2024 HSC Chat (115 Viewers)

[sainzsgf]

lmao im not starting till sunday

no real mod c is the only one i don't give an absolute shit if i tank. besides unless you pay for your paper, you'll never know how those marks were distributed THEREFORE we'll never know what we got in mod c. if ill never know its not worth stressing over lmao. end of my ted talk

 

[katiekms]

lmao im not starting english till sunday

real

 

[Solarised]

 

[katiekms]

def not - he cuts out all the women scenes from lfr, reduces them to impotent characters there to serve his own ambition and plot. he deliberately casts a young, naive actress AND THEN CUTS ALLLL HER SCENES way to go

wait i know nothing about this dude, isn’t it hurting him to do that? waste money on casting and filming someone if you just cut all their scenes anyway?

 

[Solarised]

wait i know nothing about this dude, isn’t it hurting him to do that? waste money on casting and filming someone if you just cut all their scenes anyway?

What the hell is this convo about

 

[hscccc]

wait i know nothing about this dude, isn’t it hurting him to do that? waste money on casting and filming someone if you just cut all their scenes anyway?

the whole thing is weird bc i dont think he ever actually put out the film? all he did was release the docudrama which is a weird hybrid of a doc with random actual filmed scenes throughout. he cast winona ryder and she was literally in it for 2 minutes max

 

[radioheadfan42]

I think your structure is fine, just a few tweaks here and there. Just when you get you into your analysis of your own text, link back to your prescribed text, do something along the lines of:
"Inspired by Brook's 'A Home in Fiction' in its emphasis on the power of words and by extension writing..."
"Mirroring Brook's extended metaphor of building a wall, my text similarly employs the extended metaphor of x to

For techniques, I recommend 'macro techniques' (techniques that deals with the structure i.e type of narration, motif, extended metaphor, vignettes, flashbacks, characterization, epigraph etc"

As for word count, if its a 10/10 split between creative and reflection, spend half the time on your reflection. For me personally, since I write around 28 words per minute and I have 20 minutes to write a reflection, my reflection should be roughly 560 words. Your word count for reflection shouldn't be set in stone but rather reflect the mark allocation.

I also 100% agree with what Radioheadfan42 said about personal voice and the 60/70%

Just my take.

YES MACRO TECHNIQUES ALL THE WAY!! This is what i always use for evidence, its super flexible. Both in my essays and in creatives i will always choose a macro technique, its a lot more straightforward to talk about, and it helps your analysis feel much more "rounded"...in the sense that its connecting to the entire text. Its easier to talk about it as a whole, like, as a whole piece for lack of any better term.

This reminds me a little of how i do unseens. When looking at a unseen text i always look for macro first. Like how long the sentences are, weather they are super long and flowy or if theyre quick, snappy and straight to the point. How its sectioned, or how its structured, or if theres any consistencies in the metaphors they use...
ie, if a text is criticising, lets say industrialisation...they may imbue a whole lot of references to things like smoke, or soot, or metal, Plasticine...often they may physically decribe something in a way thats super hyper-specifc to this theme, even if its an object or thing you wouldnt at all associate it with. Ie, lets say a pair of black boots. An author COULD say they are "midnight black", or just "black", but if they say - for instance - "tar-coloured" boots that IMMEDIATELY gives me at least a really icky sensation. You wouldnt ever associate those two together, and it makes for a really powerful image.

Of course, only use evidence like this if its relevant to the question but what im saying is...look for things which SOUND really unique too, because theres probably a reason why. Go with your gut! A text is supposed to be read after all

 

[hscccc]

What the hell is this convo about

the most boring mod a text and the idiot who made it

 

[Solarised]

the most boring mod a text and the idiot who made it

I did Mrs Dalloway and The Hours

 

[hscccc]

YES MACRO TECHNIQUES ALL THE WAY!! This is what i always use for evidence, its super flexible. Both in my essays and in creatives i will always choose a macro technique, its a lot more straightforward to talk about, and it helps your analysis feel much more "rounded"...in the sense that its connecting to the entire text. Its easier to talk about it as a whole, like, as a whole piece for lack of any better term.

When looking at a unseen text i always look for macro first. Like how long the sentences are, weather they are super long and flowy or if theyre quick, snappy and straight to the point. How its sectioned, or how its structured, or if theres any consistencies in the metaphors they use...
ie, if a text is criticising, lets say industrialisation...they may imbue a whole lot of references to things like smoke, or soot, or metal, Plasticine...often they may physically decribe something in a way thats super hyper-specifc to this theme, even if its an object or thing you wouldnt at all associate it with. Ie, lets say a pair of black boots. An author COULD say they are "midnight black", or just "black", but if they say - for instance - "tar-coloured" boots that IMMEDIATELY gives me at least a really icky sensation. You wouldnt ever associate those two together, and it makes for a really powerful image.

Of course, only use evidence like this if its relevant to the question but what im saying is...look for things which SOUND really unique too, because theres probably a reason why. Go with your gut! A text is supposed to be read after all

MACRO
and yes i agree - the markers can see your simile (well actually they cant bc its marked seperate anyway) but they dont need u to point it out you know..
macro techniques r the way to go for the justification, ESPECIALLY bc youre giving that marker a well rounded and cohesive analysis of ur piece esp bc theyre not even reading it

 

[fijifrotter]

real

im actually srs tho i did paper 1 and paper 2 both the night before and got a mid b5 raw english is bullshit

 

[radioheadfan42]

the most boring mod a text and the idiot who made it

I got an absolutely awesome Mod A text...love atwood, shes awesome.

I love all my prescribed texts to be honest, i got very lucky!

Especially The Crucible, mostly for Giles Corey. Favorite character 100%, big fan of Giles. Giles my beloved

 

[hscccc]

I did Mrs Dalloway and The Hours

very likely better than looking for richard

 

[katiekms]

im actually srs tho i did paper 1 and paper 2 both the night before and got a mid b5 raw english is bullshit

LITERALLY SAME. 83 with like 2 hours of preparation the night before…. somehow. it doesn’t make sense

 

[hscccc]

I got an absolutely awesome Mod A text...love atwood, shes awesome.

I love all my prescribed texts to be honest, i got very lucky!

Especially The Crucible, mostly for Giles Corey. Favorite character 100%, big fan of Giles. Giles my beloved

LOVE atwood too, I use one of her short stories as my supplementary for ext

 

[radagastthebrown]

guys is 1100 words in 52 minutes reasonable or am I a really slow writer? I just timed myself doing a T.S. Eliot essay

 

[radioheadfan42]

LOVE atwood too, I use one of her short stories as my supplementary for ext

BASED!! Shes awesome, i wish i could yap about absolutely everything fascinating she is doing with the tempest but I'm not allowed to...i must contain myself from the yap. Im really good at yapping.

 

[hscccc]

guys is 1100 words in 52 minutes reasonable or am I a really slow writer? I just timed myself doing a T.S. Eliot essay

youll wanna get a bit faster - youre only meant to take 45 and you should account for time to plan - but its not bad id say?

EDIT: 40 minutes oops

 

[radioheadfan42]

guys is 1100 words in 52 minutes reasonable or am I a really slow writer? I just timed myself doing a T.S. Eliot essay

Better than what i can do! I think a good aim for most essays is about a minimum of 800 words, so if you spend 45 minutes on your essay and get in 800 words, that's solid!

Its far better than what i can do. I can do approx. 1 (one) syllable in 300 years.

 

[radagastthebrown]

bear in mind, this was ONLY writing, absolutely no thinking, I was copying an essay I had written last week.