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Archived Discussion => HSC Exam Discussion 2020 => Exam Discussions => New South Wales => English Exams => Topic started by: Joseph41 on October 21, 2020, 08:47:48 am
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Good luck everybody! :)
When the exam has finished, use this thread to chat all things Paper 2.
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I didn’t talk about the dead and dry words in my mod c :'(
Also what are aesthetic qualities??
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we only practiced discursives rip
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And last year complained about their paper...
Can anyone remember the Mod A Question?
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Also what are aesthetic qualities??
Not entirely sure, but I interpreted it as notable 'aesthetic' features in the form. So for Eliot I talked about memorable fragmented Modernist images, unique poetic voice (flaneur/ignavi/magi/etc) and intertextual references.
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And last year complained about their paper...
Can anyone remember the Mod A Question?
I think Mod A was something along the lines of "with the two texts you have studied for textual conversations, it can be said that the later text is not original and has less power. To what extent is this true for the texts you have studied?" I can't remember if it was a 'to what extent' or 'evaluate'
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Yup mod a was like the latter text is often a shadow of its former
For aesthetic qualities I ended up just talking about the form... like the title of love song + rhapsody and the cyclical form of hollow
Rip who knows honestly
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Hey everyone,
Section 1 - Module A Essay:
This essay question ok, you could draw on different elements of writing from both texts
Section 2 - Module B Essay:
This was a good question, I basically said that the 'concerns' in Eliot's poetry are one's of decay, paralysis, stagnation etc. Then reflected in back to the Hollow Men stimulus. For the aesthetic features part of the question, I wrote about Eliot's skilful use of language and language techniques to convey the 'concerns'.
Section 3 - Module C (Creative):
SOO glad that we didn't have to write a reflection, and I just adapted what I had to the question
Overall, I hope everyone went well --> Now we have finished high school English forever! ;D
Good luck for anyone's other exams coming up!
Coolmate 8)
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Did anyone do a film for Mod B? How'd you find the screenshots?
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the creative writing stumped me, i had been practicing reflections when writing my creative writing practice under exams conditions..
i got really confused when i saw the question and ended up doing a creative writing piece and a reflection as well
glad that english is over with
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I thought Mod A was pretty good, the question was very adaptable
Mod B was also good, bit of a strange question though, as we had to argue the extract shows specific features/reflects Eliot's concerns?? Rather than talking about Eliot's poems as a whole...
I'm soooo glad Mod C was an imaginative! I honestly don't know what I would've done if it were a discursive haha
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the creative writing stumped me, i had been practicing reflections when writing my creative writing practice under exams conditions..
i got really confused when i saw the question and ended up doing a creative writing piece and a reflection as well
glad that english is over with
you're the third person i've seen who wrote a reflection as well. I wonder how that'll go with marking as in it seems to be kind of common...
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you're the third person i've seen who wrote a reflection as well. I wonder how that'll go with marking as in it seems to be kind of common...
yea idk ay
maybe u might get extra marks lol
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Can anyone remember the exact question for Standard Mod C?
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Can anyone remember the exact question for Standard Mod C?
doesn't the paper get posted right after the exam is over? I can't remember exactly but it was an excerpt about secrets and how they remain in words ideas and dust.
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doesn't the paper get posted right after the exam is over? I can't remember exactly but it was an excerpt about secrets and how they remain in words ideas and dust.
That was Advanced!?
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Can anyone remember the exact question for Standard Mod C?
Compose a piece of imaginative writing that begins with the words:
"Some things are unknowable. A person's secrets may be revealed by the things they leave behind; but what are they, those supposedly uncovered secrets? They are words, ideas...Dry and dead as dust."
Note: you are NOT required to write out the extract as part of your response.
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That was Advanced!?
yep it was! why though, is anything concerning you about it...?
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yep it was! why though, is anything concerning you about it...?
I am after the question for Standard.
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Compose a piece of imaginative writing that begins with the words:
"Some things are unknowable. A person's secrets may be revealed by the things they leave behind; but what are they, those supposedly uncovered secrets? They are words, ideas...Dry and dead as dust."
Note: you are NOT required to write out the extract as part of your response.
Would you know the question for Standard English?
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Would you know the question for Standard English?
No clue, sorry.
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Lowkey a bit unrelated to the exam - but just wondering for those exam workbook things of exemplar responses that you can purchase from nesa for English and other subjects, just wondering are those full mark scoring responses or like band 6 responses in general?
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Lowkey a bit unrelated to the exam - but just wondering for those exam workbook things of exemplar responses that you can purchase from nesa for English and other subjects, just wondering are those full mark scoring responses or like band 6 responses in general?
From NESA: "Where possible, there are 'exemplar' student responses, which are examples of responses that were awarded full marks." https://arc.nesa.nsw.edu.au/go/hsc/std-packs/
this is from the old 2000s website btw