English / Year 10 / Literature / Examining literature

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Identify, explain and discuss how narrative viewpoint, structure, characterisation and devices including analogy and satire shape different interpretations and responses to a text (ACELT1642)

Elaborations
  • looking at a range of short poems, a short story, or extracts from a novel or film to find and discuss examples of how language devices layer meaning and influence the responses of listeners, viewers or readers
General capabilities
  • Literacy Literacy
  • Critical and creative thinking Critical and creative thinking
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Literary devices

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