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Close study of your Area of Study texts
The skills you learn in your
Area of Study are skills you will also use
in each of your Modules.
In the
close study of each text you
will be deconstructing each text for its:
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Structures of texts
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Language forms and features
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Meaning created by
the composer and how it has been made (or shaped) by choices about
structures and language forms and features.
Through this close study you will
develop an understanding of your own response to each text because of
your work and you will be better able to make the connections between the
texts studied in relation to the composers meaning and how meaning has been
made.
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Title of text |
Your points |
Supporting quotations from the text |
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Structures
of text
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Language
forms and features of text
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Meaning
of the text
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Relationship between the text and the
concept of Journeys
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How has the text added to your understanding of the concept of
Journeys?
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Some
general pointers on what to look for:
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Structures of texts:
- What form
has the composer chosen?
- How has
the composer decided to begin their text?
- How has
the composer developed their ideas from this point?
- How has
the composer brought their text to a conclusion?
- narrative
voice: first, second or third person
- time
frame; multiple time frames
- etc.
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Language forms and features
- sentence
construction; paragraphing, and punctuation that is striking or
unusual and effective
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figurative language such as visual imagery or sound effects eg similies or
alliteration
- tone and
mood
- repetition;
symbolism;
- etc.
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Meaning created by
the composer and how it has been made (or shaped) by choices about
structures and language forms and features.
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