The Area of Study Response, also known as Section 3 of Paper 1, is a particularly strange type of essay. In it, you are asked to synthesise ideas from a range of texts with your own personal response, addressing a specific question or statement, under an umbrella concept: Belonging. It’s not an easy thing to [...]
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Tips for Writing the AoS Response
Posted in Area of Study Journal, Assessment, tagged AoS, area of study, Assessment, Belonging, emily dickinson, essay on December 31, 2008 | 5 Comments »
The Saddest Noise, The Sweetest Noise
Posted in Area of Study Journal, Uncategorized, tagged AoS, area of study, Belonging, emily dickinson, HSC, poetry on November 27, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
‘The Saddest Noise, The Sweetest Noise’ by Emily Dickinson is a poem of contrast and paradox. The “noise” of the title is the birdsong that haunts the poet, reminding her that although the seasons continue, individual immortality does not exist. The beauty of nature is both intensified and undermined by the memory of lost friends [...]
