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2023–2025 main examinations · 38 indexed questions and separately marked subparts · both English papers, with printed prescribed-text alternatives. Showing 6 sample entries; trend percentages use this sample only. Official result percentages describe the published exam cohort.

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2025 · Paper 1 — Texts and human experiences · Q14 marks

Future hopes in fiction

Texts and human experiences

Explain textual meaning · Section I

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2025 · Paper 1 — Texts and human experiences · Q25 marks

Childhood influences in an article

Texts and human experiences

Explain textual meaning · Section I

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2025 · Paper 1 — Texts and human experiences · Q33 marks

Creative processes in memoir

Texts and human experiences

Explain textual meaning · Section I

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2025 · Paper 2 — Modules · Q120 marks

Cultural belonging: opportunities and difficulties

Language, identity and culture

Extended text analysis · Section I

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2025 · Paper 2 — Modules · Q220 marks

Textual features, attitudes and values

Close study of literature

Extended text analysis · Section II

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2025 · Paper 2 — Modules · Q320 marks

Writing about a meaningful memory

The craft of writing

Original composition · Section III

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Topics · 6-question sample
Topic	2025	Years present
Close study of literature		1/1
Language, identity and culture		1/1
Texts and human experiences		1/1
The craft of writing		1/1

Close study of literature

Present in 1 of 1 year shown

Language, identity and culture

Present in 1 of 1 year shown

Texts and human experiences

Present in 1 of 1 year shown

The craft of writing

Present in 1 of 1 year shown

How marks and question types are counted

All printed alternatives are counted in these historical shares; candidates follow the paper’s instructions to choose which questions to answer. Mixed-topic items are kept together, and each indexed question contributes its marks once.

Marks and question references are cross-checked against official NESA mapping grids. Topic labels follow those grids; short index labels and skill groupings are ATARMAxxing analysis. Percentages describe indexed printed marks, including any alternatives, rather than future probabilities. NESA did not publish usable question-level cohort averages or incorrect-answer percentages in the reviewed sources. The 2019–2026 English prescriptions remain applicable; choose your prescribed text.

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Official sources and how this analysis works

Classification: English Standard Stage 6 (2017) · applicable to HSC 2026. Each question is counted at the separately marked subpart level. The source questions and stimuli remain in the authority's original documents.