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Contrast and juxtaposition are very similar (opposites e.g. happy/sad)- in terms of analysing your texts and providing quotes you can use them interchangeably. Antithesis refers to a result which was NOT expected (e.g. a character who appears very innocent throughout the text, but at the...

Completely fine, as long as you focus on the emotions and avoid physical details of how violence/death occurs

For a picture book try 'Maus' by Art Spiegelman (about Holocaust survivors- covering survival (Jews in the Holocaust), spirituality (loss of faith in God), truth (Nazi propaganda and lies)) For a short story try 'The Poison Belt' by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (sci-fi about surviving a poisonous belt...

You are correct, you should use single quotation marks for text title ('The Tempest'). When it comes to quotes, you can use either single or double quotation marks as long as it you keep it consistent throughout your essay ('QUOTE' or "QUOTE")

I've written a guide to understanding how internal and external marks contribute to your final HSC mark, check it out here https://www.hscgoldenguidetoenglish.com/study-guide/. Let me know if you still have any questions or there's anything else you'd like to see included in the guide!

I agree that your current method of writing is much better than the egyptian tomb story because it will be easier to adapt + more realistic and appealing to the reader. Perhaps what your teacher was referring to was a lack of emotional action/tension in your story. You can improve this...

Typically 2 poems are considered 1 text for all HSC modules. So you can expect a question that says 'refer to two Robert Frost poems + 1 related text'. As Acing said above, they are most likely to specify one of the Robert Frost poems and then give you a free choice to the other one, so it is...

^Because of what other users mentioned above (Spirited Away is often studied in Year 7/8) I suggest you should avoid it, as it reflects the expected level of a student studying that text (you would be surprised at some of the age expectations NESA holds for texts- e.g. Lord of the Flies is...

Try Hemingway's 'A Clean, Well-Lighted Place': http://www.mrbauld.com/hemclean.html

Most likely your essay focused more on the module topic e.g. people/politics, people/landscape, rather than the overarching concept of representation. Make sure after your topic sentence in each paragraph you explain WHY the author represents (idea of topic sentence) and link it back to the...

Hello everyone, I am looking for INCOMING (sitting HSC in 2018) Year 12 Advanced English students from any selective high school to engage in a one-hour long project that will take place on 3rd October. The project will be very easy and fun, and will include a 45 minute photoshoot and 15...