Particular Interest

The Unknown Citizen “reports” – Shows the surveillance of the State  “He was found by the Bureau of Statistics” – Passive voice, unimportant, surveillance “He held the proper opinions” “There was no official complaint” – he was compliant with the beliefs of the time “When there was peace, he was for peace: When there war, he went” – he did what he was told, even though he never says he was for war  “Was he free? Was he happy? This question is absurd” – Sarcastic comment on the government and how they don’t care about these questions. Rhetorical questions emphasise the unimportance. Abstract noun, non-quantifiable but important in terms of societal values  “Had anything been wrong, we should certainly have heard” – Criticising the people who empower the system and conform  In Memory of W.B. Yeats  “The day of his death was a dark cold day” – Impersonal Passive Voice is used reducing his importance in the sentence, which subverts the traditional ...

This will overview certain aspects of the Discovery HSC English Advanced and English Standard Module 1 Area of Study rubric. It should help with writing a better essay or cultivating a better creative piece for HSC Discovery AoS. Discovery - Area of Study (HSC) Sometimes we don’t like making discoveries or have a reluctance to accept the discovery made but in the end we still learn from it. At other times we are eager to discover and embrace the discovery.  Curiosity is the root cause for all discovery: Discovery provides a sense of wonder and amazement, either negatively or positively It’s our compulsion for knowledge and exploration Ask yourself, why are we curious? Is it our passion for learning?  Overall what we make of the things we discover is the most important and not the actual discovery itself. When you are presenting your argument on discovery you must do so conceptually – think of the iceberg analogy What is discovery? There are two main ...