11 ATAR - Texts and their features

Form refers to the shape and structure of a text.

• True

• False

Which of the following is not an imaginative text?

• autobiographies

• feature film

• poetry

• documentary

• memoir

Hybridity refers to

• composite texts that combine elements of different texts

• texts that belong to more than one subgenre

• texts that are published in different places.

The first section of the English exam involves

• writing an essay on a text we have studied

• completing short answer questions

• composing an authentic piece of writing

• writing 3 short answer responses in response to 3 texts.

interpretation and reading is a term used interchangeably in the ATAR syllabus

• True

• False

Which of the following factors influence our interpretation of a text.

• our knowledge of contexts in which the text was created or produced

• our own values, attitudes and perspectives

• our purposes for reading

• our prior knowledge of the texts subject matter

• our previous experiences of other texts.

The dominant reading of a text is the interpretation that most people within a given context will make. This is because those people have a shared cultural knowledge leading them to draw similar conclusions.

• True

• False

A resistant reading of Little Red Riding Hood is that young children should be wary of strangers.

• True

• False

An alternate reading is

• other interpretations of the text that can be made. Some people in the audience might focus on certain aspects of the text.

• When readers try to 'read against the grain' - resisting the implied meanings of the text. Questioning and challenging it's assumptions

A podcast is a multimodal text

• True

• False