Multimedia elements in texts
Analyse how visual and multimedia elements contribute to the meaning, tone, or beauty of a text such as graphic novels, multimedia presentations, or illustrated editions of fiction and poetry
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When your child reads a graphic novel or illustrated book, can they explain how the pictures and layout — not just the words — help tell the story or create a particular mood?
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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
explain how the sequence of images in print, digital and film texts has an effect on meaning
explore the effect of choices when framing an image, placement of elements in the image and salience on composition of still and moving images in texts
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.