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they could definitely fuse multiple points together, or ask one overaching on the entire topic, unfortunately. It's just that writing an essay on each syllabus dot point is a good way to ensure you have a good depth of knowledge and enough quotes to be able to talk about anything.

late but some contemporary writers, may still be useful: Athenaeus outlines events Pausanias: “A choir of boys … accompanied by the flute, sang the praises of [Apollo].” Pausanias: “at the Hyakinthia, before Apollo’s sacrifice, they pass through a bronze door to dedicate the offerings of a...

(these are paraphrased quotes, although you can still use them) Grant: Eumachia’s building was used at least part of the time as a wool market De Sanctis: Holitorium: the lack of a way of isolating food from moisture, insects and rodents may mean the holitorium was a market and not a storage...

bit late but on self study - first going through the content, learning it - youtube videos, drawing diagrams, basically just reorganising / synthesising / summarising information to get your head around it. then it's just practice questions - don't use the ones for the old syllabus, the question...

what I would do is use the a4 sheet for quotes. to write an essay, each paragraph is based around a theme, and you integrate each piece of evidence to support your argument in that paragraph and your overall thesis. eg, [historian] said xyz, which reflects the [whatever], meaning that ... [tie...

I was talked into English Advanced rather than English Standard, and I actually did pretty well. Advanced and Standard required the same standard of writing, it's just the standard texts are easier to approach. Short answer / P1S1 was fairly easy for me, as you don't need to sustain an argument...

what I did was create "master notes" - basically for each topic, everything I decided I needed to know, and I would type those, just so they could be neat, organised, and summarised, and I could go back and add stuff in. But other than that I handwrote them to get used to writing

my cousin failed a maths ext2 exam once and she managed a 99+ atar. maths ext2 scales insanely well so you should be good

you could definitely get a 90+ atar. Just make sure you use these holidays effectively. This means a) making sure all your notes are complete (you won't have time before trials) and b) doing practice/past papers for those assignments & learning the content until you can 85/90+% in them. this...

I've got lots of content and notes and sources, but I really struggle organising it all into the 4 paragraphs. For example, one essay plan we created as a class had 4 paragraphs: Prioritisation of Athenian interests Power of Athens Changing relationships with allies Control of allies But these...

i feel you i spent so many hours trying to understand them and getting nowhere however i feel like it's just down to doing enough practice questions because they're all pretty similar i found this document super helpful: https://...

includes quotes + techniques + analysis for auden poems, as well as context and critics

a timeline of hormonal changes that occur during menstruation, fertilisation, and pregnancy