VC2E4LE03

compare how authors and illustrators make literary texts exciting, moving and absorbing and hold readers’ interest by using plot tension, character and setting

• examining an author’s choice of language to describe a character’s appearance, behaviour and speech
• discussing what is learnt about a character through dialogue such as their likes, dislikes or personal qualities
• identifying moments in the plot where characters are faced with choices, and commenting on how the author makes the reader care about their decisions and the consequences
• identifying how illustrations contribute to the meaning of stories by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander authors