QCE EnglishPractice Examination 19

This paper covers

• QCAA English General Unit 4 Topic 2 — Close study of literary texts
• Analytical essay responding to an unseen question on a prescribed literary text
• Stimulus context: Love and its limits — when romantic idealism meets social, economic or moral constraint
• Prescribed text: The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald (prose fiction; QCAA prescribed list)
• Cognitive verbs: analyse, discuss, evaluate, examine
• Four assessment criteria: Understanding of text (10 marks), Use of textual evidence (5 marks), Organisation and development (5 marks), Written expression (5 marks)
• Band A standard: purposive analysis of authorial craft, sustained contestable thesis, precise embedded textual evidence, formal analytical register
• Total marks: 25

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.