Using as a Mentor Text (Craft Moves) (VCE SSCE English): Flashcards

Professionally written piece studied to learn writing techniques

Brief, self-contained story or scene

Blending child experiencing events w/ adult reflecting on them

Tension between child's experience & adult's understanding

Using concrete sensory details to make abstract ideas feel real

Showing gains that come with hidden costs/losses

Anaphoric repetition + short declarative sentences for rhythm

Repeating words/phrases at start of successive clauses

Using dignified naming to assert humanity & value of subjects

Acts as pause, gives readers breathing room between scenes