Authorial Craft and Narrative Techniques
Literature in English · Secondary 4 · Mastering the Set Text (Prose/Drama) · 1.º Período

Authorial Craft and Narrative Techniques

Students investigate the specific literary devices, structural choices, and stylistic techniques used by the author. They will evaluate how these choices impact the reader.

MOE Syllabus OutcomesLO2: Understand the ways in which writers’ choices of form, structure and language shape meaningsLO4: Explore how texts are influenced by their contexts

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Students investigate the specific literary devices, structural choices, and stylistic techniques used by the author. They will evaluate how these choices impact the reader.

Key Questions

  1. What narrative perspective is used and why?
  2. How does the author use symbolism?
  3. In what ways does the structure enhance the story's impact?

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