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General Thoughts: English–literacy (4 Viewers)

Lina3

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I think in the creative writing a majority of people wrote depressing scenarios
Yeh, it was the obvious choice. I wrote about a queen who was awaiting a death sentence and she was just reflecting on her life (it was set in the 1500's and a true story...well the emotions and that were made up so it would count as creative writing I think, I did historical settings for my short stories in exams before so... )

With the letter I began with the inspirational stuff and them moved on how his story shows contrast between troubled Vietnam and Australia, therefore inspiring a sense of national appreciation...idk I had to fill up room with SOMEthing
 
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ummm I though Anh Do was a guy??
HAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHA !

OMG, my story was like the writing of a ten year old, i swear i did better in year 7 NAPLAN, the heat got to me.

Also the whole "Visual Picturebook" Stimulus questions had trollfaces all over it.

"Geometric"
"Architectural"

wtf ?!
 

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I panicked when i didn't understand the question..i really did and i thought i was going to run out of time so i moved on... then i finished the exam with like 45 minutes to spare -.-'
 

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Phew, thought I got the gender wrong for a moment...
 

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It was an okay exam.
MC was pretty straightforward.
Letter was easy.
Creative Writing was my worst one because my story was more reminiscing instead of following a story -.-
My one was about a prisoner who lived in exile and he looks at his family's photographs and experiences a different range of sad emotions.
But I hate the fact that it was in first person :( not that I forgot or anything!
 

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Also, what did you guys write about that letter thingy to the principal about that character's hardships.

I wrote about how admirable it was about she dealt with her family problems the way she did, and how it is important to hear her in a school full of those values, and the rest was BS.
Wasn't Anh Do a man? lol
 
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I think I did really well. Expecting 90+

The multiple choice section was straightforward, as others have stated, and I think I pretty much aced the creative writing. Wrote exactly the same thing I did as practice in English class. The letter was okay.
 

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Wasn't Anh Do a man? lol And did anyone notice that in the Anh Do story they made a mistake saying he got five thousand instead of five thousand dollars?
I don't recall the exact thing it said but I don't see how he got 'five thousand' is wrong...I mean the context it's in made it clear enough that they were talking about money...
 

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Yeah it wasn't too bad.. thought the short answer plus a couple of MC's were a little challenging; easier than our trial though!
 

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I don't recall the exact thing it said but I don't see how he got 'five thousand' is wrong...I mean the context it's in made it clear enough that it was money.
Yeah I didn't think it was wrong either.
 

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Pretty easy. Multiple choice wasn't too bad. Wrote 4 pages for my creative so expecting to ace that.
 

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The test was alright, and easier than i expected (especially the Trials >.<)

Just flipping out for Hisotry-Geo tomorrow....
 

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