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Unit 4: Close analysis

4 dot points across 4 inquiry questions. Click any dot point for a focused answer with worked past exam questions where available.

How do you identify and analyse the literary features of a passage and name them with precise metalanguage?

the analysis of literary features such as diction, imagery, syntax, tone and sound, and the precise metalanguage used to discuss them
How to identify and analyse diction, imagery, syntax, tone and sound in a passage, and use precise literary metalanguage that earns rather than decorates.
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How do different literary perspectives and critical lenses change the interpretation a reader builds of a text?

the influence of literary perspectives and critical lenses on the interpretation of a text
How critical lenses such as feminist, Marxist, postcolonial and psychoanalytic readings reshape interpretation, and how to deploy them in close analysis.
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How do you move from the detail of selected passages to a sustained interpretation of a whole text?

the close analysis of selected passages and the construction of an interpretation from textual detail
How to read selected passages closely and build a coherent whole-text interpretation from their language, structure and detail in the exam-style task.
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How is the close analysis examination structured, and how do you build a response across the set passages under time?

the structure of the close analysis examination and the construction of a sustained response across set passages
How the close analysis examination is structured and how to plan a sustained response that connects the set passages into one interpretation under time.
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