Unfamiliar+Text

http://www.studyit.org.nz/subjects/english/english2/6/

The website above has handy info on studying for unfamiliar text and links to practice questions.

** Thinking about approaching Unfamiliar Text in the exam ** ** T ** Ascertain what text form it is and recall the types of text features used with that text form – feel free to label, highlight, write all over your resource booklet ** A ** Who is the intended audience? How do you know? What techniques indicate that this is the intended audience? ** P ** What is the purpose of the text? What techniques are used within the text to meet this purpose? ** S ** What do you notice about the style of the piece (structure [how it has been put together – order of events, paragraphing, sentences], point of view narration [who is telling the story], language techniques, tone and mood
 *  Read the text
 *  Ensure you understand the text – what is it about?
 *  Re-read the text until you are sure you understand it