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Re: VCE English Question Thread
« Reply #2550 on: April 27, 2020, 01:10:41 pm »
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My past English teacher told me I should be writing 3 essays a fortnight for the rest of the year (1Text response, 1 Lang Alanysis and 1 Comparative), but my class won't cover comparative until roughly mid/end of next term. Can I work ahead and start writing comparative essays? How would you guys recommend developing ideas outside of class because obviously a lot of idea and theme discussion is done in class time
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« Reply #2551 on: April 30, 2020, 10:40:06 pm »
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Btw still confused with the detail we need when analysing tone - if anyone has any info feel free to share :P

An argument analysis piece without analysing tone may be good. An argument analysis piece that describes the tone is better. An argument analysis that picks up on shifts in tone and why these tones are being used at certain points is excellent.

I would always recommend slotting in a simple tone descriptor in the introduction:
An example from my analysis on the 2012 VCAA article: In a speech to teachers, librarians and senior students, Mrs Elliot enthusiastically extols the benefits of e-books...Elliot’s sincere tone coupled with her personal experience as a retired teacher-librarian encourages her audience to...

Or: "In response, Dr Peter Laikis’ letter to the editor (titled “Off the planet”) scathingly repudiates Yergon’s advocacy, labelling it as a misguided endeavour and a waste of resources."

This is an easy way to identify tone and tick that box.

The next step is to identify a shift in tone. Writers often do this to signal a change in argument.

Here's an example (in response to the 2018 VCAA article). My first paragraph opened with "Jenkins opens his review by lauding the strong community atmosphere in Benmore..."

My second paragraph opened with "Jenkins’ tone shifts from admiring to caustic as he goes on to censure Calmer Coffee..." In this case, his whole tone had changed to rather critical when it had previously been warm, and this matches his argument about an apparently terrible coffee shop.

Finally, don't forget to discuss the impact of this tonal change.

Example (in response to 2010 VCAA article): "But this tone modulates from formal to disapproving in the series of rhetorical questions that follow - "quote...." Here, Lee elicits guilt in audience members, a feeling strengthened by..."
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Re: VCE English Question Thread
« Reply #2552 on: May 01, 2020, 07:47:11 am »
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Re: VCE English Question Thread
« Reply #2553 on: May 12, 2020, 10:28:52 am »
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I'm stuck on my English remote essay, the topic sentence is
“He was waiting for the rage to fill him that would be equal at last to the outrage he was committing” Malouf warns against seeking revenge to overcome grief. Discuss.

Quite stuck on the first body paragraph, anything you guys have to say??

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Re: VCE English Question Thread
« Reply #2554 on: May 12, 2020, 10:42:16 am »
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Hi RescueToasts,

I can definitely help you if you would like! Can you let me know what your text and introduction are, please?

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Re: VCE English Question Thread
« Reply #2555 on: May 12, 2020, 06:29:06 pm »
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Hello! Any tips on how to show rather than tell for a creative response?

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« Reply #2556 on: May 12, 2020, 06:46:17 pm »
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Hello! Any tips on how to show rather than tell for a creative response?

Hi Sarah!
One thing I was told was don't tell the audience your character is excited/angry/sad, describe the behaviours and/or thoughts of an excited/angry/sad person. Same goes for things like describing the setting, don't say the grass was green and it was a nice summer day, explain the grass and the day through the senses. Don't just state what you want the audience to know, describe it with imagery and symbolism! Here are some good (and more specific example than the ones i just gave)

Lisa's Study Guides: How to achieve an A+ in creative
Example 1
Tell: Katie was very happy.
Show: Katie’s face lifted. Little wrinkles appeared around her bright eyes, her dimples made an appearance that dug into her cheeks as a big grin emerged to show her perfect teeth.

Example 2
Tell: She felt horrible for the weeping children.
Show: Guilt throbbed inside her as she stared at the weeping children. Her heart pounded against her chest, her hands trembling beside her still body, her brain screaming at her to do something.

Example 3
Tell: I was scared.
Show: I hear my breathing; heavy, and rapid. I shut my eyes tightly. I can feel goosebumps running up my arms and down my back.

To test whether or not you are ‘telling’ instead of ‘showing’, think about whether or not your sentence leaves room for questions. In Example 1, ‘Katie was very happy’ would leave the reader thinking – what thought or action showed that she was happy? Whereas ‘show’ demonstrated that she was happy without directly stating it.

The key is to go into the finer details!
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Re: VCE English Question Thread
« Reply #2557 on: May 18, 2020, 10:11:53 am »
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Hi :)

I was just wondering if anyone has any advice about how I can memorise two sets of Shakespeare quotes (Hamlet and King Lear) for my analytical essay external exam? If you could help, it would be extremely appreciated. Yes, I'm a QCE student but I tried to ask on the QCE English/Literature forums to no avail :(

I'm also just kinda worried that I may "mix up" the quotations as the two texts that I am studying for English and Literature are extremely similar in the themes and main ideas. Do you guys have any advice of how I can avoid this?

Thank you so much and kind regards,

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Re: VCE English Question Thread
« Reply #2558 on: June 17, 2020, 08:41:54 pm »
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How would you signpost topic sentences in a text response essay without going off-topic or without sounding mechanical (doesn't flow well)?
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« Reply #2559 on: July 02, 2020, 09:27:31 am »
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I was looking in the essay marking thread to practise my skills by mentally “marking” some other essays and checking against other AN users feedback to that person.

What exactly is close analysis? Is it just in depth analysing?
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Re: VCE English Question Thread
« Reply #2560 on: July 02, 2020, 10:52:26 am »
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How would you signpost topic sentences in a text response essay without going off-topic or without sounding mechanical (doesn't flow well)?
tbh signposting would be useful for argument analysis and it's not necessary for text response.

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Re: VCE English Question Thread
« Reply #2561 on: July 02, 2020, 10:59:10 am »
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I was looking in the essay marking thread to practise my skills by mentally “marking” some other essays and checking against other AN users feedback to that person.

What exactly is close analysis? Is it just in depth analysing?
fyi close analysis is not the same as argument analysis. I believe to the best of my knowledge that close analysis is one of the two essay students write in the VCAA exam for LITERATURE, not English, and it's primary goal is to elaborate on the writer's language and it creates meaning. If you're originally referring to argument analysis, it's primary goal is to analyse the various techniques the writer intended to deploy and the intended response the writer seeks to evoke from a specifically targeted audience. It's one of the three essays students write in the VCAA exam for ENGLISH

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« Reply #2562 on: July 02, 2020, 02:29:52 pm »
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fyi close analysis is not the same as argument analysis. I believe to the best of my knowledge that close analysis is one of the two essay students write in the VCAA exam for LITERATURE, not English, and it's primary goal is to elaborate on the writer's language and it creates meaning. If you're originally referring to argument analysis, it's primary goal is to analyse the various techniques the writer intended to deploy and the intended response the writer seeks to evoke from a specifically targeted audience. It's one of the three essays students write in the VCAA exam for ENGLISH

Sorry I don’t think I phrased it right. I meant people that were marking the language analysis said this is great close analysis and what VCAA markers look for. I’m just wondering what IS close analysis, if you were to implement it in a language analysis. I know what LA is I’m a year 12, that came off a little rude.....
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Re: VCE English Question Thread
« Reply #2563 on: July 02, 2020, 11:08:06 pm »
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How would you signpost topic sentences in a text response essay without going off-topic or without sounding mechanical (doesn't flow well)?
I honestly only have a vague idea of what a signpost is so I'm sorry if this is wrong. If the paragraph is in the middle you can kind of reference an idea from the previous paragraph and link it to your next paragraph so you can start talking about your next point. I'd start your signpost with connecting words (eg. furthermore, moreover, similar). Usually though, my topic sentence kind of is my signpost due to the word limit. In that case you might want to review the last sentence of the previous paragraph and tweak it in a way so that the first sentence of your next paragraph flows better. In my opinion, using similar or the same words from your thesis helps reinforce the transitions as they're ultimately arguing the same major point. Just make sure you don't introduce it like "the next point is" or "the purpose is" because those aren't subtle enough and may sound clunky. I also found This. If you scroll down a bit it talks about signposts and how to use them with topic sentences.


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Re: VCE English Question Thread
« Reply #2564 on: July 08, 2020, 09:01:17 am »
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hi, is anyone studying wordsworth poetry for section A of the exam this year?
other than the ten or so poems my school has prescribed for study, is it worth it to be familiar with all the poems in the collection (selected by Seamus Heaney)? many of the poems are a few pages long so I'm finding it daunting to make myself look at them..

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