Eng Ext 1 & 2 Predictions/Thoughts (1 Viewer)

[exteng_imcooked]

okay does anyone have any good discursive ideas for literary worlds that i can borrow/adapt please please im desperate

 

[zodiacocean]

what r ur tips for s2 adapting for WoH

use ur reading time well. i like to rephrase the question in my own words in my head to pick apart what it really wants, and then i try to draw a specific connection between the question and my argument. you need to not only have a solid overarching thesis between all three texts but also three individual theses that connect the text, the question, and worlds of upheaval. it's also a waste of time to just repeat the question back in all of your theses because that doesn't say to the marker that you understand the question and its link to the texts and the module -- you need to use the understanding you have of your texts and the module to construct a substantial argument on the day. in my opinion if you're a quick writer it's always worth taking five minutes out of your writing time to construct a plan for how youre going to answer the question, especially if you're more worried about lit worlds. also make sure to at least familiarise yourself with the primary literary movements and a few relevant philosophers because those will honestly make or break an argument depending on your texts

 

[erin_4school]

how are people preparing for discursives for section 1?

my teacher said its supperrrr unlikely we'll ever be asked discursive w/out the option of a creative or analytical

 

[zodiacocean]

okay does anyone have any good discursive ideas for literary worlds that i can borrow/adapt please please im desperate

i really don't think it'll be discursive. but if you're that worried come up with a few techniques, motifs, or ideas that you want to incorporate and then practice writing discursives based on extracts incorporating those motifs. it's extraordinarily difficult to prep well for lit worlds bc of the sheer variation you just need to be able to compose something good on the fly

 

[Trial&Error]

okay does anyone have any good discursive ideas for literary worlds that i can borrow/adapt please please im desperate

The BEST tip my ext teacher gave was to think of a central metaphor which can be used to explore anything and write a discursive on it. Then brainstrom how you would change it up to a given question.

For example you might have "mirrors" or something. And your base piece will look like this (don't judge I just made this up right now):

"I’ve never trusted mirrors. They lie too politely. They don’t show you what’s there; they show you what you already believe about what’s there. They’re like well-trained friends—always reflecting the version of you you’ve decided to see.

When I was younger, I used to stare into mirrors until the world around me dissolved. I’d look and look until my own face started to feel borrowed, like I was wearing someone else’s reflection. It wasn’t frightening, not exactly. More like disorienting—realising that I could recognise myself and still not know who I was.

Sometimes, when I walk past a shop window at night, I catch my reflection and don’t recognise it. The glass is dark, the city lights flicker behind me, and for a moment it’s like I’m watching a stranger pass through my life. I wonder how many times I’ve walked by myself without knowing it. How many versions of me are still wandering somewhere, trapped in those reflections, waiting for me to notice them.

We talk about “finding ourselves” as if we’re something lost—but what if the problem isn’t loss? What if it’s excess? What if we’ve reflected ourselves into so many fragments that there’s no single image left to return to?"


You can use this if you want lol or come up with your own central metaphor. It could even be something that you're really passionate about like cars or birds or something. And that way you won't waste a lot of time researching on it today and you won't even have to memorise it.

I used this technique to write a discursive and then adapted it into an imaginative using the same central metaphor but really focusing on setting and characterisation.

 

[zodiacocean]

The BEST tip my ext teacher gave was to think of a central metaphor which can be used to explore anything and write a discursive on it. Then brainstrom how you would change it up to a given question.

For example you might have "mirrors" or something. And your base piece will look like this (don't judge I just made this up right now):

"I’ve never trusted mirrors. They lie too politely. They don’t show you what’s there; they show you what you already believe about what’s there. They’re like well-trained friends—always reflecting the version of you you’ve decided to see.

When I was younger, I used to stare into mirrors until the world around me dissolved. I’d look and look until my own face started to feel borrowed, like I was wearing someone else’s reflection. It wasn’t frightening, not exactly. More like disorienting—realising that I could recognise myself and still not know who I was.

Sometimes, when I walk past a shop window at night, I catch my reflection and don’t recognise it. The glass is dark, the city lights flicker behind me, and for a moment it’s like I’m watching a stranger pass through my life. I wonder how many times I’ve walked by myself without knowing it. How many versions of me are still wandering somewhere, trapped in those reflections, waiting for me to notice them.

We talk about “finding ourselves” as if we’re something lost—but what if the problem isn’t loss? What if it’s excess? What if we’ve reflected ourselves into so many fragments that there’s no single image left to return to?"


You can use this if you want lol or come up with your own central metaphor. It could even be something that you're really passionate about like cars or birds or something. And that way you won't waste a lot of time researching on it today and you won't even have to memorise it.

I used this technique to write a discursive and then adapted it into an imaginative using the same central metaphor but really focusing on setting and characterisation.

wait bruh this is so good tell me ur a high ranker. eng ext 2 may be straight ass but it saves lives in imaginatives truly

 

[englishmath52]

use ur reading time well. i like to rephrase the question in my own words in my head to pick apart what it really wants, and then i try to draw a specific connection between the question and my argument. you need to not only have a solid overarching thesis between all three texts but also three individual theses that connect the text, the question, and worlds of upheaval. it's also a waste of time to just repeat the question back in all of your theses because that doesn't say to the marker that you understand the question and its link to the texts and the module -- you need to use the understanding you have of your texts and the module to construct a substantial argument on the day. in my opinion if you're a quick writer it's always worth taking five minutes out of your writing time to construct a plan for how youre going to answer the question, especially if you're more worried about lit worlds. also make sure to at least familiarise yourself with the primary literary movements and a few relevant philosophers because those will honestly make or break an argument depending on your texts

thanks!

 

[erin_4school]

guys now was not a good time to pick short film as my ee2 mw cause now all my classmates have built in imaginatives and all i know is film techniques lmao

 

[erin_4school]

The BEST tip my ext teacher gave was to think of a central metaphor which can be used to explore anything and write a discursive on it. Then brainstrom how you would change it up to a given question.

For example you might have "mirrors" or something. And your base piece will look like this (don't judge I just made this up right now):

girl if this is u just making it up on the spot ur set for tmrw

 

[erin_4school]

also for "reasons why we build lit worlds" does anyone have like unique concepts for this that arent kinda the stock standard lit theories and the ones kinda implied in the syllabus?

 

[zodiacocean]

thanks!

ofc i hope it helped!!

 

[exteng_imcooked]

also for "reasons why we build lit worlds" does anyone have like unique concepts for this that arent kinda the stock standard lit theories and the ones kinda implied in the syllabus?

this is what chat came up with lmao

Purpose of Building Literary Worlds

• To explore complex ideas and emotions in a controlled, imaginative environment.
• To reflect and critique reality, exposing hidden truths about human nature and society.
• To challenge readers’ perspectives, encouraging them to question norms and assumptions.
• To express identity and worldview, giving authors a medium to project personal or cultural experiences.
• To immerse readers in alternative realities, offering escape or contrast from the familiar world.
• To reimagine possibilities, imagining futures, pasts, or realities that reveal what could be rather than what is.
• To evoke empathy, allowing readers to inhabit experiences beyond their own.
• To experiment with language and form, testing the boundaries of storytelling and expression.
• To confront moral, ethical, or philosophical questions in symbolic or heightened contexts.
• To create communal understanding, uniting readers through shared imaginative experiences.

 

[erin_4school]

(a) Use Text 1 and Text 2 to answer this part. 10

To what extent do both extracts resonate with your understanding of why we compose literary worlds.

would u do like
intro
para 1 - text 1
para 2 - text 2
concl

or would you do an integrated structure?

 

[zodiacocean]

(a) Use Text 1 and Text 2 to answer this part. 10

To what extent do both extracts resonate with your understanding of why we compose literary worlds.

would u do like
intro
para 1 - text 1
para 2 - text 2
concl

or would you do an integrated structure?

honestly i prefer to do both texts in each paragraph. that way you can make two well founded arguments on two different ideas about the module while still discussing both texts. i think if you split the texts into two paragraphs one each youre constrained to one specific argument lest ur structure makes no sense

 

[Trial&Error]

Guys do we absolutely need to quote critics in our section 2 essay? I feel like it doesn't really build on my arguments and my essay's already too long.

 

[zodiacocean]

Guys do we absolutely need to quote critics in our section 2 essay? I feel like it doesn't really build on my arguments and my essay's already too long.

i don't really quote any critics in my s2 essay? s1 you def need to but s2 i dont thiiiink it's as necessary

 

[erin_4school]

u also dont need it in s1, it can just help

 

[KellyMc]

Guys I'm actually praying for creative at this point

 

[amyjames]

for s1 how do you incorporate literary theory into the analysis of the given texts? does anyone have any practices they've done bc i'm struggling to wrap my head around it

 

[soph235897]

(a) Use Text 1 and Text 2 to answer this part. 10

To what extent do both extracts resonate with your understanding of why we compose literary worlds.

would u do like
intro
para 1 - text 1
para 2 - text 2
concl

or would you do an integrated structure?

for me depends on the texts, if there's one critical one creative anf the critical applies to the creatives then integrated, but if it's two separate lit worlds and creatives i will more likely do text 1 text 2 (unless the texts seem really really connected)