The Common Module - answer Text and Human Experience
Prescribed Text for the Common Module - answer Past the Shallows by Favell Parrett
Module A - answer Language, Identity and Culture
Prescribed Text for Module A - answer Alana Valentine, Shafana and Aunt Sarrinah
Module B - answer Close Study of Literature
Prescribed Text for Module B - answer The Truman Show [film text]
Module C - answer Craft of Writing
In the HSC exam Paper 1 will examine - answer Texts and Human Experience
In the HSC exam Paper 2 will examine - answer Modules
The number of prescribed texts and text types required for Standard English - answer
Students are required to closely study three types of prescribed texts, one drawn from
each of the following categories: prose fiction; poetry OR drama; film OR media OR
nonfiction
The Other related text for the Common Module - answer students 'select one related
text and draw from personal experience to make connections between themselves, the
world of the text and their wider world.' In other words, you choose a text that you like
and that you understand but it has to be related to the module.
The Craft of Writing - answer Students strengthen and extend their knowledge, skills
and confidence as writers. They write for a range of authentic audiences and purposes
to convey ideas with power and increasing precision.
Discursive texts - answer Texts whose primary focus is to explore an idea or variety of
topics. These texts involve the discussion of an idea(s) or opinion(s) without the
direct intention of persuading the reader, listener or viewer to adopt any single point of
view. Discursive texts can be humorous or serious in
tone and can have a formal or informal register
Figurative language - answer Words or phrases used in a way that differs from the
expected or everyday usage. Figurative language creates comparisons by linking the
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