QCE English & Literature ExtensionPractice Examination 5

This paper covers

• Unseen literary text: original contemporary prose poem on climate grief and ecological loss in outback Queensland
• Text-centred theory: ecocriticism, close reading of form, syntax, imagery, and metaphor
• World-context-centred theory: reader-response, ecocritical and postcolonial ecological frameworks, Anthropocene discourse
• Theorised close reading as extended essay: applying, evaluating, and synthesising two theoretical approaches
• Scholarly register, literary-critical metalanguage, and argumentative cohesion at Band A level
• QCAA English and Literature Extension Units 3 and 4 assessment objectives

Students are permitted to bring into the examination the materials normally allowed for this subject. Answer all questions in the spaces provided.

This is an ATARMAxxing practice paper. It is not an official examination and is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or produced by the VCAA, NESA or the QCAA.