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  1. Spiritual Being

    2013 HSC Study Thread

    They do say necessity is the mother of invention...
  2. Spiritual Being

    2013 HSC Study Thread

    Well... Mission of getting up from 5AM to 8AM accomplished (can't sleep early because I foolishly accustomed myself to sleeping late). Now, off to the library.
  3. Spiritual Being

    Topic Sentences... Include techniques??

    YES! This young one has it!
  4. Spiritual Being

    Topic Sentences... Include techniques??

    One paragraph for one quote is way below sufficient. What you're going to have is, the quote, then an extended, unnecessary and quoteless analysis which derives meanings which are not even there. If you have a 250 word paragraph with one quote, you will inevitably try to deduce a meaning which...
  5. Spiritual Being

    Topic Sentences... Include techniques??

    You don't sound stupid. Okay, so Say you're doing Skrzynecki One paragraph for one poem One paragraph for another poem - linking in the first poem in comparisons (differences/similarities) One body for ORT - comparing ideas of belonging to both poems above That's how I structure it. You...
  6. Spiritual Being

    Topic Sentences... Include techniques??

    also considering that you use like 4-5 different quotes in the paragraph what will you say "through the techniques of alliteration, rhetorical questioning, metaphors, simile" it just sounds ridiculous and difficult to read I did hear English teachers divided on this, at my school too... I...
  7. Spiritual Being

    Topic Sentences... Include techniques??

    no that's ridiculous and pointless why would you mention them two times lol you'll already mention the technique with the evidence in your analysis
  8. Spiritual Being

    Topic Sentences... Include techniques??

    What so, Peter Skrzynecki's poem "Post Card" illustrates his cultural ambivalence as he rhetorically questions "what's my choice to be?". Look how ridiculous that looks, you're establishing your analysis straight away, which looks like you're focusing on one area of the rubric, without...
  9. Spiritual Being

    Topic Sentences... Include techniques??

    NO. Your topic sentence introduces the text and the thematic element, with the text's ideas/themes of for example, belonging. Then you can go on with your analysis which incorporates textual evidence (i.e. quotes/techniques).
  10. Spiritual Being

    Is it possible to remember two essays in 1/2 to a full day for English.

    No. There's more to memorisation than just systematic regurgitation.
  11. Spiritual Being

    how to stay a tank and still get that 99.95

    Not exactly. A few textbooks, paper, pen, and a laptop. A few energy drinks and some food. All to last me for the day. Weighs around 18kg - 20kg, and I carry it to and from the station, to the bus and around school all day. Thus, my biceps continue to grow without putting concentrated effort...
  12. Spiritual Being

    3 weeks till HSC

    It's okay. Another week of all nighters. No pain, no gain.
  13. Spiritual Being

    how to stay a tank and still get that 99.95

    And everyone asks me why I carry a 20kg briefcase to school when I could carry a bag on my back. :haha:
  14. Spiritual Being

    Belonging Essay Question 2013 PREDICTION

    Just prepare two, because they can ask for two.
  15. Spiritual Being

    atar marking

    If you still have a shit internal, you won't necessarily get a band 6. it will depend on how your cohorts performance moderates it.
  16. Spiritual Being

    atar marking

    That's true. I mean, it should be exercised within reason. If half the school lost their paper, yeah that looks intentional and they shouldn't get band 6's. If they lost the paper of one kid at a particular school, then yes, he should be compensated with a band 6.
  17. Spiritual Being

    atar marking

    Yeah... Some kids also try very hard for the externals as a way of boosting their average internals, so the idea that they'd give them the internal would be absolute rubbish.
  18. Spiritual Being

    atar marking

    That would be freaking annoying if they lost someone's, especially if they had a strong, more than typical performance.
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