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Provide an exegesis of the set passage, addressing its immediate literary context, key terms and significance within the text as a whole. (10 marks)
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5/10 · ✓ Locates the passage within the immediate literary structure
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Fix the gap
The topics you keep losing marks on come back around in your review until they're strong. That's the whole point.
the historical context of composition
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the historical context of compositionauthorship, audience and purposeliterary genres within the textstructure and rhetorical technique
Provide an exegesis of the set passage, addressing its immediate literary context, key terms and significance within the text as a whole. (10 marks)
Texts and Traditions · VCE
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△ Locates the passage within the immediate literary structure
✕ Identifies specific key terms and explains their significance in the original language or setting
✕ Engages a scholarly interpretation and states a position on it
✕ Relates the passage to a theme traced elsewhere in the text with evidence
Weak topics, resurfacing
the historical context of composition
authorship, audience and purpose
literary genres within the text