Posting my Module A essay (1 Viewer)

[timmii]

Originally posted by FadeToBlack
Another question - Say i made the improvements to my essay suggested by you, and memorised it, do you think it would have enough meat, textual detail, and flexibility to provide a good response to (most) questions they could ask?
Because at the moment i'm thinking that the question could focus on the main characters ie Deckard and John the Savage... Now if a question like that came up i could probably manage Deckard ok, but i know little of John - and this would be a problem

So if i learn and memorise a key scene or two for both Deckard and John, would this, paired with my knowledge of everything i put into my essay, provide the basis for a good response to any question they may ask?

Hmmm I'm not a good person to ask. I'm a vehement advocate against memorised essays - but thats just the way i work and not a lot of ppl agree with me. I personally just kept writing lots of practice essays in 35mins/40mins and eventually found myself getting really comfortable with the same few points and using similar terminology, but each essay was still very different.

Hehehe i loved talking about shakespeare and religion missing in BNW, so even though i didnt memorise a para on that, i just got comfortable with how i'd usually bring that into the topic etc...

I don't know about memorising scenes etc - learn the themes and a concomitant quote/scene that supports what *you* consider important in each text. What's your stance? How do you feel the "wild" manifests itself in each text? How do the characters relate to that? Definitely brush up on John, he's important as a means by which Huxley makes his point.

Read the essay i just posted to get some ideas on how to structure it?

 

[FadeToBlack]

cool, thanks for the essay timmii

 

[iambored]

Originally posted by timmii
They don't tell you your marks for each essay or even for each english paper! Hehe i remember being briefly annoyed because ironically, i'm pretty sure i lost my marks on AOS! I got 91 for the exam(s) and 93 as my HSC mark because luckily i was ranked first and had my assessment marks lift me up!

so that means someone got about 95 in the hsc? assessment marks really do help, i think, especially being ranked 1st

 

[allyteaded]

If it's not too late - I think you've got to tighten up some sentences... like for example,

"Its depiction of the future is bleak, a stance reflected in the opening scene. Wide, panoramic shots reveal the full horror; a rust-coloured city, with thick smog choking the skyline, and tall smokestacks belching fire and grey smoke."

I think you can join this into one sentence instead of mentioning the words "the full horror."

I agree with Timmii in that you should split it up into more points. This will give you a logical, flowing structure for your essay. (Sometimes my mind would start drifting off. Probably because I have a short attention span - or maybe because I have the TV on.)

Um... in comparisson to my crappy essays and my crappy marks, I would say yours would be a 13/15.

Don't ask about my marks...

 

[FadeToBlack]

hmmm, I uhh, wonder where hipsta_jess and Azn fairies went. This thread aint dead yet dammit!
Ahh well, can't be greedy

 

[FadeToBlack]

Originally posted by allyteaded
If it's not too late - ...
Um... in comparisson to my crappy essays and my crappy marks, I would say yours would be a 13/15.

Don't ask about my marks...

heh its certainly not too late, thanks for the reply, you posted at almost the same time as my very subtle cry for more replies

Thanks for the estimated mark, and the suggestions, it all helps!

EDIT - i guess you replied several minutes before me, i just didnt refresh. Ah well it's all the same