Help Would be Appreciated

Tomorrow I have an English test which will carry on for 3-4 lessons. A week before we were given the actual test paper to study from and use notes if desired. As of now I am preparing for the test, but I am a little stuck.

For the second question, we are required to respond to two of nine questions. I have chosen the following:

Discuss the importance of time and place in at least one ext you have read this year.

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Discuss how at least ONE literary text has used literary devices to challenge or reinforce your views on particular issues.

I’m asking for help understanding the question. So if you can, chip in.

NeonMan5 wrote: Tomorrow I have an English test which will carry on for 3-4 lessons. A week before we were given the actual test paper to study from and use notes if desired. As of now I am preparing for the test, but I am a little stuck.

For the second question, we are required to respond to two of nine questions. I have chosen the following:

Discuss the importance of time and place in at least one ext you have read this year.

&

Discuss how at least ONE literary text has used literary devices to challenge or reinforce your views on particular issues.

I’m asking for help understanding the question. So if you can, chip in.

This is really just a guess but I will give it a shot, I have an english exam in a couple of days too -.-

1. I think it’s the importance of the setting and time frame in a story, a murder scenario would be completely different in medieval Europe than it would be in modern downtown Manhattan.

2. If the book has influenced you using say; Metaphor, Similie, Poetry etc.

That’s my best shot

Even that helps.

So it is in your determination that the first question refers to the time in which the story is set and the place in which it is set, and also why wherever this story is set in is important to both the reader and the author.

Your interpretation of the second question is simply that you should explain the reason as to why the literary text has influenced you to consider a social issue, let’s say vivisection, and to then either challenge that issue yourself or to interpret how the author or writer has challenged it already his or herself.

Right?

NeonMan5 wrote: Even that helps.

So it is in your determination that the first question refers to the time in which the story is set and the place in which it is set, and also why wherever this story is set in is important to both the reader and the author.

Your interpretation of the second question is simply that you should explain the reason as to why the literary text has influenced you to consider a social issue, let’s say vivisection, and to then either challenge that issue yourself or to interpret how the author or writer has challenged it already his or herself.

Right?

More or less. But keep in mind you are taking a 13 year old’s word for it. :3

You’re thirteen?

Crimson_Blade wrote:

NeonMan5 wrote: Even that helps.

So it is in your determination that the first question refers to the time in which the story is set and the place in which it is set, and also why wherever this story is set in is important to both the reader and the author.

Your interpretation of the second question is simply that you should explain the reason as to why the literary text has influenced you to consider a social issue, let’s say vivisection, and to then either challenge that issue yourself or to interpret how the author or writer has challenged it already his or herself.

Right?

More or less. But keep in mind you are taking a 13 year old’s word for it. :3

Thats how I would interpret the questions to so that doesn’t matter.

Of course it does, since everybody’s opinions differ from one another.

I meant it doesn’t matter if he is 13 or not.

Well, not really. But it does matter of the intellect and understanding of a person, and I am aware that Crimson_Blade has a sufficient intellect in English literature.

NeonMan5 wrote: Well, not really. But it does matter of the intellect and understanding of a person, and I am aware that Crimson_Blade has a sufficient intellect in English literature.

Yes, for his age he is very bright. They must have a good education system in NZ. I know people in the 11th grade who don’t know what nouns are, and have never heard of Robert Frost or anything like that so yeah, some people around here are pretty stupid.

To be honest, there is no need to have a grand knowledge of authors or poeats or any of that, but just to gain a good understanding of the English language itself.

But still, they didn’t know what a noun was. >.> At least one kid in my class didn’t. But he got laughed at. Still though.

Well, that’s not suprising. Teenagers (and I’m saying generally, not all of them) are losing their intellectual ability rather than gaining them. that’s not to say that they can’t re-gain this intellect but it will prove considerably harder in their later years.

And a noun is word refering to a physical action of a person, animal or even an object - Running, swimming, eating, typing etc.

But you knew that already .