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English Q&A by dot point
A short Q&A bank for every WA 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.
Unit 3: Responding to and Creating Texts in Contexts
Analyse how context, purpose and audience shape the language choices, structure and meaning of a text
Compare how texts within and across genres, modes and contexts represent shared themes, issues and ideas
Create a sustained text that uses generic conventions and stylistic choices to suit a chosen context, purpose and audience
Analyse how generic conventions and text structures are used, adapted or subverted to make meaning
Analyse the ideas, attitudes and values a text conveys and how it invites a reader to accept or question them
Examine how reading is an active process shaped by the social, cultural and cognitive resources a reader brings to a text
Reflect on and explain the deliberate choices made in composing a text and their intended effect on an audience
Analyse how language, stylistic and literary features create meaning, tone and effect in a text
Construct a sustained analytical response that develops an interpretation supported by textual evidence and metalanguage
Unit 4: Perspectives, Argument and Response
Analyse how visual and multimodal texts construct perspectives and position viewers through visual and design choices
Analyse how texts construct perspectives and representations of people, events and ideas through selection and emphasis
Comprehend and analyse unseen texts, identifying perspective, technique and effect under timed conditions
Analyse how texts construct representations of identity, culture and place and position readers toward them
Read texts from a range of critical positions, including accepting, negotiating and resisting the reading a text invites
Develop and test interpretations of texts through reasoned argument, evidence and consideration of alternative readings
Analyse how intertextual references and connections shape the meaning and effect of a text
Create persuasive and interpretive texts that develop a clear position through structure, evidence and rhetorical choice
Analyse how point of view, voice and language encode the values, attitudes and ideology of a text
Analyse how rhetorical appeals and the structure of an argument work together to persuade an audience