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Guys what types of literary theories are you planning to incorporate in your responses? And also, when using them in your essay for example, do they expect us to specifically outline the name of the theory and the context of it, or do they rather want you to incorporate the concepts of it in your analysis without direct reference??? Bruh the ext1 essay structure is confusinggg 😭
 

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bad idea. imaginative in advanced and imaginative in extension are different things and they have different goals. The main intention of the advanced imaginative is to draw on the stimulus and your mentor texts. The main intention of the extension imaginative is to construct a literary world
What they said, except you can still use certain plots, settings and characters in both, it’s easier to apply ext 1 features to mod c adv than the other way around though
 

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Also is anyone doing Worlds of Upheaval for their elective study? I'm great on Seamus Heaney but I got no clue what to argue for Metropolis so if anyone has advice or even practice exams pls lmk😭 (I've given up on Frankenstein tbh even though it has by far the most numerous and most accessible resources I just don't enjoy writing about it.)
I usually just talk about context with mine lmao, although that's still pretty important for the elective. I do Godot so Im not too sure about the connection between Heaney and Metro but would it be mostly connected through the tensions between social and political class? Although that just depends on your related text lol.
 

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And also, when using them in your essay for example, do they expect us to specifically outline the name of the theory and the context of it, or do they rather want you to incorporate the concepts of it in your analysis without direct reference??? Bruh the ext1 essay structure is confusinggg 😭
If there’s a critical/reflective then yeah mention the name and some context (as long as it directly relates), otherwise if it’s imaginative not necessarily. For discursive and persuasive it really depends if it’s about literary worlds or writers writing about writing, but it couldn’t hurt 🤷🏽‍♂️
 

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Guys what types of literary theories are you planning to incorporate in your responses? And also, when using them in your essay for example, do they expect us to specifically outline the name of the theory and the context of it, or do they rather want you to incorporate the concepts of it in your analysis without direct reference??? Bruh the ext1 essay structure is confusinggg 😭
you dont want to explain the beliefs of the literary theorists. but you want your study of the literary theorists to inform your opinions about the excerpts. I think what you would do is go 'blah blah blah is aligned with the literary philosophies of [literary theorist here]' and thats as far as the mentioning of the theorists goes. theres also the possibility that the excerpts won't really even allow for the mention of literary theorists. it comes down to whether the excerpt(s) are talking about writing, or are writing. theory v fiction
 

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guys how much evidence r u guys memorising for section 2? cause im thinking of memorising my essay (not word for word) and then some extra evidence incase the q is rlly out of pocket
 

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guys how much evidence r u guys memorising for section 2? cause im thinking of memorising my essay (not word for word) and then some extra evidence incase the q is rlly out of pocket
I’m only memorising my entire essay word for word. But my essay’s pretty adaptable cause my quotes align with multiple themes so I just change what I’m talking about in the para but keep the quotes the same if that makes sense.
 

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I’m only memorising my entire essay word for word. But my essay’s pretty adaptable cause my quotes align with multiple themes so I just change what I’m talking about in the para but keep the quotes the same if that makes sense.
yeah same thats what im doing cause it fits w everything in the syllabus. im just scared thats why im doing extra lol
 

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I didn't realise this thread was a thing and I've gone through it and read some great stuff but does anyone have any general tips/advice for the exam?

I don't put a lot of effort into extension and am probably sitting at about a 75% overall ... I know the quality of writing in extension is much different from advanced so I've been tossing up the idea of preparing a creative and my essay prior because I can't create anything remotely eloquent on the spot. Is the best strategy preparing/adapting a creative and an essay (and how so) OR to just have quotes and going in like you would any other exam ?

Also my related text is an episode of a tv show and my teacher has this kind of "I won't tell you what to do" mindset so he refuses to actually tell me if it's okay or not. I think my point comes across though so is that alright?
 

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I didn't realise this thread was a thing and I've gone through it and read some great stuff but does anyone have any general tips/advice for the exam?

I don't put a lot of effort into extension and am probably sitting at about a 75% overall ... I know the quality of writing in extension is much different from advanced so I've been tossing up the idea of preparing a creative and my essay prior because I can't create anything remotely eloquent on the spot. Is the best strategy preparing/adapting a creative and an essay (and how so) OR to just have quotes and going in like you would any other exam ?

Also my related text is an episode of a tv show and my teacher has this kind of "I won't tell you what to do" mindset so he refuses to actually tell me if it's okay or not. I think my point comes across though so is that alright?
its kind of too late to change related texts at this point no? Also if it was really that bad your teacher would surely have stopped you, its not as if you are going to analyze an episode of Bluey.
 

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its kind of too late to change related texts at this point no? Also if it was really that bad your teacher would surely have stopped you, its not as if you are going to analyze an episode of Bluey.
I have my doubts he would stop me since I'm pretty sure someone is doing a TS song in my class (no shade...) But I agree I think it's too late to get comfortable with a new text - I'm just overthinking it since even though my discussion is confined to a single episode it DOES follow a larger story so it's not like Black Mirror or anything. Just curious
 

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I have my doubts he would stop me since I'm pretty sure someone is doing a TS song in my class (no shade...) But I agree I think it's too late to get comfortable with a new text - I'm just overthinking it since even though my discussion is confined to a single episode it DOES follow a larger story so it's not like Black Mirror or anything. Just curious
I mean as long it has multiple concepts that are adaptable : D
 
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Yeah 😭 no idea what song or how that'd even work! But like I said my teacher kinda let US drive the bus. Can't say any of us are going to qualify for a state rank
At least it won't be from the most recent album...
 

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