HSC English Advanced

How many examination papers are there for HSC English Advanced?

Paper 1 is solely devoted to the Common Module: Texts and Human Experiences.

• True

• False

The types of questions you will get in Paper 1, Section 1 are: (tick all appropriate boxes)

• short answer questions

• one 20 mark question

• questions to unseen texts

• extended response to Merchant of Venice

• a combination of 3, 4 and 5 mark questions

In Paper 1, Section 1, the question may be specific to the prescribed text or specific to the form of the text or there may be one question that is relevant to all the prescribed texts.

• True

• False

Paper 1, Section 2 may include stimulus material and/or unseen texts to respond to

• True

• False

Paper 2 is worth _____ marks.

In Paper 2, Section 1 is allocated 15 marks, Section 2 is allocated 15 marks and Section 3 is allocated 30 marks.

• True

• False

Paper 2 examines Modules A, B and C.

• True

• False

In Modules A and B, the types of questions you can receive include: (tick appropriate boxes)

• extended response

• a persuasive, discursive or imaginative response

• one question with up to two parts

• specific question to the prescribed text/s

• general question relevant to all the prescribed texts

For Module C, the Craft of Writing, you could be asked to write (tick the correct boxes):

• a discursive response

• an imaginative response

• a persuasive response

• a critical response

• a reflective response