QCE EnglishPractice Examination 20

This paper covers

• QCAA English General Unit 4 Topic 2 — Close study of literary texts
• Analytical essay responding to unseen question on a prescribed literary text
• Stimulus/context: Redemption, forgiveness and the question of whether people can be truly known or judged by others
• Cognitive verbs: Analyse, Discuss, Evaluate, Examine
• Prescribed text: The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini (prose fiction, widely used in Queensland schools)
• Band A response modelling sustained interpretation, close textual evidence, control of expression
• Four-criteria QCAA marking guide (Understanding of text 10 marks, Textual evidence 5 marks, Organisation and development 5 marks, Written expression 5 marks)
• Total: 25 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.