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Unit 4: Perspectives, Argument and Response
Quick questions on Developing and testing interpretations: WACE Year 12 English Unit 4
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What is an interpretation is a claim, not a summary?Show answer
An interpretation is your considered answer to what a text means or does, stated as a claim that a reasonable reader could dispute. If nobody could disagree, you have written a summary. A defensible interpretation is specific, arguable and supported, and it gives your whole response a position to defend rather than a topic to wander around.
What is build the interpretation from evidence?Show answer
An interpretation earns the right to be believed through evidence. Each part of your reading should rest on specific textual choices, named and analysed, not on a general impression. The discipline is to move from evidence to claim, not the reverse: notice what the text does, then build the reading the evidence supports, rather than deciding the reading first and hunting for quotations to dress it.
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