How an author uses language and illustrations to portray characters...

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• discuss how an author uses language and illustrations to portray characters and settings in texts, and explore how the settings and events influence…
• identifying and discussing how the use of descriptive language creates setting and influences atmosphere, and draws readers into events that follow;…
• discussing the language used to describe the traits of characters in stories, their actions and motivations; for example, “Claire was so lonely; she…