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[Annabanana]

Hi everyone,

My big, final, huge, scary, etc project is due this friday and I have but two questions...

The word limit is 2500 right? What if I have a rather large quote, thats a snipit of a Constitution (its about 4 lines long) am i allowed to include it but dissmiss it when looking at the word count?

Hope I haven't confused you guys...appreciate any advice

Thanks

 

[Bob the Tomato]

if you cant fit it in, try just referring to it, and put it in your footnotes?

 

[!meeee!]

yes the word limit is 2500. if the quote is in your essay it will definitely count as part of your word count. Unless you do what Bob the Tomato said and simply refer to it in your footnotes. However if you specifically need the wording of the quote included, it will have to be part of the essay and thus included in the word count. good luck

 

[MiuMiu]

We don't have a word limit??

 

[sif not 99]

yeah well u should if u dont....

 

[snakeoils]

yeah, its definitely 2500...

 

[MiuMiu]

Where abouts in the syllabus does it say that? Cos we were just told however many words we needed

 

[tonberry_kun]

usually its about 2000-3000

 

[Newbie]

more teachers allow +/-10%

why dont you just bullshit the wordcount
play around with borders and font?

 

[MiuMiu]

No itd be better if that was the word limit its just we haven't been told.........

 

[Generator]

It actually says 2500 words in the syllabus (well, it did a few years ago).

 

[!meeee!]

Year 12, at the start of the year did you receive written notification that you could use as many words as needed? if not, i would strongly advise you go speak to your teacher about it asap

 

[kaza]

I have a copy of the BOS sheet with all the details. It says 1500 words + 300 word synopsis+ bibliography

 

[snakeoils]

i think you may be mistaken, kaza...

this is quoted directly from the syllabus:

The Essay
The essay should contain:
synopsis
this will be a brief description (300 words) on the development of the precise
question that provides the focus of the essay; the ways the essay addresses
the precise question; the content used in the essay and why it was included.
essay
the essay is an argument in response to a precise question with evidence in
support, the sources of which are acknowledged. It will be in written form and
may be accompanied by appropriate graphic texts only as appendices (apart
from short explanatory captions). The essay must not exceed 2,500 words.
The essay should contain material from a range of perspectives, including the
students own views. A consistent system of referencing should be used to
acknowledge the use of sources.

 

[MiuMiu]

Originally posted by !meeee!
Year 12, at the start of the year did you receive written notification that you could use as many words as needed? if not, i would strongly advise you go speak to your teacher about it asap

Yeah I spoke to her she said she didn't mind. Its handed in anyway so its too late.

 

[Dollars]

My teacher said its Okay to be a few hundred words over the 2500. Anyway, have you seen the past HTA Essay prize winners or people in that book, many are over the 2500 limit substantially.

 

[MiuMiu]

mines 4000 words, the teacher took off the word limit for ours

 

[g-funk]

did u guys know that quotes actually dont count in the word count... mine was bout 3200 all up but the teachers said that noone would be counting.. even though our limit was 2500... but yeah quotes dont count.... its rule of thumb in uni and stuff

 

[Blue Queen]

Another teacher at my school told me it could be 10%+ or - but I think someone mentioned that. why aren't quotes counted?

 

[MiuMiu]

well if you want to get technical 'and, if, but' etc aren't counted either