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Nineteen Eighty-Four Type Up - Mock Exam 2020 Statement #4: The most significant texts are cautionary tales “The best books are those that tell us what we already know.” Written by George Orwell in his dystopia Nineteen Eighty-Four, this idea of literature presenting...
The system is perfect until it comes after you.
Fake Plastic Trees: A green plastic watering canFor a fake Chinese rubber plantIn the fake plastic earth That she bought from a rubber manIn a town full of rubber plansTo get rid of itself It wears her outIt wears her outIt wears her outIt wears her out ...
This task is an extension of our Dystopian genre study. This is an opportunity to explore how the unifying elements of the genre are employed across different texts by different authors to form warnings about the future.
91472 Respond critically to speci ed aspect(s) of studied written text(s), supported by evidence. 4 Credits. External
Good literature enlightens; great literature inspires action Some may believe that literature's role is largely archival, that it simply records moments of human endeavour and imagination, thereby making the great literary canon simply a vault, into which we place the...
91474: Respond critically to significant aspects of unfamiliar written texts through close reading, supported by evidence. External. 4 Credits
The Dystopia genre has its own grammar – This close reading of the opening page of Nineteen Eighty-Four offers a clear insight into the grammatical means by which George Orwell infused his futuristic vision with an eerie authenticity.
It was conceivable that they watched everybody all the time “Any sound that Winston made, above the level of a very low whisper, would be picked up by it; moreover, so long as he remained within the field of vision which the metal plaque commanded, he could be seen as...
This is week one of your Feature Article writing assessment. You will work independently on these articles during your English periods this week.