Top Notes Rainbow's End: Common Module 2019-2023

For HSC 2019-2026
At the time of publication, the NSW English Stage 6 Prescriptions were valid for 2019-2023 HSC. On 11 June 2024, NESA extended the current English Stage 6 Course Prescriptions: Modules, Electives and Texts to HSC 2026.

Jane Harrison's Rainbow's End – Study Notes for Common Module: Texts and Human Experience 2019-2023 HSC

The Top Notes series has been created to assist HSC students of English in their understanding of set texts. Top Notes are easy to read, providing analysis of issues and discussion of important ideas contained in the texts.

Particular care has been taken to ensure that students are able to examine each text in the context of the module it has been allocated to.

Each text includes:

• Notes on the specific module
• Plot summary
• Character analysis
• Setting
• Thematic concerns
• Language studies
• Essay questions and a modelled response
• Other textual material
• Study practice questions
• Useful quotes