QCE EnglishPractice Examination 13

This paper covers

• QCAA English General Unit 4 Topic 2 - Close analytical study of a prescribed literary text
• Stimulus theme: the tension between ambition and ethics; the corrupting cost of the pursuit of power
• Cognitive verbs: analyse, examine, evaluate, discuss
• Assessment objectives: construction of meaning through aesthetic features and stylistic devices; ideological positioning; textual evidence selection and integration; sustained analytical argument
• Band A criterion descriptors: discerning interpretation, precise embedded evidence, contestable thesis, formal analytical register
• Prescribed text: Macbeth by William Shakespeare (drama qualifying as poetry/drama text type)

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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