You must know what you are doing. 128 May 1998. These are but some of the useful materials available. They will help you to be very clear on what is involved and on what we hope for from you. In essence, your examination comprises three elements - two on Text and one on Writing Task.
Text responses The range of texts available for study is wide and quite fascinating.
Of those you have studied, you will have the opportunity to write on two. Hopefully you will have found that study interesting and rewarding because you need to really understand and relate to what you read or view. Each text should be important to you in the sense that you have critically taken in what is being done with situations, ideas and language. There is no substitute for a very detailed and accurate knowledge of text content, of where the text fits in its time and setting, and the way it works - that is, how it creates its meanings. You need to be fully acquainted with character, action, story, style and the like, so that when you express your views, you can easily draw on any aspect of the text to support what you say.