English advanced paper 1 Short answer Tips? (5 Viewers)

[thegoat2024]

watch like 10 jeddle videos and you'll be covered for the strats

 

[stormii]

hi, here are my tips as someone who performs extremely well in short answers:

- read all of the questions first, then the texts, so that you know what to look for.

- you have 2.25 mins per mark in short answers, so use that as a guide to quickly calculate approximately how long you will spend on each question as you approach it

- if you can’t think of any techniques, use ‘cheat codes’ that are applicable everywhere e.g. tone, modality, syntax, imagery (most of the time), etc.

- read exemplar short answers

- use the vocabulary of the question and CONSISTENTLY LINK BACK to it

- for longer responses (however, I do this for all my short answers even the 3 markers), quickly plan out your response with your techniques and points and make sure you know which quotes you’re using

- the number of techniques doesn’t matter if your analysis is sophisticated, but a general rule to be very safe is 1 less technique than the marks e.g. 2 techniques for 3 marks

- most important thing is to practice. don’t think it’s too late - spam short answer questions and ideally submit for feedback from teachers or friends or compare with exemplar responses.

you've got this, good luck.

Thank you so much! Do you do your responses in order? or highest marks And then lowest marks? Also do you suggest doing short answer before long-response?

 

[synthesisFR]

i do the whole paper in order it makes the most sense

 

[stormii]

watch like 10 jeddle videos and you'll be covered for the strats

Ahaha I have done that too but my brain just cannot think fast enough for how the text relates to the question lol

 

[stormii]

Omg thank you I spend most of my precious Exam time identifying the techniques and comprehending what the whole text is about but not trying to read everything. Do you think I should start with most marks first or shortest?

also do you think enjambment as a technique is fine by itself? For poems?
what about ambiguity as a language technique?

 

[synthesisFR]

also do you think enjambment as a technique is fine by itself? For poems?

uh depends on how u analyse it and what ur justifying using this. rlly depends on that basically.

what about ambiguity as a language technique?

i would say say abstract diction instead, but tbh i wouldn't rlly use it like there r so much better things u would find in ambiguous extracts

 

[amy.q18]

for non-fiction texts, would we consider the rhetoric triangle as techniques like logos, pathos and ethos

 

[synthesisFR]

for non-fiction texts, would we consider the rhetoric triangle as techniques like logos, pathos and ethos

well pathos/emotive language u can use anywhere lol
but yes u can --> personally i go more indepth and specific like dont just state pathos

 

[athena.]

Thank you so much! Do you do your responses in order? or highest marks And then lowest marks? Also do you suggest doing short answer before long-response?

no worries - i do mine in order, lowest to highest marks, and personally, i do short answer before long, but this varies for everyone and overall these things don’t really matter for your marks.

 

[athena.]

also do you think enjambment as a technique is fine by itself? For poems?
what about ambiguity as a language technique?

enjambment is fine, and i agree with @synthesisFR on the second question

 

[howcanibesmarter]

hi does anyone know the nsw top 5 schools for english adv? im gonna do a practice paper

 

[Yousef El-Omar]

no worries - i do mine in order, lowest to highest marks, and personally, i do short answer before long, but this varies for everyone and overall these things don’t really matter for your marks.

During reading time, are you looking for specific techniques or just focusing on understanding the text? (or both) and how do you go about answering comparative questions? Like if you have to choose one of the previous texts how do you say something different about it?

 

[stormii]

During reading time, are you looking for specific techniques or just focusing on understanding the text? (or both) and how do you go about answering comparative questions? Like if you have to choose one of the previous texts how do you say something different about it?

not too sure I need help too but for the comparison ones, maybe for comparing you can just say e,.g about coming of age question:
"although text 2 shares the similar human experience of coming of age as text 1, however, text 2 emphasises that coming of age can be different for different genders, rather than universally same"

idk but I think that's how I would try to tackle it. like just look for even the most little aspect that is different within the same idea. if that even makes sense lol.

 

[stormii]

enjambment is fine, and i agree with @synthesisFR on the second question

hi sorry just a question. is it necessary to state the composer's name and the name of the text? because sometimes its really long and time consuming ahaha.

 

[howcanibesmarter]

yes, but only for intro

 

[stormii]

yes, but only for intro

yes, but only for intro

what if I just say 'In text 1, the composer" because some names are soo long lol

 

[howcanibesmarter]

no only do that for sa, they dont know what text 1 and text 2 are if u have 2 texts lmao

 

[CatherineMarie]

YOU ARE AN ACTUAL GOD THANK YOU

 

[howcanibesmarter]

i'd say
1) north syd girls
2) hornsby girls
3) shore
4) fort steet
5) baulko

oh ok, no ruse? doesnt matter i just did ruse and abbotsleigh anyways

 

[its_ace21]

since i have no hope, ive decided to bs the whole unseen part