Elaborations

• identifying elements of different types of text, for example, stories, dialogues and plays, and explaining the relationship between the language and structure used and the purpose of the text
• distinguishing and comparing features of a story and a play, such as narrative voice, characterisation, impact of direct speech
• making connections and comparisons between a new text and familiar texts of the same type
• using metalanguage to explain the effect of particular language features on intended audiences, for example, exclamations, interjections, such as o me miserum; euge; eheu