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Hi hit patel, The method of writing a broad, conceptually excellent essay and then perfecting it via intensive marking is highly successful! Many state rankers have also used this method to (evidently) great success. However, you cannot merely 'place' your rote learnt essay into the exam, but...

Hi hit patel, For one, the choice of form is dependent on your prescribed text. For example, if your prescribed text is Romulus, My Father, I would highly recommend choosing the film since it gives a contrasting form for analysis - markers tend to like this, as it shows that your repertoire...

Hi SuchSmallHands, While it is entirely possible to 'recycle' related texts in such a way, remember that the same teachers mark school assessments and will definitely think of it as laziness on your part. There are a plethora of possible texts to choose from, so it's worth putting in just that...

Hi mpkd, I would advise against choosing Plath's poetry as it is a set text, which suggests to the marker that you've failed to engage in the relevant in-depth research required to find a related text for your module. Perhaps it would be a good idea to explore and understand how the thematic...

Hi Cassandra11, I would strongly advise against using Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (or any other well-known media franchise such as Star Wars and Twilight for that matter) as it lacks sophistication and will be instantly looked down upon by any HSC marker. Make sure you choose a...

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Hi boldmarshmallow, In all your English modules including the Area of Study, you will study one core text (or two in the case of Module A) that is prescribed by the Board of Studies. You can find the list here...

Hi lebomatic, Your HSC English exam mark is made up of Paper 1 (40%) and Paper 2 (60%). A raw mark of 84/105 in recent years would most likely align to 88-92, depending on the scaling of your core texts in the calculation of your total weighted mark as well as the overall difficulty of the...

Hi akkatracker, The basic essay structure follows like this: Introduction - Topic Sentence, which states your thesis - Answer the question - Introduce your texts, the composers and the dates they were created - Introduce the themes you are going to discuss Body Paragraphs - Body paragraphs...

Hi kietkiet, It is highly recommended to write the short answer sections of any subject in paragraph structure. This will enable you to synthesise a well-structured response that can address each section of the question in and ordered and sophisticated manner. For example, in English short...

Hi white_swan, There's no rule that states that you can't do this. However we would find it rather unlikely that the one text just 'happens' to complement both your AoS and Mod C theses in an insightful and meaningful way. All the very best!

Hi elecsplash, Whilst not perfect, your handwriting is acceptable. The test that we use is to forcefully read writing at a pace that you'd read typed content at, and count the number of words that your brain 'automatically' skips over due to poor writing. We didn't have too many problems with...

The key word is exposure. You probably won't learn off by heart what the definition of each verb is - the easiest way to learn them is to understand each one, and practice. It will be much more helpful to have sample answers the first few times around, so that you know exactly what kind of...

2 related texts is enough - you could be asked on just one. Check out this board for heaps of suggestions: http://community.boredofstudies.org/showthread.php?t=192438 Documentaries, newspaper articles on current/recent issues, or political speeches (e.g. US inaugural speeches, Gillard's...

As deswa1 noted, it's probably not as necessary for Preliminary year. It depends how seriously you're taking this year - if you'd like to take it as a test run for the HSC, then do go. It'll definitely give you a headstart on the others, and might also increase your confidence over the year if...

Independent study! I find that the CSU HSC website is an excellent starting base for learning the fundamentals of your text/module. Tutortales also blogs quality advice and information about various texts. Make sure to go through your texts thoroughly yourself. Get together a good study group...

Yes, you will definitely need to do exceptionally well rank-wise in at least one or two other assessments (or exceptionally well in all your other subjects). It's never over, unless you give up yourself. I personally know of a student who dropped about 120 ranks for one assessment (out of 200)...

As everyone else has said - no! What I personally did though was spend the first ~1 minute rapidly circling all the techniques I could see, possibly jotting down a relevant word here and there. It helps because by the time you get to Text 3 or Text 4, you don't want to waste time re-searching...

I don't think regurgitating is a good way to put it. Doing that will usually be noticeable and will result in a lower mark, as BOS questions tend to be specific on one or two points - could you really regurgitate an essay you prepared around sense of place/power of nature to this year's...