QCE EnglishPractice Examination 16

This paper covers

• QCAA English General Unit 4 Topic 2 - Close study of a literary text
• Analytical essay responding to an unseen question
• Prescribed literary text: The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
• Stimulus/context: Class, wealth and the invisible walls that determine who belongs and who is excluded
• Syllabus objectives: Analyse authorial craft; Analyse cultural assumptions and ideological positioning; Analyse aesthetic effects; Select, synthesise and organise textual evidence
• Cognitive verbs: analyse, examine, evaluate, discuss
• Band A standard: discerning interpretation, precise embedded evidence, contestable thesis, formal analytical register

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.