English Advanced HSC Trial prep

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Helpful reminders for your Trials preparation:

AOSSection 1: Read the questions carefully, read the questions carefully, read the questions carefully! Make sure you do precisely what the questions ask of you look very carefully at the wording Be clear about the verb used e.g. identify, explain, analyse, compare, contrast, discuss and the degree of detail and depth each expects Check what the question is worth to determine how much depth to go into Always in include a quote to support your answerSection 2: Make sure the main focus of your piece is DISCOVERY Use descriptive and figurative language PURPOSEFULLY Ensure your piece reflects the specific instructions in the question Explore discovery in a way that shows you understand that it is a complex and multi-layered notionSection 3: Respond to the specific focus of the question Ensure you have a through-line that ties your response together Have clear thesis statements that engage with the question Remember this is a comparative essay so use linking words in your topic sentences and draw connections between the texts in each paragraph Be particularly sure you link your second and third body paragraphs the essay should not read as half an essay on one point and half an essay on a second point show through-line

Module A Respond to the specific focus of the question Ensure you have a through-line that ties your response together so it doesnt just read as a thematic response Have clear thesis statements that engage with the question Remember to provide a balanced discussion of both texts and continually show how each deepens our understanding of the other Remember to utilise the suggested structure:Idea One across paragraphs one and twoIdea Two across paragraphs three and fourParagraph one for each idea primary focus is Mrs Dalloway, also show how Daldry deepens our understanding of itParagraph two for each idea primary focus is Daldry, also show how Mrs Dallowaydeepens our understanding of itModule B: Respond to the specific focus of the question Ensure you have a through-line that ties your response together so it doesnt just read as a thematic response there should be a wholistic sense of your personal reading Have clear thesis statements that engage with the question and reflect elements of your overall reading Elements that must come up in your essay:References to soliloquiesIdentification of soliloquies when discussed, e.g. the to be, or not to be soliloquyReferences to Act FiveEngagement with the text as a revenge tragedyModule C: Respond to the specific focus of the question Ensure you have a through-line that ties your response together Have clear thesis statements that engage with the question and engage with issues of the REPRESENTATION of politics and people. Elements that must come up in your essay:Issues of representationAspects of politics explored in the poems.