Comprehneidng
Language Features
ensure to explain how the language feature works with the rest of the question your answering.
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If oyu say something like “personification”, you have to ”identify the human trait being personified”
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Using Analogy, explai nwhat the author is comparing. and wha they are trying to clarify
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Identify the type of Text Structure, and how ti connects to the ovreall ideas & representation
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Make sure that whatever technique / language feature / whatever else is actually relevevant to the argument your making
Analysing Visual Texts
- Determine the Purpose of the text in general.
- E.g. the purpose of a film poster is to get the audience excitd about the film, and want to go watch it.
Example of a Film Posters
Visual Elemetns
- composition
- Framing
- Salience
- Body Language
- Gesture
- Camera Shots / Angeles
- Facial Expressions
Film Poster Conventions
- Testimonies
- Taglines
- Quotations
- Awards
- Typograpyhy
- Ratings
- Recommendations
- Actors
- Actress names
Responding
Must
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Address the question
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Seamless Qutoe Integration
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Excellant Examples
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Engage in ’Technical Analysis’
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Use Metalanguage
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Ideas, Concepts, or theme is likely going be in the Responding Section
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Map differnet moments to different Syllabus Dotpoints, to the point where every dotpoint has an associated moment
e.g.
- Context
- Values
- Dont say “Values Racism”, instead values “acceptance” through the depiction of racist characters.
- Attitudes
- Perspective
- Ideas
- Issues
Technical Analysis
Composing
Top Tips
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Reader has an ivnestment in characte,r their emotional data and joruney
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Either Centered around a character’s personal jounrey or a relationship with somebody else
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Must have a conflict and some disruption
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Implies subtle change or devleopment after all, you’ll only b ewriting a piece of non-fiction or an extract
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The engaging part is the writing itself - not a big ‘acton’
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Need to have some kind of engagement and authenticity-either you are exposed to the gere you’re writing n (I.e. if your very familiar with sci-fi and dystopian, have a go at emulating the conventions).
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Aim to have some familiarty with the setting or type of relationship you’ll be describing.
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always have a titltle
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Suggest a place of publication where appropriate
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Use paragraphs frequently and for effect
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Write in a identifiable form.
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Craft a persona nad clearly suggest an audiene
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Read widely on your issue- have researched and contemporary case studies to refer to.
Little bit extra
- Text Structure
- Symbolism
- Genre
- Social Issue?
Show don’t tell
“After years of bitterness, aggression, and hostality” This is bad, it spells out everything explicitly
Title Strategie
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- Use Alliteration if stressed for time
- Think of a metaphor or symbol related to the key ideas theres a bunch more
Adhere to Conventions of Form
- Speech - Inclusive Language, sound devices, rhetorical questionn,
- Article
- Blog Post
- The title
- Path to file
- Timestamp
Signallng an Audience
- Audience
- Carefully consider how you will signal the audience
- Don’t get the audience ”off-side”, dont attack your audience
- e.g. while writing about tthrowaway culture, make certain decisions if your taling to consumers of fast fashion.