English Studies flashcards
63 HSC English Studies cards across 15 modules (6 definitions, 54 key facts, 3 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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What this deck covers
Achieving through English: English and the worlds of education, work and community (10 cards, 5 dot points)
- Adapting communication for work and community in HSC English Studies (2)
- Filling in forms and everyday documents in HSC English Studies (2)
- Reading and writing procedures and instructions in HSC English Studies (2)
- Spoken presentations and interviews in HSC English Studies (2)
- Writing resumes and job applications in HSC English Studies (2)
Common Module: Texts and Human Experiences (8 cards, 4 dot points)
Digital Worlds: English and the web (4 cards, 1 dot point)
Discovery and Investigations: English and the sciences (3 cards, 1 dot point)
In the Marketplace: English and the world of business (2 cards, 1 dot point)
Living and working in the community: English and community participation (4 cards, 2 dot points)
Local Heroes: English and community life (2 cards, 1 dot point)
MiTunes and text: English and the language of song (2 cards, 1 dot point)
On the road: English and the experience of travel (4 cards, 1 dot point)
Part of a Family: English and family life (2 cards, 1 dot point)
Playing the game: English and sport (7 cards, 2 dot points)
Telling us all about it: English and the media (4 cards, 2 dot points)
The Big Screen: English in filmmaking (5 cards, 2 dot points)
We are Australians: English and citizenship, community and cultural identity (4 cards, 2 dot points)
Who do I think I am: English and personal identity (2 cards, 1 dot point)
Sample cards from this deck
Key fact
Adapting communication for work and community in HSC English Studies
Tell me about Register and tone
Register is how formal or informal your language is. Tone is the attitude you carry.
Key fact
Language forms and features in HSC English Studies
Tell me about A working glossary
You do not need fifty techniques. You need a small set you can use confidently.
Definition
Reading and composing online texts in HSC English Studies
Define Interactivity
Interactivity (comments, likes, shares, reactions) lets the audience become part of the text, sometimes changing how later readers interpret the original post.
Definition
Communicating science clearly in HSC English Studies
Define The hedging vocabulary to know cold
Suggests, indicates, may, appears to, is associated with, more research is needed. These phrases signal a finding is probable, not proven. The single clearest sign of POOR science communication, in any text you read or compose, is a headline or claim that drops the hedge a careful study kept, replacing "may reduce" with "cures" or "prevents".
Key fact
Persuasive language in business texts in HSC English Studies
Tell me about How business texts persuade
Marketplace texts use a recognisable persuasive toolkit, often more polished than everyday advertising. Naming the technique and stating its effect on the customer is your analysis.
Key fact
Everyday community texts in HSC English Studies
Tell me about Reading critically
Reading critically means not just understanding a text but questioning it. An advertisement that says "the best value in town" is making a claim, not stating a fact.
Key fact
Representing everyday heroes in HSC English Studies
Tell me about How a text builds a hero
A profile or tribute uses recognisable techniques to lift an ordinary person into an admirable figure. Naming these techniques and their effect is your analysis.
Key fact
Language and meaning in song lyrics in HSC English Studies
Tell me about How sound carries meaning
Sound is not decoration; it shapes feeling just as much as the words do. Tempo can drive a song forward or hold it back.
Definition
Travel writing and place in HSC English Studies
Define The three analytical lenses, always used together
The three analytical lenses, always used together (1) Place - what specific, sensory detail is selected, and what mood or meaning it builds (never just "sensory language is used"). (2) Journey shape - the structure of departure/expectation, encounter/difficulty, arrival/change, and WHERE the turning point sits. (3) Encounter and perspective - whether the people met are represented as real (individualised, with agency) or as scenery (background for the traveller), and what that choice reveals about the text's underlying attitude. A top-band response moves between all three lenses in the same paragraph, rather than treating them as three separate, disconnected topics.
Key fact
Representing family in texts in HSC English Studies
Tell me about Belonging and conflict
Family texts usually hold both belonging and conflict, often at once. Belonging is built through shared rituals, meals, in-jokes, a family home, a repeated phrase.