English Extension 2 flashcards

49 HSC English Extension 2 cards across 2 modules (9 definitions, 34 key facts, 6 fill-the-gap, 0 formulas). Each session gives you 20 cards, due cards first. Swipe right for easy, left for hard, down for again. Keyboard: Space to flip, 1 to 4 to rate.

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Definition
Composing a podcast for the HSC English Extension 2 Major Work
Define Sound design
Sound design is the deliberate arrangement of all non-verbal audio in a work: ambient sound, effects, music and silence. In a podcast it is a primary meaning-making resource, shaping atmosphere, signalling transitions, and carrying emotional and thematic weight that the spoken words alone do not.
Key fact
Drafting and refining the HSC English Extension 2 Major Work
Tell me about Structural revision before line editing
The order of refinement matters. Big problems come first: does the structure work, does the concept come through, does the arc hold, is anything missing or redundant?
Definition
Composing creative nonfiction for the HSC English Extension 2 Major Work
Define Creative nonfiction
Creative nonfiction is writing that is factually accurate but composed with literary technique. The defining feature is the pairing of a truth obligation with the craft normally associated with fiction and poetry.
Key fact
The Major Work Journal for HSC English Extension 2
Tell me about A working tool, not a performance
The journal is for you first. Its primary value is that the act of recording forces you to make your thinking explicit: why you abandoned an approach, what a model taught you, how a draft failed and what you learned.
Definition
Composing performance poetry and speeches for the HSC English Extension 2 Major Work
Define Performance poetry
Performance poetry is poetry composed primarily for live or recorded oral delivery, where rhythm, repetition, voice and embodied performance are integral to meaning rather than incidental.
Key fact
Understanding the marking criteria for the HSC English Extension 2 Major Work
Tell me about The two assessed components
The mark is split. The Major Work itself carries the bulk of the marks, and the Reflection Statement carries a smaller portion.
Definition
Composing poetry for the HSC English Extension 2 Major Work
Define The four proofs of coherence markers look for, in every strong suite
The four proofs of coherence markers look for, in every strong suite (1) A controlling concept stated or clearly inferable, that every poem serves. (2) A recurring image or motif introduced early and transformed, not merely repeated, across the sequence. (3) A developing arc - emotional, intellectual, or both - so the suite's end state differs meaningfully from its start state. (4) An order that matters: if the poems could be shuffled without loss, the work is a collection, not a suite. A Reflection Statement that can point to all four, with textual evidence for each, is arguing from strength.
Key fact
Writing the Reflection Statement for HSC English Extension 2
Tell me about Justifying concept and form
The statement must articulate your concept and defend why your chosen form serves it. This is where the early decision about concept and form answering to each other pays off.
Definition
The independent investigation for the HSC English Extension 2 Major Work
Define ongoing investigation
An ongoing investigation means the research does not stop once composition begins. As your drafts reveal new problems, you investigate further to solve them.
Definition
Working with form and language in the HSC English Extension 2 Major Work
Define To manipulate form
To manipulate form means to control the structural and conventional features of a mode, sequence, framing, point of view, line, scene, rhythm, so that the arrangement itself produces meaning and shapes the responder's experience, rather than simply organising content neutrally.