§-English Q&A
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English Q&A by dot point
A short Q&A bank for every SA English syllabus dot point. Each question and answer is drawn directly from our worked dot-point page, so you can scan key concepts before opening the long-form answer.
Comparative Analysis (external, 30%)
Develop a comparative thesis that argues a clear, sustained relationship between two texts.
Compare the ideas, perspectives and values that two texts construct and convey.
Compare the language features and stylistic choices of two texts and their effects.
Structure an integrated comparison that analyses two texts together around shared concerns.
Creating Texts (40%)
Create imaginative and recreative texts that demonstrate craft and engage an audience.
Create persuasive texts that use argument and rhetorical strategy to position a specific audience.
Manipulate language and stylistic features to create deliberate effects in created texts.
Reflect on and justify the language and structural choices made in a created text.
Create texts that are purposefully shaped for a specific audience and context.
Responding to Texts (30%)
Analyse how language features, conventions and structures position audiences to respond to texts and their ideas.
Analyse the ways texts represent people, places, ideas and events, and the perspectives they privilege or silence.
Analyse how stylistic features and text-type conventions create meaning and shape audience response.
Analyse the ways context shapes the production, meaning and reception of a text.
Select and integrate relevant textual evidence to support and develop an interpretation.
Plan and write a coherent, well-structured analytical response that develops a sustained interpretation of a text.