Answering+the+Question

//Please open and save the file- it is clearer and more informative than what the formatting would allow here. // **__Shoe-Horn Sonata Speech Guideline __**

The assessment task is a speech, but it also needs to contain the PEEL components of an essay.

The point of essays is to //develop//, //express// and //justify// your personal response  to the text and the themes it presents. For every essay question you should be able to use variations of the same themes, techniques and textual evidence but you need to manipulate your ideas to directly answer the question. This is what makes essay writing in the HSC so difficult. For the Distinctively Visual Module, essay questions are based on how your understanding and experience (of themes) is changed and shaped by Distinctively Visual techniques. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Beneath is an example of how you would link the same theme to several different essay questions. Discuss how the distinctively visual conveysdistinctive experiences in [core text] and ONE other related text of your own choosing. 1. War and its atrocities create an environment where values and friendships are tested 2. After enduring war and it’s atrocities, acknowledgement or lack of it can affect all of your life experiences 3. Friendship is a complex experience that continues to affect us throughout our lives

Distinctive images are created for different purposes. How is this shown in your prescribed text and at least ONE other text of your own choosing? (2010 CSSA Trial) 1. To expose the sacrifices of women in WWII 2. To emphasise how attitudes to women increased the sacrifices women were called on to make. <span style="font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px;">3. To praise the triumph of friendship over suffering <span style="font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px;">Discuss how successful composers have been in using distinctively visual elements to create a particular point of view. How are images used to explore the ways in which we view the world? (2009 Cheltenham Girls HS Trial) <span style="font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px;">1. That people will sacrifice their well-being to protect their friends <span style="font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px;">2. That the relationship between values and survival is fraught <span style="font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px;">3. That having a voice and being acknowledged is central to overcoming suffering <span style="font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px;">Powerful images challenge our understanding of ourselves and our world. Explain how your core text and ONE related text have challenged your thinking. <span style="font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px;">1. We, as humans, are capable of making great sacrifices for friendship <span style="font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px;">2. Women, and their friendships are forged and challenges by the attitudes of society <span style="font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px;">3. That having a voice and being acknowledged by the world is central to overcoming suffering <span style="font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px;">Composers select techniques to create distinctively visual images to position the reader to elicit the preferred reading of a text.

<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px;">Compare the ways the distinctively visual is created in [core text] and ONE other related text of your own choosing.

<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px;">What effect has the use of distinctively visual features had on your appreciation of [prescribed text] and at least one other related text of your own choosing? (CTHS 2010 Trial) <span style="font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px;">Discuss how successful composers have been in using distinctively visual elements to create a particular view.