Glossary
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representation |
ways ideas are portrayed through texts |
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analyse |
break down of a text to identify its parts and to explore the relationship between the parts to convey meaning |
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context |
personal, cultural, social and historical setting or background in which a text is composed and responded to |
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culture |
ways of living developed and passed on generation after generation by a group of people who share the same beliefs, values, knowledge and customs |
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examine |
inspect or inquire into something carefully |
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explain |
interpret a text; analyse how and why, for example, how two characters relate or why a character changes |
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explore |
closely examine and experiment with texts – for example, changing the narrator of a story to see how this changes the meaning of the story |
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language forms and features |
different language conventions and patterns that you use to shape meaning in any text, which may be written, spoken or visual |
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meaning |
process of extracting information and understanding from a text when you respond to it |
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metalanguage |
words to describe and discuss the language used, such as using grammatical expressions to talk about the forms and features in a text |
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multimodal |
use of more than one of the modes of reading, writing, speaking, listening, viewing and representing to communicate meaning– examples are films and computer games |
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popular culture |
activities and texts that are enjoyed by and express the views and values of the general population – such as films, radio, television, paperback books, popular music, magazines, video games, sport and the internet |
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reflection |
way you think about what you have done, how you did it and why, so that you come to understand and appreciate what and how you learned |
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stereotype |
set form or convention or idea of something that is standardised and fits a pattern |
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tone |
attitude of the composer to the subject matter or responder, for example, angry, satiric, humorous, conversational or serious; conveyed by the composer’s language choices, such as the use of emotive vocabulary |