QCE EnglishPractice Examination 14

This paper covers

• QCAA English General Units 3 and 4 — Unit 4 Topic 2: Close study of literary texts
• Analytical essay responding to unseen question on a prescribed literary text
• Stimulus context: Family, inheritance and the burden of the past on present choices and identity
• Prescribed text: Tara June Winch, The Yield (2019) — Australian text by an Aboriginal writer satisfying QCAA diversity requirements
• Cognitive verbs assessed: analyse, examine, evaluate, discuss
• Four marking criteria: Understanding of text (10 marks), Textual evidence (5 marks), Organisation and development (5 marks), Written expression (5 marks)
• Band A standard: purposive analysis of authorial craft choices, precise embedded textual evidence, sustained contestable argument across 800–1000 words
• QCAA English External Assessment — Practice EA 14 of 20

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.