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Local Heroes: English and community life

1 dot points across 1 inquiry question. Click any dot point for a focused answer with worked past exam questions where available.

How do texts turn ordinary local people into heroes, and how do you analyse the way a community celebrates and tells its own stories?

Students analyse how texts represent local heroes and community figures, and how language and form construct everyday people as admirable or significant
A focused answer to the Local Heroes dot point on community figures. How texts construct ordinary people as heroes, the techniques of profiles, tributes and local stories, and how to analyse the values a community celebrates for HSC English Studies.
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