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Creating Texts (40%)

5 dot points across 5 inquiry questions. Click any dot point for a focused answer with worked past exam questions where available.

How do you craft an imaginative or recreative text that shows control of voice, structure and detail?

Create imaginative and recreative texts that demonstrate craft and engage an audience.
How to write imaginative pieces and recreative responses with crafted voice, structure and sensory detail, including how to transform a studied text well.
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How do you build a persuasive text that moves a specific audience toward a position?

Create persuasive texts that use argument and rhetorical strategy to position a specific audience.
How to construct a persuasive piece - line of argument, rhetorical strategy and tone - that genuinely moves a defined audience for the Creating Texts folio.
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How do you control language and stylistic features so they create deliberate effects in your own writing?

Manipulate language and stylistic features to create deliberate effects in created texts.
How to control diction, syntax, rhythm and figurative language so your created texts produce intended effects - the craft the Creating Texts standards reward.
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How do you write a Writer's Statement that justifies the choices in your created text?

Reflect on and justify the language and structural choices made in a created text.
How to write the Writer's Statement that accompanies a created text - explaining purpose, audience and the specific craft choices you made and why.
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How do you shape a text so its purpose, audience and context govern every choice you make?

Create texts that are purposefully shaped for a specific audience and context.
How to let purpose, audience and context drive form, voice and language choices when creating your own texts for the 40% assessment.
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