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Discursive Texts
Discussion – Discursive Texts
#1 What are discursive texts?
#2 Features of discursive texts
#3 What are the pros and cons of discursive texts?
Discussion – How to write a discursive text
#1 What is the purpose of a discursive text?
- How does this affect the way you write and the structure?
#2 Content
- What can we talk about in a discursive text? What have you read about in discursive texts?
#3 Structure
- How can we start a discursive?
- How can we end a discursive?
- How can we structure a discursive text? What are some ideas?
#4 Voice/Stance
#5 Language
Use the table below to analyse your prescribed texts
Remember that you are filling out the tables so that you consciously mimic the writer and also so that you are ready for to write the reflection
MODC _ HSC Tables
Text 1:
| Key concerns | |
| Context/Purpose | |
| Structure (Chronological, flashback, narrative perspectives) | |
| Relevant Motifs/Extended metaphor |
VOICE
| Describe the Voice/Character/Speaker perspective of their world | |||
| Technique 1[name] | Evidence[quote] | Effect | Own example |
SETTING
| Describe the setting/worldspace | |||
| Technique 1 | Evidence | Effect | Own example |
OPENING/CLOSING
| Describe the opening scene | |||
| Describe the closing scene | |||
| Describe the climax | |||
| Technique 1 | Evidence | Effect | Own example |
STYLE
| Describe the writing Style (Syntax) | |||
| Technique 1 | Evidence | Effect | Own example |