English / Level 7 / Literature / Examining literature
Content description
Recognise and analyse the ways that characterisation, events and settings are combined in narratives, and discuss the purposes and appeal of different approaches
Elaborations
analysing and explaining the structure and features of short stories discussing the purposes and appeal of different authorial choices for structure and language
exploring traditional stories from Asia and discussing their engaging features, for example use of the oral mode, visual elements, verse, use of puppets to convey the narrative
analysing writers’ depictions of challenges in texts, for example those faced by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people
discussing a text’s intended audience, whether the text is typical of its type and whether it has fulfilled its purpose
