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This structure was intended to assist the student to clarify what they would be developing and writing about and assist, where appropriate, in the marking of the response. Although this detailed format was constructed to help guide the students in each question , it was important that students read and followed the process and logic of all aspects of the question before commencing writing. Section B tasks were progressive: this structure placed focus on students knowing and applying drama-specific terminology. The examination assumes that students are generally able to apply the language from the VCE Drama Study Design 2019–2024 and can also reference performance styles and their associated conventions with some confidence.  \nA large number of students required more space to answer questions; they are reminded that they can continue writing on the page of the exam book in the space below the question lines , rather than feel they have to continue at the back. In some cases , students rewrote the question as part of their answer, which was unnecessary and consumed valuable time. Students are reminded to prioritise their time according to the marks allocated to each question.  \nData suggests some students clearly ran out of time by the end of the exam and did not attempt the last few parts of Section B Question 2. It is always advantageous to attempt every question and therefore students should consider budgeting a certain amount of time per question in order not to spend too long on easy questions with lower marks and be unable then to spend an appropriate amount of time on questions with more marks.  \nSpecific information  \nNote: Student responses reproduced in this report have not been corrected for grammar, spelling or factual information.  \nThis report provides sample answers or an indication of what answers may have included. Unless otherwise stated , these are not intended to be exemplary or complete responses.  \nThe statistics in this report may be subject to rounding resulting in a total more or less than 100 per cent.  \n2023 VCE Drama written external assessment report  \nSection A  \nQuestion 1  \nThis question related to Unit 3 analysis of a play. Students were asked to respond to one question with three parts about one play from the VCE Drama playlist they attended in 2023.  \nThe most popular choices were Nosferatu and The World According to Dinosaurs. Also reasonably well represented was Moth. Wittenoom, Small Metal Objects and Frankenstein featured less , perhaps due to their season dates or having shorter seasons.  \nGenerally, this question was confidently handled ; however, accuracy in understanding drama terminology and conventions associated with theatre styles was important and sometimes only the characters , and not the actors , were discussed. Students needed to pay attention to the bold numbers in the questions that specified how many aspects were required to be examined. Although providing more examples than required was not penalised, extraneous examples were not marked and therefore a waste of precious time.  \nQuestion 1a.  \n\n| Mark | 0 | 1 | 2 | Average |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| % | 3 | 30 | 67 | 1.7 |\n\nThe question was generally well answered. Most students were able to confidently describe how focus was used by","cbCaii1RAtKzXdzm","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaii1RAtKzXdzm","pdf",187087,"English","# General comments\n# Specific information\n## Section A\n### Question 1\n## Question 1a\n## Question 1b","[{\"question\":\"What did Section A of the 2023 VCE Drama written examination assess?\",\"answer\":\"Section A assessed Unit 3 analysis of a play. 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