English short answer questions examples

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Short answer questions are just the same as the study you have done in class, whenever you were not discussing your set text.

You can practise short answer questions any time and any place: analyse the ads on the sides of buses or at a train station; ask yourself what that magazine article told you about belonging; think about the way a video clip represents lyrics of a son; evaluate the camera angles in a commercial on TV...

Questions you could ask yourself include:

• Describe how the text depicts different types of discoveries?
• Explain the relationship of [character's name] with [another character's name].
• How does this text portray [friendship/romance/family ties/community groups/cultural identity/virtual reality etc.] as a process of discovery
• Explore the [name of character]'s attitude to [important 'thing' from text] as a symbol of discovery.
• Compare and contrast the different perspectives on adisocvery portrayed by the text/s
• Explain how the composer has explored the theme of community/family/place/landscape/nature/cultural identity as essential to the process of discovery
• Identify two techniques and explain how they convey the theme of community/family/place/landscape/nature/cultural identity as essential to the process of discovery

• Analyse how the composer  uses the narrator’s sense of place to explore new concepts andi deas

• What is the message about discovery?
• What technique is used to convey the message? (Name and quote/example)
• Why is this technique used? (What effect does it have on the reader?)

The Essay Doctor has some excellent suggestions for answering short andswer questions about discovery

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Excel at Google Books has definitions of techniques to look for and some texts you could use to answer the above questions. Save my HSC[http://savemyhsc.com.au/category/area-of-study-belonging/] has study tips for English exams and a link to an excellent list of text types and their techniques

These websites have some guided examples you could use to practise short answer questions. The questions here are about the [previous topic (belonging ) so makes sure you adapt them to fit the new area of Study - discovery.

• Visual Grammar [http://www.webquestdirect.com.au/webquest.asp?id=650&page=4923]. Also click on the next section : Visual Grammar Sampler
• OpPapers [http://www.oppapers.com/essays/Short-Answer-Questions/645566] has a couple of answers you can look at for free. Don't pay for other people's answers; they're never worth the price!
• Shelley MacNamara's Blog [http://belongingareaofstudy.blogspot.com/2008/11/unseen-texts-drifters-welcome-stranger.html]  has questions and modelled answers

• Annie's English[http://anniesenglish.com/?page_id=25] has lots of quotes which you could use to practise analysing techniques.

Anna McHugh [http://discoveryhsc.blogspot.com.au/2015/07/sample-answers-comprehension-poetry-text.html] on an unseen poem

We do not use only Yes or No to answer a question. This is not polite. We use short answers. Here are some examples:

* Use long forms instead of contracted forms to emphasize your answer.

you like fish? – No, I not.

This section  requires students to respond to unseen texts by answering a series of short answer questions. Students must be able to identify and analyse the meaning created by both language and visual techniques. The meaning created by these techniques will relate to the AOS: Belonging and therefore students must have a deep and varied understanding of the concept. You can study for this section everyday by analysing advertisements, asking yourself how a TV show or magazine article represents belonging or simply thinking about the techniques used in the lyrics of a song.  Questions you could ask yourself include: Describe how the text depicts the idea of belonging or not belonging? Explain the relationship of [character's name] with [another character's name]. How does this text portray [friendship/romance/family ties/community groups/cultural identity/virtual reality etc.] as an alternative way of belonging Explore the [name of character]'s attitude to [important 'thing' from text] as a symbol of belonging. Compare and contrast the different perspectives of belonging conveyed in the text/s Explain how the composer has explored the importance of community/family/cultural identity to the sense of belonging. Identify two techniques and explain how they convey the importance of community/family/cultural identity to belonging. Analyse how the composer  establishes the narrator’s place and her sense of belonging. How does the composer present the need to belong in community or group. Analyse how the text/s represent connections to the larger world. Explore how the text/s shows that one must not belong in order to belong

The above text is from the HSC English 2010 Paper 1 – Area of Study Question 1: Text One – Image: (a) Describe how the image depicts the idea of belonging or not belonging to a family. (2 marks)    The above question asks you to:     1. "Describe how..."             How = techniques and therefore the markers need to see that you can describe               a technique that has been used to...     2. "... depicts the idea of belonging or not belonging to a family"              The technique you choose must depict (represent, illustrate) an idea about                      either belonging or not belonging to family.  Activity One a. Access the documents below entitled: 'English-std-adv-sample-answers' and              '2010-hsc-exam-english -SandA' b. Read the Reading Section (Section ONE) of the 2010 exam and read the Marker's        comments/sample answers from the Reading Section. c. Read the comments from the above example text (Question One) and compose           two possible answers. Each answer must achieve the two full marks. Activity Two     Go to the following website and summarise the 'Helpful Hints' section.     http://www.matrix.edu.au/how-to-ace-hsc-belonging-section-1-area-of-study