matthewford
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Exactly!
English is over.
So who cares anymore?
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English is over.
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Was Text 3, Section 1 a Dog or Human?? (1 Viewer)
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Re: The Poem Was About A Dog?
The markers mark based on coherency. If someone comes in and says IT WAS ABOUT A DOG they will get some marks if they justify it, but if they honestly give them full marks then there is something very wrong with this society. Only a mentally retarded person would say such a thing, and we would not reward them.
Jesus learn to read. He said it WASN'T a dog.respect90 said:
The markers mark based on coherency. If someone comes in and says IT WAS ABOUT A DOG they will get some marks if they justify it, but if they honestly give them full marks then there is something very wrong with this society. Only a mentally retarded person would say such a thing, and we would not reward them.
Well, given that it still affects your UAI...matthewford said:
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Re: The Poem Was About A Dog?
Fucking Biology fucked me up I thought the beagle was a reference to Charles Darwin's ship, HMAS Beagle...but the whole dog thing is clearly a metaphor, but as long as there is a good argument I can't wonder why the markers wont give full marks to the student?Genshin said:
OH lol
My bad =P
But seriously english is over so let's let this go lol.
WE HAVE HSC FOR THE NEXT FEW WEEKS YET WE MANAGE TO FIND TIME TO ARGUE IN FORUMS LOL
Even boredofstudies is becoming some form of networking site lol.
My bad =P
But seriously english is over so let's let this go lol.
WE HAVE HSC FOR THE NEXT FEW WEEKS YET WE MANAGE TO FIND TIME TO ARGUE IN FORUMS LOL
Even boredofstudies is becoming some form of networking site lol.
@Scatlover999
How can your aunt possibly know the marking scheme at this point?
I doubt they've even begun processing the papers.
More to the point, it asked what the text is saying about returning to the place one grew up. While you wouldn't lose marks for noting it was a dog (which it quite possibly was, I didn't see that but I wasn't in the mood for metaphors that morning), the question is likely a band 3-4 question, and so picking up a metaphor such as that seems a bit extravagant for full marks to be awarded in band 3. It did not ask for the techniques used to express this, as 1(d) did. Therefore, I think we can safely say that the fact that it may in fact be a metaphor or anything representing a dog is irrelevant. What's more likely to get you full marks? "The text is saying that going back to your home town is like being a dog" or a clear answer justifying your reasons. Metaphor irrelevant. Hmm.
End of topic, I must move on to Legal.
How can your aunt possibly know the marking scheme at this point?
I doubt they've even begun processing the papers.
More to the point, it asked what the text is saying about returning to the place one grew up. While you wouldn't lose marks for noting it was a dog (which it quite possibly was, I didn't see that but I wasn't in the mood for metaphors that morning), the question is likely a band 3-4 question, and so picking up a metaphor such as that seems a bit extravagant for full marks to be awarded in band 3. It did not ask for the techniques used to express this, as 1(d) did. Therefore, I think we can safely say that the fact that it may in fact be a metaphor or anything representing a dog is irrelevant. What's more likely to get you full marks? "The text is saying that going back to your home town is like being a dog" or a clear answer justifying your reasons. Metaphor irrelevant. Hmm.
End of topic, I must move on to Legal.
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Re: The Poem Was About A Dog?
Agreed.
Shadose said:It was a ship
Agreed.
duck.fluff
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He used smell and the dog as a metaphor to add depth to his expression of memory.
Agreed?
Excellent Metaphorical dog.
Dog's can't write poetry anyway.
Agreed?
Excellent
Metaphorical dog.Dog's can't write poetry anyway.
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Re: The Poem Was About A Dog?
i agreeprole said:
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liberate, educate.
i agree with may-cat. texts are open to interpretation.
personally i think it was figurative language and the poem wasn't written from a dog's perspective per se.
but that's my opinion & it's no more valid than anyone else's.
personally i think it was figurative language and the poem wasn't written from a dog's perspective per se.
but that's my opinion & it's no more valid than anyone else's.
the dog was a metaphor for the human who was on the journey
its because dogs have a keen sense of smell...when the human was on his journey back to darwin (his home town) he went nose first because he was on his way home
when he was looking for more adventure he went nose last so that he would retain the smell and be able to remember his home town - it fits in with darwin and cyclone tracy...because the whole town had changed due to the cyclone in the 25 years the journeyer had been away he wanted to remember it in case it changed again
extended metaphor
fits in with the quetsion for that text...something about what returning home means to a journeyer??
so yeah...definitely NOT a dog
its because dogs have a keen sense of smell...when the human was on his journey back to darwin (his home town) he went nose first because he was on his way home
when he was looking for more adventure he went nose last so that he would retain the smell and be able to remember his home town - it fits in with darwin and cyclone tracy...because the whole town had changed due to the cyclone in the 25 years the journeyer had been away he wanted to remember it in case it changed again
extended metaphor
fits in with the quetsion for that text...something about what returning home means to a journeyer??
so yeah...definitely NOT a dog
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Re: The Poem Was About A Dog?
It's not so much about multiple interpretations...if you wrote that it was a dog, it just highlights that you couldn't understand the metaphor figuratively, and i'm pretty sure one of the reasons they threw in a relatively difficult text like the poem was to gauge our ability to understand metaphors.-may-cat- said:
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Re: The Poem Was About A Dog?
I agree it was a weird poem, I had to read it a few times to get the meanings and techniques.
For the comparitive (e) I used text 2 and 4, I thought they were the easiest and best technically to analyse.
The wagging tail was a metaphor for the happiness and elation the guy felt returning to his home town after so many years of change.TomTomtruck said:
I agree it was a weird poem, I had to read it a few times to get the meanings and techniques.
For the comparitive (e) I used text 2 and 4, I thought they were the easiest and best technically to analyse.