QCE EnglishPractice Examination 1

This paper covers

• QCAA English General Unit 4 Topic 2 — Close analytical study of literary text
• Survival and the instinct to endure hardship in remote or hostile environments (Australian bush, wartime Europe, isolated island communities)
• Analytical essay responding to unseen question on prescribed literary text
• Criterion 1: Understanding of text (10 marks)
• Criterion 2: Use of textual evidence (5 marks)
• Criterion 3: Organisation and development (5 marks)
• Criterion 4: Written expression (5 marks)
• Cognitive verbs: analyse, examine, discuss, evaluate
• Aesthetic features, stylistic devices, language choices, structural conventions
• Representations, ideological positioning, authorial purpose

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.