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Module B: Critical Study of Literature
Quick questions on Composing a sustained Module B analytical response: HSC English Advanced
15short 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 is the forty-minute plan?Show answer
Paper 2 has three sections of forty minutes each. A workable time plan for Module B.
What is the thesis?Show answer
The Module B thesis is the single most important sentence in the response. It should:
What are body paragraphs?Show answer
The Module B body paragraph is where the marks live. The shape that works.
What is quoting tightly?Show answer
Module B rewards embedded quotation: short phrases fused into your own sentence. A six-word quotation inside your sentence is worth more than a twenty-word block.
What is conclusion?Show answer
The Module B conclusion is short. Three or four sentences is enough. The conclusion's work is to lift the argument to a claim about what the text rewards critical attention with.
What is holding the personal perspective?Show answer
The personal perspective is the response's spine. Three signs the perspective is sustained.
What is minutes 0 to 6: planning?Show answer
Read the question twice. Identify the directive (analyse, evaluate, explore, discuss, compose). Identify the concept the question turns on (textual integrity, voice, distinctive qualities, personal perspective, context, concerns).
What is minutes 6 to 36: writing?Show answer
Write thesis, three or four body paragraphs, conclusion. Move from paragraph to paragraph at six-to-eight-minute intervals.
What is minutes 36 to 39: checking?Show answer
Reread the thesis. Reread the directive. Tidy sentences that lost their grip.
What is minutes 39 to 40: buffer?Show answer
Pen down before the section ends.
What is topic sentence?Show answer
One sentence that names the analytical move and connects it to the thesis.
What is textual evidence?Show answer
Two or three short quoted phrases, embedded into your sentences. The phrases should come from more than one passage of the text.
What is analysis?Show answer
Sentences that name the feature precisely, argue its effect, and connect the effect to the text's textual integrity or the response's perspective.
What is integration?Show answer
A sentence that links this paragraph to the previous or to the next. Sustained argument is signalled by these links.
What is lift?Show answer
A sentence that returns the paragraph to the thesis.