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Here we are in the process of assembling a collection of documents and resources, showing what you need to know, to prepare for this external examination.

English assessment specifications

 * Scholarship Performance Standard (93001) || English ||
 * Mode of Assessment || Written Examination ||
 * For Year || 2013 ||

Specific Information
Candidates will answer three questions, each in the form of an essay.

Format of the assessment
There will be three sections:
 * Section A: Close Reading of Unfamiliar Texts** will require a comparison of two written texts – one prose and one poetry – with an emphasis on aspects of content and crafting. There will be a single question for this section.
 * Section B: Literature and Language – Genre Based** will require a response to literature and / or language studied. Candidates will be required to select one question from 14 genre-based options including poetry, non-fiction, film, non-Shakespearean drama, Shakespearean drama, novel, short story, social media, and the internet.
 * Section C: Exploring Issues in Literature and Language** will require an exploration of issues in literature and / or language studied. Candidates will be required to select one question from 12 issues-based options.
 * Notes**:
 * In Sections B and C, candidates should demonstrate wide knowledge and wide reading, and an appreciation of aspects of genre and intertextuality.
 * Candidates should not include the same content or quotations for both Section B and Section C.

=PRACTISING FOR SCHOLARSHIP= Now that we have studied some of Hone Tuwhare's poems, and are underway with our study of The Book Thief, these topics from the Sample Scholarship Examination paper for 2013 will interest you. Have a go at an essay. Submit it for feedback.

Note the number of topics built around metaphors or other language features! That is to encourage you to think laterally about the questions and the text.

Write a coherent and engaging essay in response to ONE of the statements numbered below. Use the statement as the focus for an in-depth discussion of **one or more long texts** OR **a range of short texts**. Your essay should reflect independent thinking and show extensive knowledge of appropriate text(s), their purposes, and the methods used in crafting them.
 * Section B: Responding to literature and Language **
 * 1. ** ** Poetry is based on a backbone of ideas encased in a well-chosen skin of words. **
 * 2. Poems express a distillation of life’s experiences and emotions **** . **
 * 3. Writers of novels present a singular view of one individual and persuade the reader to take that view **
 * 4. ** ** Writers of novels create worlds that are cleverly and cunningly drawn so that their characters may become fully formed. **

Section C: Exploring Issues in Literature and Language
Write a coherent and engaging essay in response to ONE of the statements below. Your essay should reflect independent thinking about an issue and show extensive knowledge of a range of appropriate texts, their purposes, and the methods used in crafting them.

Note: No content or quotations used in your answer to Section B should be repeated in this section. statements (Choose one)

Check out this Writing Commons site for information about literary criticism: = [|Literary Criticism] =