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=**AS90724**=

= Flash Cards! Practise your terms [|here!] =

=**Practice tests below but read this first!**= = Unfamiliar Text =

The texts are usually by New Zealand writers.
====You will need to practise skills on annotating texts - looking at the language techniques (how it's been put together).Click on the page Language Features to help you revise these terms. You will be expected to use these terms with confidence.====

= HINTS =

**2. Learn the basic elements of each section**
=**PROSE** **(normal writing):**= ====**in this section the questions often tend to be about meaning or the author’s purpose or how the author's personality is revealed. Read the piece carefully – try to get a feel for the author’s tone (is he/she being serious, jokey, sarcastic, etc?). Does the tone change at any point? Look at the vocabulary – is it formal or informal, angry, ironic or self-deprecating, etc? Look at how the piece is structured (is it like a story with a beginning/ middle/ end or is it structured on a journey, or a personal vignette).**====

=**POETRY:**= ===**in this section you have to pay close attention to every word that is used and you have to think about why words are placed next to other ones. You need to know the basic poetic terms (go to your terms sheet) and USE them. You need to know that a stanza is one section (like a paragraph or verse). Look at the vocabulary – what type of words are used and what tone does this give the piece? Think about why the poet has that particular title. Look at how the piece is structured – is there a change in idea or mood somewhere (look for words that signal change: //but, although, now//, etc)**=== =

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= Useful Resources = = A useful list [|here] and [|here] =

**Click here to revise** **Language Features**
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