English exam (1 Viewer)

[is2buddaflies]

What type of writing would they ask us to do i.e.

• short story
• letter
• imaginative writing
• news report
• editorial
• feature article

 

[Miss Sunshine]

it could be any of those

 

[iRuler]

they could ask you any of those... Most likely will be 2 of them... One will be a 10 mark and one will be a 20 mark or both 15 marks

Just looked at ur subjects and they're kind of the same as mine... Except I'm doing extension lol but going down to advanced in yr 12 and I'm also dropping business in yr 2

Hi-5 lol

 

[suzlee]

Okay lets make a bet on which one of them they'll give out.
This is a dumb guess but:
- letter for 10 marker
- story for 20 marker


.. more like a wish list

 

[speedofsound]

Okay lets make a bet on which one of them they'll give out.
This is a dumb guess but:
- letter for 10 marker
- story for 20 marker


.. more like a wish list

haha god no, please switch it around... letters are infinitely easier.

 

[iRuler]

Okay lets make a bet on which one of them they'll give out.
This is a dumb guess but:
- letter for 10 marker
- story for 20 marker


.. more like a wish list

I bet they will give out one of these

• short story
• letter
• imaginative writing
• news report
• editorial
• feature article

nah seriously I think it will be a News Report/Editorial for 10 mark and Feature article for 20 mark.. or 15 marks each

 

[speedofsound]

I don't think they would ask for both an editorial and feature article since they're somewhat similar.

I have an enormous feeling that they'll definitely ask for a letter (hasn't been done in a while) and EITHER an editorial/feature article. Or perhaps something a little more off-centre, like a diary entry. But I really don't think they'll ask for a narrative as it was done last year.

 

[suzlee]

I don't think they would ask for both an editorial and feature article since they're somewhat similar.

I have an enormous feeling that they'll definitely ask for a letter (hasn't been done in a while) and EITHER an editorial/feature article. Or perhaps something a little more off-centre, like a diary entry. But I really don't think they'll ask for a narrative as it was done last year.

Hmmm same, a letter seems so logical at the moment.

 

[speedofsound]

You reckon they'd ask for a review? It's only been done twice in the past decade.

We never went over reviews in our class, so what would we have to think about if they did ask for one? Using critical/positive language, depending on what our opinion is, supporting your opinion with facts/credible reasoning, and perhaps appealing to your audience?

 

[suzlee]

You reckon they'd ask for a review? It's only been done twice in the past decade.

We never went over reviews in our class, so what would we have to think about if they did ask for one? Using critical/positive language, depending on what our opinion is, supporting your opinion with facts/credible reasoning, and perhaps appealing to your audience?

I really hope not... Maybe they'll wait for another year to do it. Hopefully.

In one of the two times they DID ask for a review, was it the one that asked to write a review on a short narrative that was IN the exam? How many marks was it worth, do you know?

 

[chauii]

What are some techniques we need to know?

 

[suzlee]

What are some techniques we need to know?

Quite a lot...
This is from my 'List of Terms' in my English exercise book.

• imagery
• symbolism
• emotive language
• cliche
• hyperbole
• jargon
• pun
• accumulation
• personification
• subjective/objective language
• metaphor
• colloquial language
• understatement
• alliteration
• assonance
• simile
• onomatopoeia
• connotation
• idiom
• rhetorical question
• juxtaposition
• euphemism

 

[speedofsound]

I really hope not... Maybe they'll wait for another year to do it. Hopefully.

In one of the two times they DID ask for a review, was it the one that asked to write a review on a short narrative that was IN the exam? How many marks was it worth, do you know?

2002 - Review, critical response to a song (10 marks)
2000 - Review, evaluation of a story (also 10 marks)

Do we all feel like we know our text types well?

I really think they are gonna ask for a letter and then something very off-centre, maybe something they've never done before... but it's just a hunch.

 

[speedofsound]

What are some techniques we need to know?

http://community.boredofstudies.org/showthread.php?t=63912

 

[suzlee]

http://community.boredofstudies.org/showthread.php?t=63912

Oh my

 

[suzlee]

2002 - Review, critical response to a song (10 marks)
2000 - Review, evaluation of a story (also 10 marks)

Do we all feel like we know our text types well?

I really think they are gonna ask for a letter and then something very off-centre, maybe something they've never done before... but it's just a hunch.

A very very bad hunch
Why would it have to be OUR year that they try something new? I just want something generic

 

[speedofsound]

No idea, I just noticed that since 2005 there's been something a little different in nearly each year (bar '07).

Rolror88 posted this in another thread:

The first one is the 10 marker, 20 marker. They've pretty much asked a range of things

2007: Interview, Narrative
2006: News report (web page), Speech (formal)
2005: Exposition (magazine editorial), narrative (short story)
2004: Letter (formal), Speech (formal)
2003: Diary Entry, Essay (persuasive)
2002: Review (critical response to a song), Narrative (short story)
2001: Recount (newspaper report), Exposition (letter to the principal)
2000: Reviews (evaluation of a story), Exposition (feature article)
1999: Exposition (letter to the editor), Speech (persuasive)

 

[robibro]

As long as its not a short story or imaginative writing, I'll be happy

 

[is2buddaflies]

so basically, most ppl think it might be
- letter
- diary entry
- newspaper report
- feature article

well, most likely anyway :L

 

[want2beasenior]

I really really hate creative writing, so I was positive that we would be tested on it.

But think of it from the Board of Studies POV: they probably want to test your knowledge of other text types ie editorial, speech, review, letter, diary.

Once there was a SC question for English where you had to write an interview transcript for the 10 marker. I really like that idea because its different, and in general is usually an interesting text type.

I hope no creative!!!!!!!