Subject
Grade
Concept/Content
Story/text
- forms, functions, and genres of text
- text features
- literary elements
- literary devices
- elements of visual/graphic texts
Elaboration
such as narrative, exposition, report
purposes of text
literary or thematic categories such as fantasy, humour, adventure, biography
Text and texts are generic terms referring to all forms of oral, written, visual, and digital communication:
- Oral texts include speeches, poems, plays, and oral stories.
- Written texts include novels, articles, and short stories.
- Visual texts include posters, photographs, and other images.
- Digital texts include electronic forms of all the above.
- Oral, written, and visual elements can be combined (e.g., in dramatic presentations, graphic novels, films, web pages, advertisements).
how text and visuals are displayed
characterization, narrative structures, setting
sensory detail (e.g., imagery, sound devices); figurative language (e.g., metaphor, simile, hyperbole); irony, paradox, oxymoron
layout, infographics, emoticons, icons, symbols, interactive visuals, hypertext, colour; illustration style (realism, cartoon, sketch, outline)
keywords
forms
functions
genres
text
text features
literary elements
literary devices
elements of visual/graphic texts