Common Module: Texts and Human Experiences quiz

When was the text written and who wrote it?

How does the text represent human experiences AND how does that representation shape audience understanding?

What techniques does the text use and how many marks is each section worth?

How does the text compare to other Australian texts?

Individual human experiences

Collective human experiences

Anomalies, paradoxes and inconsistencies

Storytelling and narrative voice

All 90 minutes on the essay because it is worth more

30 minutes Section 1, 60 minutes Section 2

Roughly 45 minutes Section 1, 45 minutes Section 2

60 minutes Section 1, 30 minutes Section 2

1500 to 2000 words

900 to 1100 words

500 to 700 words

As long as possible to show effort

The author uses many techniques to show human experiences.

This text is about grief and loss.

The text's fragmented chronology enacts memory's recursive return to trauma, refusing the closure narrative typically offers.

There are many themes in this text including love, death, and family.

A one-paragraph response with one quote and one technique

A longer extended response with multiple quotes, layered analysis, sustained argument

A list of every technique you can spot in the text

A short answer of two or three sentences

Use 'I' and write about your feelings

Write what your teacher told you the text means

Demonstrate that your argument is thought-through, specific to this text, and the result of your own engagement

Mention your own life experience in the essay

Writing too neatly

Plot summary in disguise (then he realises..., next she becomes...)

Quoting too many short phrases

Mentioning the author by full name

You should write about one or the other, not both

Collective always matters more than individual

Top responses show how individual experiences are shaped by collective contexts, or how collective experiences are made up of distinct individual ones

These are just labels, they do not affect your analysis

Markers can tell from the first paragraph that the response is not answering the actual question

NESA scans for plagiarism

Pre-prepared essays are too long

They do not include the right techniques