1. Preparing for the HSC
Wilfred Owen poetry

2. STUDYING for the HSC Know the poems !
Remember quotes (Approx. 3-5 quotes for each poem. Really depends of the length of the poem)
Know how to identify and analyse poetic devices (Always discuss how the poetic techniques effect the tone, mood, atmosphere etc. of the poems)
Know how the structure of the poem effect the overall meaning of the poem
Use poetic devices/terms
Plan effective response.

3. USE POEMS THAT CONTAIN SIMILAR IDEAS
Poems that Relate
Emotional Suffering
Dulce Et Decorum Est
The Next War
Insensibility
Strange Meeting
Physical Suffering
Anthem for Doomed Youth
Futility
The impact of war
The pointless of war

4. WORDS to use when discussing emotional suffering
Dehumanising
Lonely
Loss
Emptiness
Sorrowful
Depressing/depression
Unrelenting

5. Find QUOTES that demonstrate the emotional suffering of war
Poem
Quotes
Dulce Et Decorum Est
The Next War
Insensibility
Strange Meeting

6. Key words to use when discussing physical suffering
Grotesque
Horrific
Brutal
Traumatised
Tragic
Dehumanising
Destruction
Shock

7. Find quotes from the following poems that demonstrate the physical suffering of war
Dulce Et Decorum Est
Anthem for Doomed Youth
Futility
Strange Meeting

8. Key words to use when discussing the impact of war
Shocking
Harsh
Unrelenting
Sadness
Detrimental
Spiritual loss
Loss of faith in humanity

9. Find quotes from the following poems that demonstrate the impact of war
Futility
Anthem for Doomed Youth
The Next War
Strange Meeting

10. Key words when discussing the pointlessness of war
Futile / Futility
Hopelessness
Merciless
Unnatural
The pity of war
Relentless
Waste

11. Find quotes from the following poems that demonstrate the pointlessness of war
Dulce Et Decorum Est
Futility
Strange Meeting

12. Remember to read and use the blog @
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‘something’
in your reflective journal
every other day