Recognising an author's style
Identify and explain the characteristics that define an author's individual style — recurring themes, sentence patterns, vocabulary, humour, narrative voice, structures such as twist endings, and illustration style
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Check understanding
- Read three stories by one author (e.g. Paul Jennings' short stories) and list recurring features such as twist endings and humour
- Explain with examples how an author-illustrator's visual and written style is recognisable across books (e.g. Shaun Tan's surreal images and sparse text)
- Write a short paragraph in the style of a studied author and explain which style features they imitated
“After reading several books by a favourite author, can your child describe what makes that author's writing recognisable — like their twist endings or kind of humour?”
Curriculum record
- Type
- Conceptual
- Subject
- English
- Domain
- Reading Comprehension
- Age range
- Ages 11–12
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