ENG3U

Overview analyse texts research write persuasive essays write literary essays analyse relationship between media forms, audiences, and media industry practices
1. LITERATURE STUDIES AND READING Overall
-analysing and assessing information, ideas, themes, issues, and language - elements of fiction, drama, poetry, and non-fiction,

SPECIFIC : a) Understanding meaning in texts ( Analyse a theme in a novel , explain explicit or implicit in a persuasive essay ) -- Use evidence to support interpretations explain criticism in satire reading strategies ; re-read
Compare their own ideas, values, and perspectives with those expressed or implied in a text Debate two different interpretations of a literary work using specific references to the text to support their arguments) Explain the influence of social and historical values and perspectives on texts and the interpretation of texts b) Forms of Texts - key elements of novels influence meaning ( eg how does choice of narrator affect message ) -How literary forms enhance meaning

C) Understanding Elements of Style - How language and syntax create an appropriate voice - How diction establishes voice -Rhetorical and literary devices, such as : pun, caricature, clich, hyperbole, antithesis, paradox, wit, sarcasm, and invective Effect on the reader of authors choices of language, syntax, and literary and rhetorical devices by examining their own and others interpretations - How authors and editors use design elements to organize content and help communicate ideas