What students learn in AC9E9LE05
This unit helps students build a clear, usable understanding of Analyse the effect of text structures, language features and literary.... The goal is not to memorise one answer pattern. Students should be able to explain the idea, recognise it in a new example and apply it in a short practice or worksheet task.
- Start with the main idea: analyse the effect of text structures, language features and literary devices such as extended metaphor, metonymy, allegory, symbolism and intertextual references.
- Use concrete examples, pictures, oral explanation and short written responses before moving to independent practice.
- examining how different authors make use of devices such as imagery, and explaining the effect of these choices on audiences identifying examples of literary devices in a range of poems and considering how they contribute to meaning and influence the emotional responses of the audience
- Finish with mixed questions so students must choose the correct strategy rather than copy the last example.
Curriculum coverage and elaborations
The content description and elaborations below show the curriculum ideas taught in this unit. Items marked as teaching context support lesson planning but may not appear in the initial eight-question activity.
- Content description: analyse the effect of text structures, language features and literary devices such as extended metaphor, metonymy, allegory, symbolism and intertextual references
- E1: examining how different authors make use of devices such as imagery, and explaining the effect of these choices on audiences
- E2: identifying examples of literary devices in a range of poems and considering how they contribute to meaning and influence the emotional responses of the audience
How to use this unit
Read the topic guide, use the teacher slide for instruction, then complete the Worksheet, Practice and Test. These three activities use the same eight-question unit bank.
Teacher resource
AC9E9LE05 teacher slide
Use this one-page PDF to introduce the key idea, vocabulary and teaching sequence before students begin the activities.
Open teacher slide (PDF)Common mistakes to watch for
- Answering from memory without using clues from the text, sentence or image.
- Knowing the idea orally but not transferring it into reading, writing or speaking.
- Missing punctuation, word order or vocabulary clues that change meaning.
International curriculum mapping
This table gives closest-topic mapping for search and planning. The Australian Curriculum code is exact; overseas entries are broad equivalents because each jurisdiction structures outcomes differently.
| Region | Curriculum | Closest mapping |
|---|---|---|
| Australia | Australian Curriculum v9.0 | AC9E9LE05 — analyse the effect of text structures, language features and literary devices such as extended metaphor, metonymy, allegory, symbolism and intertextual references |
| Victoria | Victorian Curriculum F-10 | Year 9 English: closest match in Examining literature. Use this page as a VIC-aligned practice and worksheet reference. |
| NSW | NSW Curriculum | Stage 5 English: closest content focus for Analyse the effect of text structures, language features and literary... and related outcomes. |
| United States | Common Core / NGSS | Grade 9 Common Core Mathematics/ELA closest topic match for Analyse the effect of text structures, language features and literary.... |
| England / UK | National Curriculum | Key Stage 3 / Year 9: closest programme-of-study match for Analyse the effect of text structures, language features and literary.... |
| Canada | Provincial and territory curricula | Grade 9 closest topic match. Canada varies by province, so use this as a broad Ontario/BC-style learning outcome reference. |
| New Zealand | New Zealand Curriculum | Level 5 English: closest achievement-objective topic for Analyse the effect of text structures, language features and literary.... |
| India | NCERT / CBSE | Class 9 closest NCERT/CBSE topic match for Analyse the effect of text structures, language features and literary.... |