Module C Practice Stimulus for Trials Revision

“Not all those who wander are lost.”

J.R.R Tolkein
The Lord of The Rings

a. Use this quote as a stimulus for a piece of imaginative, discursive, or persuasive writing,
which is written through the voice of a prominent character you have encountered in a
prescribed text in Module A, B or C.

10 marks

Deviating from the expected path – I dreamed, leapt and explored and journeyed

So did Bergson

So did Van Gogh.

Do another one of literature rather than van Gogh

They wandered and wondered not because they were lost – but for the wanted to explore to
venture and to find out the truth and connect with what they believe in

Stamp collecting – the wandered away from their culture to explore new ones better opportunities
set

In your response, you must include at least ONE stylistic or literary feature that you have explored
during your study of a prescribed text in Module C.

b. Reflect on the composition choices you have made to shape the narrative voice of your response,
considering the writing process as instrumental to your composition.
“You know the myth: Everybody had to fit into Procrustes’ bed and if they didn’t, he either stretched
them or cut off their feet. I’m not interested in cutting the feet off my characters or stretching them
to make them fit my certain point of view.”
Margaret Atwood
Interview with Mother Jones

a. Use this quote by Margaret Atwood as a stimulus for a piece of persuasive, discursive or
imaginative writing that expresses a significant concern or idea that you have engaged with
in ONE of your prescribed texts from Module A, B or C.
b. Comment on the importance of character and characterisation to your purpose in Part A.

“The Resolution is not just the ending of this story, but also the beginning of the story the characters
will live in after readers have closed the back cover.”
K.M. Weiland

a. Use this sentence as a stimulus to write an imaginative, persuasive or discursive piece which is
based upon the conclusion of ONE prescribed text you have studied in Module A, B or C.

In your response, you must include at least ONE stylistic feature you have explored during your study
of prescribed texts in Module C.

b. Evaluate the compositional choices you have made to craft a stylistically innovative piece in Part
A.

“There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you.”

Maya Angelou
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings

a. Use this quote as stimuli for a piece of imaginative, discursive or persuasive writing which has
arisen from an idea you engaged with in a prescribed text from Module A, B or C. (12 marks)

b. Reflect on the idea you chose and why you were inspired to write about it. In your reflection,
focus particularly on the stylistic choices you have made to convey the untold story inside you. (8
marks)

a. Write an excerpt which could be inserted near the climax of a prescribed text you have studied in
Module A, B or C. (12 marks)
b. Explain the choices you made whilst writing this excerpt and the process of editing you went
through. Focus particularly on how these choices influenced the final composition. (8 marks

a. Use the image above as stimuli, to write a discursive, imaginative or persuasive piece which has
arisen from an idea you engaged with in a prescribed text from Module A, B or C. (12 marks)

b. Evaluate the stylistic features you have used and their effect on creating meaning in your piece. (8
marks)
a. Use the image as stimuli to write about an internal conflict experienced by characters in one of
your Module A, B or C prescribed texts, in the form of a discursive, imaginative or persuasive piece.

In your response, use at least ONE literary device or stylistic feature that you have encountered in
Module C. (12 marks)

b. Critically analyse the literary choices you have made and their impact on the piece you have
crafted. (8 marks)

“No one should be ashamed to admit they are wrong, which is but saying, in other words, that they
are wiser today than they were yesterday.”

– Alexander Pope

Use this quote as a stimulus for a piece of persuasive, discursive or imaginative writing that
expresses your perspective about a significant concern or idea that you have engaged with in ONE of
your prescribed texts from Module A, B or C. (20 marks)

“The place comes first. If the place isn’t interesting to me then I can’t feel it. I can’t feel any
people in it. I can’t feel what the people are on about or likely to get up to..”

– Tim Winton

(a) Use this sentence as a stimulus for an imaginative, discursive or persuasive piece of
writing which centres a strong connection between characters and place.

In your response, you must include at least ONE literary device or stylistic feature that you
have explored during your study of a prescribed text in Module C.

(b) Explain how at least ONE of your prescribed texts from Module C has influenced your
writing style in part (a). In your response, focus on ONE literary device or stylistic feature
that you have used in part (a).

“It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye.”

– Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

Use this quote as a stimulus for a piece of persuasive, discursive or imaginative writing that
expresses your perspective about a significant concern or idea that you have engaged with in
ONE of your prescribed texts from Module A, B or C.