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EXAMINATION

2021

English Advanced

Paper 1 — Texts and Human Experiences

General • Reading time – 10 minutes

Instructions • Working time – 1 hour and 30 minutes
• Write using black pen
• A Stimulus Booklet is provided with this paper
• Write your Student Number at the top of this page for
Section I
• Write your Student Number at the top of any writing
booklets used for Section II

Total marks: Section I – 20 marks (pages 3–8)

40 • Attempt Questions 1–5
• Allow about 45 minutes for this section

Section II – 20 marks (pages 9–12)

• Attempt Question 6
• Allow about 45 minutes for this section

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Section I

20 marks
Attempt Questions 1–5
Allow about 45 minutes for this section

Read the texts on pages 2–7 of the Stimulus Booklet carefully and then answer the questions in
the spaces provided. These spaces provide guidance for the expected length of response.

Your answers will be assessed on how well you:

• demonstrate understanding of human experiences in texts
• analyse, explain and assess the ways human experiences are represented in texts

Question 1 (3 marks)

Text 1 – Illustration

Analyse how the illustration represents an idea about childhood engagement with fiction 3
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Question 2 (3 marks)

Text 2 – Poem

Analyse how Carol Ann Duffy uses imagery in her poem to capture the human 3
experience of early education.

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Question 3 (4 marks)

Text 3 – Prose fiction extract

How does the protagonist of the prose fiction extract express her insights into adulthood? 4

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Question 4 (4 marks)

Text 4 – Personal essay extract

How does Kephart explore the significance of the concept of home as experienced by 4
children and adolescents?

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Question 5 (6 marks)

Text 1, Text 2, Text 3 and Text 4

Compare how TWO texts from the Stimulus Booklet represent the relationship between 6
literature and the human experience of growing up. In your response, you must analyse
the way in which language techniques are used in each text.

You may mention language techniques that you have already identified in previous
responses.

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Section II

20 marks
Attempt ONE question from Questions 6(a) – 6(n)
Allow about 45 minutes for this section

Answer the question in the Writing Booklet provided. Extra Writing Booklets are available.

Your answer will be assessed on how well you:

• demonstrate understanding of human experiences in texts
• analyse, explain and assess the ways human experiences are represented in texts
• organise, develop and express ideas using language appropriate to audience, purpose and
context

Question 6 (20 marks)

Prose Fiction

(a) Anthony Doerr, All the Light We Cannot See

To envision a better tomorrow is the singular purpose of imagination.

To what extent does this statement align with your understanding of Doerr’s exploration
of human experience in All the Light We Cannot See?

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(b) Amanda Lohrey, Vertigo

To understand the past is the singular purpose of memory.

To what extent does this statement align with your understanding of Lohrey’s exploration
of human experience in Veritgo?

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(c) George Orwell, Nineteen Eighty-Four

To overcome adversity is the singular purpose of resistance.

To what extent does this statement align with your understanding of Orwell’s exploration
of human experience in Nineteen Eighty-Four?

OR

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 (d) Favel Parrett, Past the Shallows

To support our dreams is the singular purpose of family.

To what extent does this statement align with your understanding of Parrett’s exploration
of human experience in Past the Shallows?

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Poetry

(e) Rosemary Dobson, Rosemary Dobson Collected

To capture emotion is the singular purpose of language.

To what extent does this statement align with your understanding of Dobson’s
exploration of human experience in Rosemary Dobson Collected?

The prescribed poems are:

• Young Girl at a Window
• Over the Hill
• Summer’s End
• The Conversation
• Cock Crow
• Amy Caroline
• Canberra Morning

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(f) Kenneth Slessor, Selected Poems

To reframe experience is the singular purpose of creativity.

To what extent does this statement align with your understanding of Slessor’s exploration
of human experience in Selected Poems?

The prescribed poems are:

• Wild Grapes
• Gulliver
• Out of Time
• Vesper-Song of the Reverend Samuel Marsden
• William Street
• Beach Burial

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Drama

(g) Jane Harrison, Rainbow’s End, from Vivienne Cleven et. A., Contemporary
Indigenous Plays

To achieve independence is the singular purpose of growth.

To what extent does this statement align with your understanding of Harrison’s
exploration of human experience in Rainbow’s End?

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(h) Arthur Miller, The Crucible

To achieve justice is the singular purpose of truth.

To what extent does this statement align with your understanding of Miller’s exploration
of human experience in The Crucible?

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Shakespearean Drama

(i) William Shakespeare, The Merchant of Venice

To challenge authority is the singular purpose of interrogation.

To what extent does this statement align with your understanding of Shakespeare’s
exploration of human experience in The Merchant of Venice?

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Nonfiction

(j) Tim Winton, The Boy Behind the Curtains

To understand place is the singular purpose of observation.

To what extent does this statement align with your understanding of Winton’s
exploration of human experience in The Boy Behind the Curtains?

The prescribed chapters are:

• Havoc: A Life in Accidents
• Betsy
• Twice on Sundays
• The Wait and the Flow
• In the Shadow of the Hospital
• The Demon Shark
• Barefoot in the Temple of Art

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 (k) Malala Yousafzai and Christina Lamb, I am Malala

To achieve equality is the singular purpose of rebellion.

To what extent does this statement align with your understanding of Yousafzai and
Lamb’s exploration of human experience in I am Malala?

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Film

(l) Stephen Daldry, Billy Elliot

To find freedom is the singular purpose of art.

To what extent does this statement align with your understanding of Daldry’s exploration
of human experience in Billy Elliot?

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Media

(m) Ivan O’Mahoney, Go Back to Where You Came From

To promote empathy is the singular purpose of experience.

To what extent does this statement align with your understanding of O’Mahoney’s
exploration of human experience in Go Back to Where You Came From?

The prescribed episodes are:

• Series 1: Episodes 1, 2 and 3
• The Response

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(n) Lucy Walker, Waste Land

To save the planet is the singular purpose of progress.

To what extent does this statement align with your understanding of Walker’s exploration
of human experience in Waste Land?

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