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    In your VCE English Literature course you have undertaken close reading of various texts with the objective of analysing how language and literary elements and techniques function within the texts studied. You’ve had the opportunity to read deeply, widely, and critically, responding analytically and creatively, and appreciating the aesthetic merit of studied texts. Your VCE Literature exam will aim to assess your ability to demonstrate your learned ability under exam conditions. Make sure that you across any adjustments to the VCE Literature Design Study this year by visiting the VCE Literature Study Design page online.

    Completing past exam papers is one of the best ways to prepare you for your final exams. According to the VCAA, past exam papers from 2017 onwards relate to the current VCE English Literature study design. You will find links to these papers further down as well as links to exam papers prior to 2017. Note that older exam papers are not necessarily a guide to the current VCE exam requirements.

    We’ve organised the past papers by course and year, naming the links as accurately as possible. If you find any errors, please let us know.

    Sometimes, there is only a marking guide available, in others, the marking guide contains sample answers as well. The table usually shows each question and the criteria with each mark or mark range.



    3 Tips to Help you Prepare for Your VCE English Literature Exam

    • Extend your reading beyond texts. This does not mean reading study guides. Go deeper. Find analysis essays online, literary critiques in the library, interviews with authors, contemporary opinion pieces etc. You don’t want to adopt these as your ideas. Rather let them inform your own ideas so they contribute to the basis of your own arguments.
    • Identify and interpret oppositions in each text. Literature is built around conflicts and opposition. Usually, this has to do with established traditions, authority, or emerging contemporary ideas and beliefs at that time. These form the meaning of the text. As the reader, you should be able to interpret these. For example, in Joseph Conrad’s ‘Heart of Darkness,’ you may explore light versus darkness, land versus water, flow versus blockage, purity versus impurity etc.
    • Practice Past Paper Exams. Handwrite as many practice essays as you can. This will develop your literature ‘essay writing muscle’. The more you do this the easier it will be when you come to exams since you will be used to doing it. This will help your writing speed as well as your ability to extract ideas from your mind under exam conditions. Doing past exam papers under strict exam conditions exposes you to exam-style questions and tests your exam readiness. Make sure you also get feedback about your essays.



    3 Tips to Help you Ace Your VCE English Literature Exam

    • Be original. VCE Literature is one of the few subjects the rewards originality. If you want to excel you need to move beyond the obvious and dig deeper. You do not need to agree with crowd consensus as long as you can support your ideas with evidence. The more complex, creative, and unique your ideas are, the greater your rewards will be.
    • Trust in the skills you have developed. It does not matter if you don’t get passages you had hoped for in the exam. Respond to the passages on the paper, not the ones you hoped would be there. You should have the ability to read and interpret any passage you’re given. Trust in the insights and skills you have built up and demonstrate your prowess.
    • Use expressive language to communicate your ideas. Use fresh and precise analytical vocabulary that demonstrates you understand the tone of the original text and that you have engaged with its deeper meanings insightfully. Use short crisp quotes that have been properly punctuated and ensure that you provide clear arguments for your conclusion that are drawn from your overall analysis.



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