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HSC English Extension 1Practice Examination 17

Reading time15 minutes
Writing time2 hours
Total marks50
Questions2
StructureSection A — 1 Q, 25 marks · Section B — 1 Q, 25 marks

This paper covers

  • Section A - Imaginative/creative composition informed by the Common Module 'Literary Worlds'; respond to a stimulus on the meeting of a human life and a stretch of land/sea, with a reflection [U3 CM + U4 SK] - ~25 marks
  • Section B - Critical essay on the elective 'Intersecting Worlds'; sustained analysis of how composers represent the intersection of human experience with the natural world, using one prescribed text (Proulx, The Shipping News) and one related text [U4 E5 + U4 SK] - ~25 marks
  • Whole-course craft: the deliberate construction of a literary world through setting-as-character, voice and figurative language; integrated quotation and metalanguage; sustained conceptual argument under timed conditions - 50 marks

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HSC English Extension 1 Practice Examination 17