Perspectives Basics
The way someone sees the world shaped by experiences and values.
What is a perspective?
A question asked to persuade rather than get an answer.
What is a rhetorical question?
When the story is told using “I” or “we.”
What is first-person narration?
The time and place in which a text was created.
What is context?
“Teenagers are glued to their phones and incapable of real conversation.”
What is a stereotype? (or bias)
A one-sided view that unfairly favours one idea.
What is bias?
Words like “must”, “definitely”, “always.”
What is high modality?
A narrator we cannot fully trust.
What is an unreliable narrator?
When historical events influence the meaning of a text.
What is historical context?
“We must act now before it’s too late!”
What is high modality?
When a text presents a group in an oversimplified way.
What is a stereotype?
Addressing the reader directly using “you”.
What is direct address? (or second person)
A voice in society that is often ignored or silenced.
What is a marginalised voice?
When culture shapes how a text is interpreted.
What is cultural perspective?
A news article that only interviews one side of an issue.
What is bias?
The beliefs and attitudes that influence how someone interprets events.
What are values?
Placing two contrasting ideas side by side.
What is juxtaposition?
The dominant or most powerful viewpoint in a society.
What is a dominant perspective?
When a composer critiques society through their text.
What is social commentary?
A shift from describing protesters as “activists” to calling them “troublemakers.”
What is representation? (or connotation)
When a text deliberately shifts how an event is viewed.
What is a perspective shift?
Language that appeals strongly to emotions.
What is emotive language?
How a composer shapes meaning to influence the audience.
What is audience positioning?
When a text uses humour to criticise human behaviour.
What is satire?
A novel that retells a classic story from the villain’s perspective.
What is a perspective shift?