A deeper analysis
Analysing an author’s narrative techniques (their “how” devices) enables you to sharpen your essay. A focus on key symbols, narrative perspectives, imagery, character parallels, stage directions, setting etc. enables you to analyse an author’s views, values and intentions at a deeper level.
“How” techniques
Our resources focus on themes, characters and quotes and particularly the author’s narrative (“how”) devices.
Book pairs for Year 12, VCE
Book pairs for VCE: The Crucible and The Dressmaker; Ransom and The Queen; The Longest Memory/7 Stages of Grieving; Tracks and Charlie’s Country; Stasiland; The Penelopiad and Photograph 51
Single text analysis: Year 12, VCE
Text-based analysis: Rear Window; Station Eleven; Women of Troy; William Wordsworth Poetry
Argument Analysis, Years 11-12 VCE
Argument and techniques (opinion-based) analysis: our most recent publication, Arguments and Persuasive language: analysing and presenting opinion-based texts(2020) equips students with the metalanguage, and the analytical tools to write smart essays in their Year 12 SACs and exam.
We also have a membership program so that students can work through the exercises in the workbook and practice their structure and terminology. (We also have a PDF booklet of our favourite metalanguage as well as a booklet of sample responses to the past 10 VCAA English exams: Section C.)
