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    Ancient and modern interpretations and images...

    How would you answer a question like this? There was one in the CSSA trials but our teacher changed it. Would you organise it to do one historian per paragraph or something? I don't have enough quotes for that, and not enough knowledge about each historian to say what each thought of him...
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    Structure of essay for genre?

    How are you structuring your essay? You have to talk about genre theory, conventions, techniques, context. and thats about it, I think? What I've got is.. -Intro -[genre theory, basic discussion on genre etc. havent done this yet, but should I? Or integrate it throughout?] -Detective (im...
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    Whats this Cicero quote?

    I need a quote and can't find it.. its Cicero, basically saying that Julius Caesar is very good at Latin and the best speaker in Rome besides himself. Googled a bit and looked through my notes but couldn't find it. If anyone has it that'd be good.
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    How do you spend your time in the exam?

    Its a 3 hour exam but in trials I found I didn't spend anything like 45 mins on each. Pompeii/Herc was done in about 30 mins, same with Sparta, then I somehow spent 1 hour 10 mins on Caesar leaving only 50 mins for the last section (Fall of the republic). Only I scored nearly full marks for...
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    Simple(?) conics question..

    I'm probly missing something obvious. You're asked to sketch (x^2/4) + (y^2/3) = 1 So the eccentricity comes to e=1/2 Then the foci are at (+-2, 0) which are the co-ordinates of the ends of the major axis? Is that possible? I thought the foci were always inside the ellipse. Am I missing...
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    How to answer a question like this (sect3, essay)?

    2005's HSC is "To what extent has studying the concept of physical journeys expanded your understanding of yourself, of individuals and of the world?" Understanding of individuals is easy, cos thats in pretty much every text and every question you answer, personal growth, etc...
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    Past trial essay questions?

    The journeys part of the syllabus has only been out for 4 or so years so I'm struggling to see how wide the questions for the essay can be and what points I need to include in my prepared essay to fit all/most questions. Can anyone post their trial questions here, or trial questions from past...
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    What subjects to drop after accelerating?

    I've just finished doing 2U and 3U Maths in an accelerant class. 92/100 for 2U Maths 90/100 for 3U Maths Im happy with the results but I'm not sure what subjects to drop now.. My other subjects are English 2U and 3U, Visual Arts, Ancient History, Studies of Religion 1 (forced), 4U Maths. I can...
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    Estimated scaling for accelerants?

    Hey, first post here. I wanted to wait til the majority of people posting about their UAI had stopped, since my question isnt urgent. Anyway I got 92/100 for Maths 2U and 45/50 for Maths 3U, in an accelerant class (I'm now in year 12). Im just wondering if I can find out what type of UAI that'd...
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