2021HSCExtended responseAny prescribed text

Q6

20 marks

Question

Analyse how your prescribed text represents the ways individuals respond to the challenges they face.
In your response, make reference to your prescribed text.

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Solution

Criteria	Marks
Analyses skilfully how the prescribed text represents the ways individuals respond to the challenges they face<br>• Presents an insightful response supported by well-chosen textual references from the prescribed text<br>• Writes a coherent and sustained response using language appropriate to audience, purpose and context	17–20
Analyses how the prescribed text represents the ways individuals respond to the challenges they face<br>• Presents a thoughtful response supported by textual references from the prescribed text<br>• Writes an organised response using language appropriate to audience, purpose and context	13–16
Explains how the prescribed text represents the ways individuals respond to the challenges they face<br>• Presents a response supported by some textual references from the prescribed text<br>• Writes a response using variable control of language appropriate to audience and purpose	9–12
Expresses limited understanding of ideas about individuals and/or challenges represented in the prescribed text<br>• Describes aspects of the texts<br>• Writes a response with minimal control of language	5–8
Refers to the prescribed text in an elementary way<br>• Attempts to compose a response	1–4

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Syllabus alignment

Common Module: Texts and Human Experiences

Texts and Human ExperiencesAnalyse and evaluate how texts use language to represent human experiences, qualities, emotions, anomalies, paradoxes and inconsistencies.

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