American Born Chinese Teacher’s Guide

Saturday, 23 September 2023 9:22 pm

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https://www.scribd.com/doc/212295846/American-Born-Chinese

What are the Author’s Choices? How is the author doing this? Why?
Is the Author (Visual or Written Technique - Language What effect does it have on the
1. Positioning the audience? Technique - Literary Technique? audience?
2. Connecting with the Is it a Figurative Language Technique? Is it an What meaning is created?
audience? Emotional Language Technique? Is the author How does the text connect with
3. Giving the audience an Using Visual Techniques? my life?
opportunity to infer or Eg. Closure; Word Bubbles; Think Bubbles; How does the text connect to my
read between the panels. Signaling Time; Symbolism; Using Line or world?
4. Creating the Colour; How does the text connect with
atmosphere? Other? other texts I have read like this?
5. Demonstrating Time. What meaning is communicated
6. Leaving it up to the to me through this text?
audience to decide? What values are transferred?
7. Creating Motion or What cultural literacy do I
Action acquire from this text?
8. Creating Emotion
9. Creating Sound Effects
10. Creating Graphic images
in different panels
11. Communicating Culture
12. Communicating Values
13. Communicating a Theme
or a Main Idea
14. Communicating a Point of
View.
15. Other?