How Language Choices Affect the Reader
Evaluate how authors use language including figurative language, considering the impact of word choices, imagery, and literary devices on the reader
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When your child reads a descriptive passage with figurative language — like "the sun was a burning eye" — can they explain what image or feeling the author was creating and whether it was effective?
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Curriculum alignment
Candidate matches to official curriculum codes — machine-suggested, unreviewed (v0.1).
Show candidate curriculum codes · 3 ACARA · 2 NSW · 3 VIC
Australian Curriculum v9 candidate
identify authors’ use of vivid, emotive vocabulary, such as metaphors, similes, personification, idioms, imagery and hyperbole
examine the use of literary devices and deliberate word play in literary texts, including poetry, to shape meaning
examine the effects of imagery, including simile, metaphor and personification, and sound devices in narratives, poetry and songs
NSW syllabus codes & stages only
Victorian Curriculum 2.0 codes & levels only
These are candidate alignments generated by semantic matching — machine-suggested and unreviewed (v0.1), not official or verified mappings. For official curriculum content see australiancurriculum.edu.au, curriculum.nsw.edu.au and f10.vcaa.vic.edu.au. Don’t rely on them for registration or compliance purposes.