HSC Year 12 - Paper 2 Section 2 - Module B - Critical Study of Texts - Practice Questions

1. How does your prescribed text invite critical reflection on complex ideas through its distinctive use of language and form?

In your response, evaluate how these choices contribute to its textual integrity.

2. To what extent does the value of your prescribed text lie in its exploration of enduring human concerns?

Support your response with close textual analysis and critical engagement.

3. Evaluate how your prescribed text presents a unified and coherent vision despite its exploration of ambiguity and contradiction.

In your response, consider how the text’s complexity contributes to its integrity and significance.

4. How effectively does your prescribed text use form and style to provoke thought or challenge assumptions?

In your response, examine how the composer’s choices shape meaning and affect audience reception.

5. “Texts of lasting value transcend the context in which they were composed.”

To what extent does your prescribed text support this view? In your response, analyse how the work continues to resonate with contemporary audiences.

6. How does your prescribed text sustain textual integrity while exploring ideas that resist resolution?

Support your argument with close reference to language, structure, and thematic development.

7. Evaluate the extent to which your prescribed text represents a distinctive authorial voice.

In your response, consider how voice is constructed and how it contributes to the text’s meaning and impact.

8. To what extent is your appreciation of the prescribed text enhanced by its capacity to challenge and unsettle?

In your response, consider how its literary techniques and thematic concerns stimulate critical engagement.

9. How does your prescribed text explore the interplay between personal and political concerns?

Evaluate how this interplay shapes the text’s enduring relevance and complexity.

10. “A strong text both speaks to and questions the human experience.”

How does your prescribed text affirm this statement through its treatment of character, conflict, and context?