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General Thoughts: English Advanced Paper 2 (3 Viewers)

shannan94

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I loved it, im feeling pretty confident because I didn't really stumble at all throughout the exam. Found the questions pretty straight forward and easy, especially Hamlet which was much easier than last year.

And unlike Monday, I actually put together decent essays with apt evidence to support my points so im hoping for some solid results :skip: fingers crossed!
 

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fucken killed it expect History and memory, forgot half the shit! oh well, no more english ever in my life, thats a win in it self.
hopefully get: mod a: 17+/20 mod b: 18+/20 and mod c: 15/20
 

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Wrote:
Module A - Blade Runner and Frankenstein: 6-7 pages
Module B - Harwood: 6.5? pages
Module C - Smithsonian: 5.5 pages
 

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Pretty funny that the elective history and memory did not mention the term 'history and memory' in the question, but it was an alright question anyway.

Hamlet was pretty nice, i thought. Seemed as if you could link it to most prepared essays/themes

Great Gatsby/EBB poetry was where i stumbled a bit, since the questions typically relate to how context has shaped values etc, but this time it was focused on literary techniques.

Overall, not too bad
 

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I think it was really easy for anyone who memorised an essay to manipulate it to fit both Hamlet, Franken-blade, but maybe not so much for History and Memory for the Smithsonian Website
 

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I did 2 related for Mod C and mod b
 

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"I was so glad the speeches essay specified Bandler. I had heaps of quotes memorised and felt totally prepared! Thank you board of studies!" - Said no one fucken ever.

Apart from that, it was alright.
 

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Look it was a fair exam - I only got thrown out by textual form for Great Gatsby and EBB
But Module B (speeches) was good
Module C (Julius Caesar) was alright
 
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Mod A: frankenstein/blade runner- 6
Mod B: speeches- 5
Mod C: Julius Caesar- 6
I don't understand how people can write like 10 pages in the exam/section!! Like I heard someone who wrote 15 pages. Even with big handwriting, how is it possible?!? I memorised bits of my essay and I'm pretty sure I wrote at least 1000 words for Mods A/C. How can people write more that that??? Wouldn't there arms fall off or something??
But don't worry, teachers are saying is was a pretty hard exam, compared to previous years..so don't stress too much. Somebody just told me. if u find it hard, so will the majority of the state :)
How many pages did everyone write? I don't think I managed my time very well :(
 

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Mod A and C were fine....MOD B: WTF
Luckily I had prepared some stuff on Second Coming...but I wouldn't call that 'detailed reference'....and they didn't even print the poem....good job BOS
 

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I liked Module B (Cloudstreet) and Module A (W;t and Donne) but I was fucked by Module C (Julius Caesar).

Hoping for 15/20, 14/20 and 10/20.
 

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Great paper, although the Frankenrunner question was rather stupid; still smashed out the essay quite well.
Specified poem was the one I studied the most - winning.
Generic History and Memory question was good.

Much better than paper 1.
 
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Module B - Hamlet was a really good question. It fit well to everything I thought/knew about the module
 

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