English PRelims HELP (1 Viewer)

[Tryingtodowell]

Hii
sooo english prelims is coming up for me in around 2 weeks and what want to know how to best prepare for essay questions. like what kind of questions can they ask you? especially for year 11. would it be more around themes or a particular idea? and I know this is a stupid question butttt how do i know what quotes to memorise in particular

Im doing Othello btw it would be also nice to hear from those who did this novel

Edit: I would also like to know some sample essay questions that they could ask othello in particular
im planning on creating a 'general essay' and adapt that ig but dont knw whre to start

 

[Masaken]

Hii
sooo english prelims is coming up for me in around 2 weeks and what want to know how to best prepare for essay questions. like what kind of questions can they ask you? especially for year 11. would it be more around themes or a particular idea? and I know this is a stupid question butttt how do i know what quotes to memorise in particular

Im doing Othello btw it would be also nice to hear from those who did this novel

Edit: I would also like to know some sample essay questions that they could ask othello in particular
im planning on creating a 'general essay' and adapt that ig but dont knw whre to start

If you're doing Module B they could ask you either. They could ask you something along the lines of, 'How does Othello provide insights into the impacts of jealousy on the individual?' (theme being jealousy); or they could ask you a rubric-related question about the enduring value of literature or how literature reveals certain truths, which are two significant rubric ideas that are often asked in Module B (where you need to respond conceptually and cite Othello as an example). They could ask you anything however as Module B is the 'loosest' module in terms of what questions they could ask you (I'll cite HSC because Module B is the same in both y11/12; they're not really restricted to most-to-strictly rubric terms like Common Module or an overarching idea of textual conversation like Module A) so you'll have to be prepared

In terms of how do you know what quotes to memorise in particular, that depends on you. When you write your essay most of the time as long as you have an appropriate quote that links back to the body paragraph idea which in turn supports your thesis, you should be fine. Litcharts and other similar resources can guide you in the right direction but ultimately you need to make the decision over what quotes you feel would be most appropriate

For a general essay, you'd have to settle on a generic idea in an adaptable that can be divided into three sub-ideas that can synthesise together and support your main argument. Focus on that generic idea / theme as the basis of your essay, and then write it out accordingly

 

[Tryingtodowell]

If you're doing Module B they could ask you either. They could ask you something along the lines of, 'How does Othello provide insights into the impacts of jealousy on the individual?' (theme being jealousy); or they could ask you a rubric-related question about the enduring value of literature or how literature reveals certain truths, which are two significant rubric ideas that are often asked in Module B (where you need to respond conceptually and cite Othello as an example). They could ask you anything however as Module B is the 'loosest' module in terms of what questions they could ask you (I'll cite HSC because Module B is the same in both y11/12; they're not really restricted to most-to-strictly rubric terms like Common Module or an overarching idea of textual conversation like Module A) so you'll have to be prepared

In terms of how do you know what quotes to memorise in particular, that depends on you. When you write your essay most of the time as long as you have an appropriate quote that links back to the body paragraph idea which in turn supports your thesis, you should be fine. Litcharts and other similar resources can guide you in the right direction but ultimately you need to make the decision over what quotes you feel would be most appropriate

For a general essay, you'd have to settle on a generic idea in an adaptable that can be divided into three sub-ideas that can synthesise together and support your main argument. Focus on that generic idea / theme as the basis of your essay, and then write it out accordingly

so my idea is the fragility of the human psyche/ consequences of lack of trust (Using Othello and Iago as the main example throughout myessay)

does that pass as a generic essay or is it too specific? (idk what to go for in terms of a idea to make a generic essay that I could adapt later on)

 

[Masaken]

so my idea is the fragility of the human psyche/ consequences of lack of trust (Using Othello and Iago as the main example throughout myessay)

does that pass as a generic essay or is it too specific? (idk what to go for in terms of a idea to make a generic essay that I could adapt later on)

The Module B essay I had (for HSC) was kinda specific but it had a lot of buzzwords and sub-ideas that could be adapted to fit the question so as long as you know how to adapt, any generic essay idea should be fine. Personally I think the former idea is better than the latter because it's more general, with the latter potentially being a sub-idea for the former

 

[Tryingtodowell]

The Module B essay I had (for HSC) was kinda specific but it had a lot of buzzwords and sub-ideas that could be adapted to fit the question so as long as you know how to adapt, any generic essay idea should be fine. Personally I think the former idea is better than the latter because it's more general, with the latter potentially being a sub-idea for the former

If I use Othello and Iago as 'the main thing(idk what to call it)' throughout the essay would that be too specific and hard to adapt later on?