SACE English Literary Studies Stage 2 Notes

These are the 20 revision notes inside the SACE English Literary Studies Mastery Pack. Open any note to see what it covers before you buy.

1. Close reading: evidence, inference and interpretationCritical reading · Evidence and inference

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2. Narrative voice, focalisation and reliabilityCritical reading · Narrative perspective

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3. Structure, sequence and the distribution of informationCritical reading · Textual structure

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4. Diction, imagery and the patterns of figurative languageCritical reading · Stylistic features

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5. Tone, irony and the gap between statement and implicationCritical reading · Attitude and evaluation

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6. Characterisation, dialogue and relationships in proseCritical reading · Prose fiction

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7. Setting, memory and narrative chronologyCritical reading · Narrative time and place

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8. Poetic speakers, lineation and stanza structureCritical reading · Poetic form

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9. Rhythm, sound and the interaction of form and meaningCritical reading · Poetic sound

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10. Dramatic conflict, dialogue and subtextCritical reading · Drama

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11. Stage directions, dramatic space and audience knowledgeCritical reading · Performance

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12. Framing, editing, sound and film perspectiveCritical reading · Film

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13. Rhetoric, visual arrangement and nonfiction authorityCritical reading · Non-fiction and multimodal texts

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14. Comparing unseen texts through a shared argumentCritical reading · Comparison

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15. Texts, readers and historical and cultural contextsShared studies · Context

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16. Critical lenses and competing interpretationsShared studies · Critical perspectives

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17. Building and revising a sustained analytical responseShared studies · Analytical argument

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18. Designing the Comparative Text StudyComparative study · Submitted comparative essay

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19. Transforming texts and explaining authorial choicesCreating texts · Transformation

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20. Creating for purpose, audience and formCreating texts · Composition and editing

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