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Re: VCE English Language Question Thread
« Reply #315 on: October 31, 2020, 03:33:39 pm »
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Hey guys,
I was just wondering, what type of metalanguage term is 'zinger box' i'm not sure if its slang or if its jargon because it doesn't fully apply to those words so i was just wondering if there was a term that could refer to things like fast food items.



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I don't think that it is either of those tbh... Its name is a "zinger box" its not a non standard term for the meal, unless you have an example of it being use for something other then KFC's zinger box. Additionally slang is linked to generations - which this defiantly isn't. These factors rule out slang.
It could be jargon if you have it being used by employees at KFC but its a bit of a stretch. I'd say it is probably too wide spread to be jargon.

Using metalanguage I'd call this a new noun created from the "compounding" word formation process (maybe collocation but I'd say its acting as a single new term). You could also talk about the word (zinnger)'s positive connotations or even the eye catching rarity of the initial "zi" phoneme that draws attention to the lexeme.
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Re: VCE English Language Question Thread
« Reply #316 on: November 02, 2020, 06:29:58 pm »
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Hi, I was hoping to get some help with improving my expression in phrasing discussion of cohesion and coherence. Currently I've been told I usually state the feature, provide an example, and then explain its function, and for instance if I pick three different features to analyse, I repeat this pattern for all three. What are some better or more diverse ways to phrase explanation of cohesion and coherence, and change things up? Thanks  :)
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Re: VCE English Language Question Thread
« Reply #317 on: November 04, 2020, 09:18:20 am »
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What's the proper metalanguage for the 'vibe' of a text?? In ACs, I really can't think of a better word to describe the general mood/atmosphere of a text without it sounding a bit odd - even 'mood' and 'atmosphere' don't feel completely right, but 'vibe' isn't really an appropriate word for ACs imo considering how it's pretty much slang. Ideas?
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Re: VCE English Language Question Thread
« Reply #318 on: November 04, 2020, 09:28:31 am »
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Hi, I was hoping to get some help with improving my expression in phrasing discussion of cohesion and coherence. Currently I've been told I usually state the feature, provide an example, and then explain its function, and for instance if I pick three different features to analyse, I repeat this pattern for all three. What are some better or more diverse ways to phrase explanation of cohesion and coherence, and change things up? Thanks  :)

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You could try more of an integrated approach where you discuss features together and compare how they are used.


What's the proper metalanguage for the 'vibe' of a text?? In ACs, I really can't think of a better word to describe the general mood/atmosphere of a text without it sounding a bit odd - even 'mood' and 'atmosphere' don't feel completely right, but 'vibe' isn't really an appropriate word for ACs imo considering how it's pretty much slang. Ideas?

It sounds like you might be thinking about tone?

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Re: VCE English Language Question Thread
« Reply #319 on: November 04, 2020, 09:28:45 am »
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What's the proper metalanguage for the 'vibe' of a text?? In ACs, I really can't think of a better word to describe the general mood/atmosphere of a text without it sounding a bit odd - even 'mood' and 'atmosphere' don't feel completely right, but 'vibe' isn't really an appropriate word for ACs imo considering how it's pretty much slang. Ideas?
Would something like 'tone' be what you wanted? (Note I'm only an English student, so I don't know really.)
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Re: VCE English Language Question Thread
« Reply #320 on: November 04, 2020, 11:04:04 am »
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What's the proper metalanguage for the 'vibe' of a text?? In ACs, I really can't think of a better word to describe the general mood/atmosphere of a text without it sounding a bit odd - even 'mood' and 'atmosphere' don't feel completely right, but 'vibe' isn't really an appropriate word for ACs imo considering how it's pretty much slang. Ideas?
I tend to use persona, atmosphere and tone.

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Re: VCE English Language Question Thread
« Reply #321 on: November 04, 2020, 07:39:53 pm »
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Just wanted to mention - I talked about tone in my essay and my teacher told me to try and avoid it. I think it's not part of the study design?

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Re: VCE English Language Question Thread
« Reply #322 on: November 04, 2020, 07:58:57 pm »
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Just wanted to mention - I talked about tone in my essay and my teacher told me to try and avoid it. I think it's not part of the study design?

Brought this up w my teacher too. Apparently you need to be very careful when you talk about it because there can be a tendency to start talking about things more related to the mainstream English course (since tones and themes aren't really part of lang) rather than analysing the actual language used. So if you decide to talk about it you need to fully explain how the tone is achieved and make explicit links back to why this is relevant to social purpose/register/context. Or something like that.
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Re: VCE English Language Question Thread
« Reply #323 on: November 05, 2020, 01:08:30 pm »
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Ohh that makes more sense now thank you :)

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Re: VCE English Language Question Thread
« Reply #324 on: November 08, 2020, 08:22:27 am »
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how do you tell the difference between back focus and front focus?

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Re: VCE English Language Question Thread
« Reply #325 on: November 08, 2020, 10:33:11 am »
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how do you tell the difference between back focus and front focus?

I think you mean end focus. Front focus is often distinguished when something that is not usually at the start of the sentence is put there, often also shown with a comma.
E.g. With this medal, your nation honours you. This draws emphasis to the medal being presented.
End focus is usually shown through listing or simply ending with a clause that isn't usually meant to be at the end
E.g. It was hot, the coffee (builds suspense to the object that causes the heat) or the discovery of a new species of ants helped biologist, anthropologist, zoologist and immunoligist.

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Re: VCE English Language Question Thread
« Reply #326 on: November 09, 2020, 03:45:55 pm »
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Hi everyone,

I'm just wondering what type of topics are we expecting in the essay this year? As well as the text type for Section A and B?
Is there a pattern with VCAA or is it just random every year?

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Re: VCE English Language Question Thread
« Reply #327 on: February 15, 2021, 09:40:20 pm »
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Hey guys
I've been trying to get some practice for sec A's so i thought about going onto past vcaa exams but I can't find the texts that the questions are about. Are they available on some other vcaa page or are they just not available to us?


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Re: VCE English Language Question Thread
« Reply #328 on: February 28, 2021, 02:36:07 pm »
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Hi,
What's the difference between a clause and a phrase?

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Re: VCE English Language Question Thread
« Reply #329 on: February 28, 2021, 05:51:09 pm »
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hi, what's the best way to prep for an AC SAC? I'm not sure if I should be writing a bunch of practice ACs or spending time memorising the different features of informal language....any help would be greatly appreciated!