hempskittles
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- HSC
- 2016
Speech questions as follows:
Imagine you have been invited to speak at the Sydney Writers Festival about the importance of texts in conversation. Compose a speech which examines how exploring paired texts can enhance our understanding of the values and attitudes of a specific place and time.
My entire class is having a whole lot of trouble understanding the question and figuring out how to write the speech (our teacher doesn't even understand the question properly and is therefore useless). Our two prescribed texts are: Julius Caesar and Machiavelli's 'The Prince'. We have been told to focus on one comparative point between the texts.
Just wondering if anyone is able to shed some light on good structures (speech is 5 min), what the question actually means and any techniques the authors used?! We are all absolutely dying and need help...anyone....please!
We have thought the answer to the question to be something like: using paired texts is a great way to compare and therefor better understand the values and attitudes of a specific time (Renaissance & Elizabethan for 'The Prince' & 'Julius Caesar' respectively) and place (obviously the countries that both are set in). If anyone thinks this interpretation is COMPLETELY WRONG PLS TELL US! Any major comparative points between Julius Caesar and The Prince anyone knows of? Our teacher has given us points such as: the corruption of power, human nature, power of the masses etc. What we don't understand is how to apply that to our speech..?
Thanks in advance from 30 almost dead students! <3
Imagine you have been invited to speak at the Sydney Writers Festival about the importance of texts in conversation. Compose a speech which examines how exploring paired texts can enhance our understanding of the values and attitudes of a specific place and time.
My entire class is having a whole lot of trouble understanding the question and figuring out how to write the speech (our teacher doesn't even understand the question properly and is therefore useless). Our two prescribed texts are: Julius Caesar and Machiavelli's 'The Prince'. We have been told to focus on one comparative point between the texts.
Just wondering if anyone is able to shed some light on good structures (speech is 5 min), what the question actually means and any techniques the authors used?! We are all absolutely dying and need help...anyone....please!
We have thought the answer to the question to be something like: using paired texts is a great way to compare and therefor better understand the values and attitudes of a specific time (Renaissance & Elizabethan for 'The Prince' & 'Julius Caesar' respectively) and place (obviously the countries that both are set in). If anyone thinks this interpretation is COMPLETELY WRONG PLS TELL US! Any major comparative points between Julius Caesar and The Prince anyone knows of? Our teacher has given us points such as: the corruption of power, human nature, power of the masses etc. What we don't understand is how to apply that to our speech..?
Thanks in advance from 30 almost dead students! <3
