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Quick questions on Everyday community texts in HSC English Studies

3short Q&A pairs drawn directly from our worked dot-point answer. For full context and worked exam questions, read the parent dot-point page.

What are three jobs?
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Most community texts do at least one of three things.
What is reading critically?
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Reading critically means not just understanding a text but questioning it. Useful questions:
What is match your depth to the marks available?
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A 3 to 4 mark question wants one or two clearly identified techniques or jobs with brief evidence; an 8-mark analyse question wants all three jobs (inform, persuade, connect) discussed with evidence, plus a final judgement on which job the text prioritises overall.

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