Just to clarify something about related... (2 Viewers)

[faisalabdul16]

never do this. It shows that you are unprepared and you will be marked poorly as a result

I don't think you'll be marked poorly. If anything, you're showing that you can analyse a text and incorporate into your essay when other related texts have failed in 2 hours.

Also don't use a song. You can't get techniques out of it, you'll probably use rhyme but then get stuck on the effect.

Better to use the texts given or make a text up.

 

[enigma_1]

My teacher said that should be your last resort. He said instead use any song you can remember, and force it into belonging (Pretty Hurts - Beyonce, LOL Anaconda - isolation of thin girls, not conforming to standards). Just pull some BS, its better that, than to lose marks.

gg

 

[SuchSmallHands]

You can, especially if they do Bruce Dawe or something for poetry that it'd quite plausible you would have chosen yourself. Personally I've just remembered a really abstract painting; that way I can use it for conflicting perspectives as well if I need to, I can analyze it on the spot (not ideal but there are worse situations to be in) and I don't need to have remembered quotes.