QCE EnglishPractice Examination 15

This paper covers

• QCAA English General Unit 4 Topic 2 — Close study of literary texts
• Colonisation, dispossession and the ongoing legacy of historical trauma for First Nations communities
• Analytical essay responding to an unseen question about a prescribed literary text
• Objectives: analyse authorial choices of language, structure and aesthetic features; examine ideological positioning of readers; evaluate effects of aesthetic and stylistic devices; select and synthesise precise textual evidence
• Prescribed text: Tara June Winch, The Yield (2019) — QCAA prescribed list, Aboriginal Australian prose fiction
• Band A performance standard across four criteria: Understanding of text (10 marks), Use of textual evidence (5 marks), Organisation and development (5 marks), Written expression (5 marks)

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.