Question 1. What are the main concepts in this topic ?
"Describe the development of the republican movement in Australia since Federation."
A. republican movement and Australia
B. Australia and Federation
C. republican movement and development
Answer:
A. is the correct answer.
B. omits the main concept of the 'republican movement'
C. omits the main concept - Australia
Question 2. What are the main concepts in this topic?
"Discuss the influence that feminism as a movement has had on the development of post-modernism, using as a case study Australian literature since 1980."
A. feminism and Australian literature
B. development of post-modernism and Australian literature since 1980 and feminism as a movement
C. feminism and post-modernism and Australian literature
Answer:
C. is the correct answer as it includes all the main concepts.
A. omits the important concept of postmodernism.
B. includes unnecessary words such as 'development of' , 'since 1980' and 'as a movement'.
Question 3. If this is your topic, what type of resources would you use?
"Recent developments in genetic engineering of plants have caused alarm in the wider community. Discuss media coverage of these developments."
A. newspapers and books
B. television and radio and newspapers and magazines and the Internet
C. scientific journals and government legislation
Answer:
B. is the correct answer as it includes many media resources.
A. omits television and radio and includes books, which take a while to publish and can be less current.
C. science journals and government legislation are not considered to be 'media' sources, but more specialised sources of information.