§-English syllabus
TAS · TASC← English
English syllabus, dot point by dot point
Every dot point in the TAS English syllabus, with a focused answer for each. Click any dot point for a worked explainer, past exam questions and links to related points.
Creating Texts
Module overview →How do you combine words, images and sound into one purposeful text?
Create a multimodal text that combines modes purposefully to communicate meaning to an audience.
How do you craft creative and reflective writing with control and insight?
Compose creative and reflective writing that controls voice, structure and detail to convey insight.
How do you craft and deliver a spoken text that holds and persuades an audience?
Create and deliver an oral text that uses voice, structure and delivery to communicate effectively to a live audience.
How do you write persuasively for a specific audience and purpose?
Compose persuasive writing that uses argument, structure and rhetorical technique to influence a reader.
How do you explain and justify the choices you made in your own writing?
Reflect on your own composing process, explaining and justifying the choices you made for audience and purpose.
How do audience and purpose shape the choices you make when you write?
Adapt form, voice, register and structure to suit a defined audience and purpose.
Responding to Texts
Module overview →What happens to meaning when a text is adapted into a new form or medium?
Analyse how adapting a text across forms and media transforms meaning, emphasis and audience effect.
How do a writer's language and style shape meaning for a reader?
Analyse how diction, imagery, tone and syntax create meaning and effect in a text.
How do purpose, perspective and context shape the meaning of a text?
Analyse how a text's purpose, the perspective it presents and its context influence meaning.
How do texts represent themes, ideas and concepts rather than simply contain them?
Analyse how a text represents themes, ideas and concepts through its construction and choices.
What values and attitudes does a text endorse, question or take for granted?
Analyse the values and attitudes a text promotes, challenges or assumes, and how it positions readers toward them.
How do you compare two texts to reveal meaning in each?
Compare how two texts treat shared ideas through their distinct choices and contexts.
Why can the same text support more than one valid interpretation?
Analyse how a text supports different interpretations and how readers, contexts and critical lenses produce them.
How do you turn scattered evidence into a controlled, building argument?
Synthesise evidence from a text and structure it into a coherent, developing argument.
How do you build a clear, evidence-based text-response essay?
Construct a sustained analytical essay with a clear contention, structured argument and embedded evidence.
How does the accuracy and control of your own language affect your marks?
Use accurate, controlled and effective language to express ideas clearly and precisely in your responses.