TR: Text knowledge
TR: TEEAL
CT: Literary devices
CT: Purpose & form
100

The reason the protagonist is sent to Tasmania.

After destroying a restaurant and harming others in a violent IED episode, the protagonist is sent to rehabilitate in Tasmania.

100

The main idea of a paragraph

Topic sentence

100

Colloquialism

Informal language that helps a reader understand the context of the piece e.g., reckon

100

To reflect

Thinking about how past experiences have shaped you/a character AND how these experiences taught you something.

200

The place where Richie makes the protagonist "empty [his] pockets"

The antique shop

200

Short quotes, symbols, and specific examples.

Evidence

200

Simile

A figure of speech involving the comparison of one thing with another thing of a different kind, used to make a description more emphatic or vivid.

200

To argue

Explore a point of view, would take a stand and propose solutions to convince others of actions, events, experiences and/or ideas.

300

The reason Granddad lives in an isolated part of Tasmania.

To stay connected to Gran, who he feels closer to in the forest.

300

The final sentence that uses key words from the topic sentence

Linking sentence

300

Varied sentences.

Using different sentence structures to create short and long sentences for effect.

300

Short stories

A short form of narrative writing that follows the narrative arc.

400

An activity the protagonist engages in regularly as part of his court-ordered program.

Writes in his journal.

400

Interpreting why your chosen evidence supports your paragraph idea.

Analyse

400

Internal thoughts

Usually indicated by single quotation marks or italics, indicates that the narrator is thinking. Similar to dialogue.

400

To explain

Explore cause and effect, and possible consequences of actions, events, experiences and/or ideas.

500

The context of this quote: "apart from your gran, you're the only person I've ever told".

Granddad has just told the protagonist that he also struggles with anger, and went to jail.

500

Gives more detail to your first sentence

Expand sentence

500

Allusion

An allusion is when a person or author makes an indirect reference in speech, text, or song to an event or figure.

500

To express

Explore recounts, storytelling and/or narratives of imagination to engage with actions, events, experiences, and/or ideas.