Different viewpoints in texts
Describe how a narrator's or speaker's point of view influences how events are described, recognising the difference between limited and omniscient narration and how perspective shapes storytelling
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Can your child explain how a story told by an all-knowing narrator feels different from one told by a single character who only knows their own side — and give an example of how that changes what the reader knows?
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Australian Curriculum v9 candidate
recognise that the point of view in a literary text influences how readers interpret and respond to events and characters
compare texts from different times with similar purposes and audiences to identify similarities and differences in their depictions of events
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
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