ATAR English Glossary - Name that term.

Handle or control (convention/technique/structure/literary device) in a skilful manner.

To force something into the margins where it is either ignored or seen as unimportant.

The environment in which a text is responded to or created.

To use conventions of a text in a different way.

Another synonym for evaluate

Ways aspects of texts are arranged; It can distinguish the work of authors or creators of texts.

Refers to the way people, events, issues or subjects are presented in a text.

Composite texts resulting from a mixing of elements from different sources or genres.

Describes the way the ‘voice’ is delivered. E.g a passage of writing may be friendly or angry.

Another word for ideas.

The atmosphere or feeling in a particular text.

An idea, concern or argument developed in a text.

Visual components of a text such as composition, or framing.

Things that are not said by the text and which the reader is not invited to examine.

A meaning that can be a variant of a main idea.

The categories into which texts are grouped.

The ability to understand and share the feelings of another. It is a connection.

The ways in which a narrator may be related to the story. E.g first or third person, omniscient

The arrangement of identifiable repeated or corresponding elements in a text.

The features of language that support meaning.

Distinct personality of piece of writing.

Texts whose primary purpose is to explain and interpret personalities, events, ideas.

Consisting of many different and connected parts

A multimodal text can be a . . .

The ways in which a narrator may be related to the story i.e first or third person.

Someone or something that has been left out or excluded. Synonyms deletion, exclusion, gap

The ways in which information is organised in different types of texts.

Consider in detail for the purpose of finding meaning, relationships and identifying patterns.

A sense of beauty or an appreciation of artistic expression.

Matters of personal or public concern that are in dispute; things considered to be problems.

A position from which things may be viewed or considered. Informed by context.

An accepted practice that has developed over time and is generally used and understood.

Readings focused on the gaps and silences in texts, that vary from the invited meaning

Characterized by subtle shades of meaning or expression

Considering important factors and available evidence in making judgement that can be justified.

These are views, positions, ideas and perspectives of other individuals or groups in texts.

A disagreement, often a public one, that involves different ideas or opinions about something.

The shape and structure of texts, such as novels, poetry, short stories, play.

Featuring new methods; advanced and original.

The description of an inanimate object as though it were a person or living thing.

Words used in a way that differs from the expected, used in a non-literal way for effect.

Language techniques used in argument to persuade audiences

To discuss similarities or differences.

An outlook or a specific feeling about something. Our values underlie them.