Student Number

2019

Trial HSC Examination

Advanced English
Paper 1 – Texts and Human Experience

• Reading time – 10 minutes

• Working time – 1 hour 30 minutes
• Write using black pen
• Write your student number at the top of this page and any other
page where indicated
• A Stimulus Booklet is provided with this paper

Total marks: 40
Section I – 20 marks (pages 2-6)
• Attempt Questions 1-4
• Allow about 45 minutes for this section

Section II – 20 marks (pages 7-8)

• Attempt Question 5
• Allow about 45 minutes for this section

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This paper MUST NOT be removed from the examination room.

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Section 1

20 marks
Attempt Questions 1 - 4
Allow about 45 minutes for this section
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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
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Examine Texts 1, 2 and 3 of the Stimulus Booklet carefully and then answer the questions
below. Extra writing booklets are available.

Question 1 Marks
Use Text 1 – Poem to answer this question

How does Text 1 explore the significance of time in the human experience? 4

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Question 2 Marks
Use Text 2 – Website to answer this question

“See yourself ‘as others see you’, urged a card from one company.” 4

With reference to the above quote, Explain in what ways does the article suggest
photography speaks to the desires and motivations that populate the Human Experience?

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Question 3 Marks
Use Text 3 – Fiction Extract to answer this question.

Explain how Text 3 represents the importance of memory in the 5

Human Experience.

Question 4 Marks
Use Text 1, 2 or 3 to answer this question.

Compare how two texts from the Stimulus Booklet invites the responder to 7
reflect on the role of memory in how we see the world.

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Section 2

20 marks
Attempt Question 5
Allow about 45 minutes for this section

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Answer the question in a SEPARATE writing booklet. Extra writing booklets are available.
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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
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Question 5 (20 marks)

Answer ONE of the following questions.

The prescribed texts are listed in the Stimulus Booklet on pages 6 – 7.

(a) Prose Fiction

The motivation to share stories lays in our desire to see the world differently.

Explore this statement with close reference to your prescribed text.

OR

(b) Poetry

A speaker is used effectively by a poet to explore the human experience.

Explore this statement with close reference to your prescribed text.

OR

(c) Drama

Conflict is at the core of the human experience.

Explore this statement with close reference to your prescribed text.

Question 5 continues on page 8

Question 5 continued

(d) Shakespearean Drama

The Merchant of Venice engages the audience through conflict between the individual
and the collective.

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Explore this statement with close reference to your prescribed text.

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(e) Nonfiction

Nonfiction texts deal with intense human emotions.

Explore this statement with close reference to your prescribed text.

OR

(f) Film

Visual techniques can be more powerful than words when exploring the human
experience.

Explore this statement with close reference to your prescribed text.

OR
(g) Media

Media composers use their texts to convey strongly held views about the human
experience.

Explore this statement with close reference to your prescribed text.

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