Metalanguage Poster
This Metalanguage Poster is a visual reference tool that helps upper primary students identify and understand key literary and narrative terms used in English. Featuring 15 terms arranged in a clean, student-friendly layout, this poster is perfect for reinforcing analytical language in reading and writing lessons.
Terms include:
- Theme, Setting, Tone, Mood, Characterisation
- Point of View, Conflict, Resolution, Climax
- Metaphor, Simile, Imagery, Symbolism, Intertextuality, Dialogue
Ideal for display during guided reading, literary analysis, and narrative writing tasks.
Learning goals
- We are learning to present a point of view about literary texts and use metalanguage to reflect on the viewpoints of others.
- We are learning to use metalanguage to describe the effects of texts, text structures and language features of texts.
- We are learning to identify the narrative voice, discuss the impact of first person narration on engagement and examine texts written from different narrative points of view.
- We are learning to identify, describe and discuss the similarities and differences between texts, including comparing two or more texts of the same author or illustrator to identify their individual style.
- We are learning to present an opinion on a literary text, using metalanguage to describe the effects of literary devices, text structures and language features.
- We are learning to recognise that the point of view in a literary text influences how readers interpret and respond to events and characters.
Curriculum alignment
AC9E5LE02
9
Present an opinion on a literary text using specific terms about literary devices, text structures and language features, and reflect on the viewpoints of others
AC9E5LE03
9
Recognise that the point of view in a literary text influences how readers interpret and respond to events and characters
AC9E6LE03
9
Identify and explain characteristics that define an author's individual style
ACELT1795
8.4
Use metalanguage to describe the effects of ideas, text structures and language features on particular audiences
ACELT1616
8.4
Identify, describe, and discuss similarities and differences between texts, including those by the same author or illustrator, and evaluate characteristics that define an author’s individual style
ACELT1610
8.4
Recognise that ideas in literary texts can be conveyed from different viewpoints, which can lead to different kinds of interpretations and responses
ACELT1609
8.4
Present a point of view about particular literary texts using appropriate metalanguage, and reflecting on the viewpoints of others
EN3-8D
old
Identifies and considers how different viewpoints of their world, including aspects of culture, are represented in texts
EN3-7C
old
Thinks imaginatively, creatively, interpretively and critically about information and ideas and identifies connections between texts when responding to and composing texts
EN3-1A
old
Communicates effectively for a variety of audiences and purposes using increasingly challenging topics, ideas, issues and language forms and features
EN3-2A
old
Composes, edits and presents well-structured and coherent texts
EN3-UARL-02
new
Analyses representations of ideas in literature through genre and theme that reflect perspective and context, argument and authority, and adapts these representations when creating texts
EN3-UARL-01
new
Analyses representations of ideas in literature through narrative, character, imagery, symbol and connotation, and adapts these representations when creating texts
EN3-RECOM-01
new
Fluently reads and comprehends texts for wide purposes, analysing text structures and language, and by monitoring comprehension
EN3-VOCAB-01
new
Extends Tier 2 and Tier 3 vocabulary through interacting, wide reading and writing, morphological analysis and generating precise definitions for specific contexts
EN3-OLC-01
new
Communicates to wide audiences with social and cultural awareness, by interacting and presenting, and by analysing and evaluating for understanding
VCELT343
Identify, describe, and discuss similarities and differences between texts, including those by the same author or illustrator, and evaluate characteristics that define an author’s individual style
VCELT336
Present a point of view about particular literary texts using appropriate metalanguage, and reflecting on the viewpoints of others
VCELT315
Recognise that ideas in literary texts can be conveyed from different viewpoints, which can lead to different kinds of interpretations and responses
VCELT314
Use metalanguage to describe the effects of ideas, text structures and language features on particular audiences
Australian Curriculum covers QLD / SA / WA / NT / TAS / ACT.
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