WACE English Year 12 Notes

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

1. Analysing language, structural and stylistic choices across texts3 · Compare texts from similar or different genres and contexts

   Language, structural and stylistic choices

2. How a text conforms to or challenges the conventions of its genre or mode3 · Compare texts from similar or different genres and contexts

   Conforming to or challenging genre conventions

3. Comparing how similar themes, issues, ideas and concepts are treated in different texts3 · Compare texts from similar or different genres and contexts

   Treatment of themes, issues, ideas and concepts

4. Techniques and conventions of different genres and modes: written, visual and multimodal3 · Compare and contrast distinctive features of genres

   Techniques and conventions of genres and modes

5. How genre conventions can be manipulated and how genres have changed over time3 · Compare and contrast distinctive features of genres

   Manipulating and changing conventions

6. How language patterns create meaning3 · Analyse and critically appraise how the conventions of texts influence responses

   Language patterns

7. Genre expectations: the effect when expectations are met or subverted3 · Analyse and critically appraise how the conventions of texts influence responses

   Genre expectations met or not met

8. How responses to texts and genres change over time and in different cultural contexts3 · Analyse and critically appraise how the conventions of texts influence responses

   Responses over time and across cultures

9. Transforming and adapting texts for different purposes, contexts and audiences3 · Create a range of texts

   Transforming and adapting texts

10. The role of the audience in making meaning, and comparing the impact of language features3 · Reflect on their own and others’ texts

    Audience and meaning-making

11. Close analysis: reading content, structure and voice in detail4 · Investigate and evaluate the relationships between texts and contexts

    Close analysis of texts

12. Comparing the contexts in which texts are created and received4 · Investigate and evaluate the relationships between texts and contexts

    Contexts of production and reception

13. Analysing content, purpose and choice of language to reveal perspectives, attitudes and values4 · Evaluate different perspectives, attitudes and values represented in texts

    Content, purpose and choice of language

14. Voice and narrative point of view: first/third person, omniscient/restricted, reliable/unreliable4 · Evaluate different perspectives, attitudes and values represented in texts

    Voice and narrative point of view

15. Exploring other interpretations and aspects of context to develop a considered response4 · Evaluate different perspectives, attitudes and values represented in texts

    Other interpretations

16. How the selection of mode, genre and type of text offers a perspective4 · Evaluate how texts offer perspectives

    Selection of mode, genre and type of text

17. Representing viewpoints and values: language features that generate empathy or controversy4 · Evaluate how texts offer perspectives

    Language that generates empathy or controversy

18. Sustaining a personal voice and synthesising ideas into complex argument4 · Create a range of texts

    Personal voice and complex argument

19. Substantiating responses with textual evidence, quotation and referencing protocols4 · Create a range of texts

    Textual evidence, quotation and referencing

20. Questioning assumptions and values: omissions, inclusions, emphases and marginalisations4 · Reflect on their own and others’ texts

    Assumptions, values, omissions and marginalisations