ATARMAxxing
QCE English & Literature ExtensionPractice Examination 6
| Reading time | 15 minutes |
| Writing time | 2 hours |
| Total marks | 35 |
| Questions | 1 |
| Structure | Section A — 1 Q, 35 marks |
This paper covers
- Theorised close reading of an unseen literary text — dramatic monologue
- Text-centred theoretical approaches: close reading of form, voice, syntax, sound, and lyric structure
- World-context-centred theoretical approaches: feminist criticism, silenced speech, ideology of domesticity, patriarchal erasure
- Reader-centred theory: positioning, affective response, interpretive community
- Evaluation and synthesis of multiple theoretical frameworks applied to a single unseen text
- Discerning analysis of persona, dramatic monologue conventions, and the construction of subjectivity
- Scholarly academic register, literary-critical metalanguage, and extended response control
- Queensland 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.
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