO?
« Reply #43 on: October 28, 2010, 01:49:30 pm »
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Quote from: andrewloppol on October 28, 2010, 01:48:28 pm
i talked for length about common man in second prompt!
how is the CM related to the prompt?
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« Reply #44 on: October 28, 2010, 01:50:00 pm »
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Quote from: 99.95_for_sure on October 28, 2010, 01:48:51 pm
SO GLAD ENGLISH IS OVER. NO MORE ESSAYS EVER AGAIN. WIN :D
man youre like really pro at english though lol
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