English Advanced Predictions/Thoughts (5 Viewers)

[zodiacocean]

Should I include personal voice in my mod b essay? I’m not sure about using first person

NEEEEVER USE FIRST PERSON THEY'LL COOK YOU

 

[Kat.crazi]

DO NOT DO NOT DO NOT USE FIRST PERSON DO NOT DO NOT DO NOT

LMAOOO Teachers have said to do this before and I’ve never listened bc I don’t like it lol
How do I know if I already have a strong personal voice? I’m analysing texts in my own way as I usually do but I’m not sure
any tips lol

 

[Kat.crazi]

NEEEEVER USE FIRST PERSON THEY'LL COOK YOU

Yay good I hate first person

 

[kittyc4tkittycar]

LMAOOO Teachers have said to do this before and I’ve never listened bc I don’t like it lol
How do I know if I already have a strong personal voice? I’m analysing texts in my own way as I usually do but I’m not sure
any tips lol

just say "audiences" or smth

 

[Superstitic]

Should I include personal voice in my mod b essay? I’m not sure about using first person

I've heard a lot of mixed things about this and I could be wrong but I'll tell you what I've heard and what I will be doing tmr.

A teacher at my school who marks the English Adv HSC said that if the question requires a personal insight "your understanding" or something to do with "your", you should say "In my personal understanding” as it clearly shows you've engaged with the question. This is also the general consensus is at my school and what other students are doing.

Again I've heard a lot of mixed opinions on this so once again take what I say with a grain of salt but its what im going to do and its what I did in trials and did well with.

 

[zodiacocean]

I've heard a lot of mixed things about this and I could be wrong but I'll tell you what I've heard and what I will be doing tmr.

A teacher at my school who marks the English Adv HSC said that if the question requires a personal insight "your understanding" or something to do with "your", you should say "In my personal understanding” as it clearly shows you've engaged with the question. This is also the general consensus is at my school and what other students are doing.

Again I've heard a lot of mixed opinions on this so once again take what I say with a grain of salt but its what im going to do and its what I did in trials and did well with.

it's generally a very bad idea to use any sort of explicitly personal language in an analytical essay i fear. the quality of your analysis itself should indicate whether or not you have a strong personal voice. if your argument is clearly sustained and makes sense with the rubric and the question, as well as high quality techniques and evidence, etc, you should be fine. as a rule of thumb NEVER use any kind of i, me, my, anything like that it'll screw you over

 

[parmesean]

LMAOOO Teachers have said to do this before and I’ve never listened bc I don’t like it lol
How do I know if I already have a strong personal voice? I’m analysing texts in my own way as I usually do but I’m not sure
any tips lol

"Audiences are positioned to reconsider / Our understanding of X is dramatically shifted by [author] / The audience is in turn pivoted to examine / [author] implies X, however, upon consideration of

we notice... "

like its just analysing it from a group perspective. Never EVER use "I" in your essays, ever ever EVER. like id pay someone not to. it kills your academic voice

 

[parmesean]

the formatting of that sucks what have i done

 

[svad]

does anyone know any key terms that might be in the mod B question.

 

[Kat.crazi]

"Audiences are positioned to reconsider / Our understanding of X is dramatically shifted by [author] / The audience is in turn pivoted to examine / [author] implies X, however, upon consideration of

Thank youu

 

[alphxreturns]

did u guys get to flip through the paper a few mins before reading time started??

 

[Superstitic]

does anyone know any key terms that might be in the mod B question.

Potentially stuff to do with distinctive features / style, thats pretty common with mod b

 

[svad]

did u guys get to flip through the paper a few mins before reading time started??

yeah lol when I had to write my NESA number. I took that as an invitation to flip through

 

[parmesean]

did u guys get to flip through the paper a few mins before reading time started??

i mean they do a page check before each exam starts so like if u mean that then everyone shoulda

 

[shoujoyuri]

gang what do we think are the chances of extract for mod a tomorrow? im super stressed ab it

I think there's like a 90% chance of there being an extract based on patterns from the last 5 years but after the shit show that was paper 1 you never know

 

[parmesean]

50/50 either an extract or they put a cat on your desk and say you need to implement it into your analysis

 

[alphxreturns]

i mean they do a page check before each exam starts so like if u mean that then everyone shoulda

it caught me so off guard lol 5 mins extra reading time essentially

 

[zodiacocean]

I think there's like a 90% chance of there being an extract based on patterns from the last 5 years but after the shit show that was paper 1 you never know

yeah just fucking kill me WAHAH its over

 

[C2H6O]

omg just did my first ever practise mod c ts is so cooked why is a reflection so hard brooo
im yapping about nothing even though i swear my creative was stuffed full of techniques

 

[Superstitic]

it's generally a very bad idea to use any sort of explicitly personal language in an analytical essay i fear. the quality of your analysis itself should indicate whether or not you have a strong personal voice. if your argument is clearly sustained and makes sense with the rubric and the question, as well as high quality techniques and evidence, etc, you should be fine. as a rule of thumb NEVER use any kind of i, me, my, anything like that it'll screw you over

I dont really know how to use this site so hopefully this works. I do agree that it makes sense to not explicitly state that your ideas are personal (as obviously thats implied, I'm the one writing the essay so ofc its personal). However its just what I've been told by my teacher who marks HSC and also I can see an argument for both sides, so I will still stick on the side of using some sort of personal language if the question is personal because I also believe it makes it easier for the marker to see that you've engaged with the question. But yeah obviously everyone has different opinions.

my understanding is that 'I' is fine, and you will read plenty of academic writing that does use I. Just don't follow it with an anecdote about a conversation you had last week with a cashier at Woolworths, you know? Using I doesn't make your writing informal, writing informally makes your writing informal.

This is a bit from a mod A essay that I specifically asked my teacher about and which she said was totally fine

...Hymne to God, in my reading of Donne’s later religious poetry, is an outlier. Its tone contrasts markedly with the pugnacious 2nd person addresses of Donne’s holy sonnets (“why swell'st thou then?”etc.), in that it is singularly introspective...

I even think this can be good, as

(a) it will set you apart from other students, and your absolute priority in advanced (I think) should be to set yourself apart. Because markers are bored shitless.

(b) it gives you a bit more credit for your original ideas. It's like a little signpost that says "I did not get this from sparknotes, or from an academic reading", which, even if subconsciously, should make your ideas a little more impressive. I think.

Having said that, another of my English teachers is always saying that the idea "it is raining outside" is not enhanced or expanded by adding "I think it is raining outside", so do not slip into tentativity when you start writing in 1st person!!

Hope this helps and good luck!!