Tequila Mockingbird

“and the woman explained that her complaint was regarding the fact that the book was a picture book and contained two girls kissing, and so she wanted it removed from the shelves because it was inappropriate for school children”

Ma’am, Ma’am, what in the holy homophobia.

This is a high school library, and that is a mermaid in a graphic novel.

Maybe.

Do I think it’s a coincidence that the song goes: United States, Canada, Mexico, Panama…

Not at all.

Also that omniscient forth wall breaking narrator was *chefs kiss*

1. Media Literacy is dead

2. Do I need to analyse every-single pop song and explain the figurative meanings with my whiteboard?

Always a fun addition to teaching my seniors.

How to increase the sophistication of your textual analysis for English Essays.

Basic analysis will often read as a recount with some textual examples that are mainly generic references rather than quotes.

For example “In Macbeth as he goes mad things begin to spiral out of his control and he sees a dagger.”

Taking it a step further requires specific examples and telling your teacher why they care about them.

E.g. Macbeth’s madness is highlighted through the repeated scenes where he is unable to distinguish reality from fiction as he states “Is this a dagger that I see before me” he questions his sanity, foreshadowing the eventual downfall from his madness and involvement with the supernatural.

Taking it a step further requires you to treat the text as something that the author has created purposely, rather than characters acting randomly on a rampage.

E.g Shakespeare’s depiction of Macbeths madness begins with his vision of the dagger and his questioning of whether “Is this a dagger that I see before me”, by introducing this element to the scene Shakespeare foreshadows the eventual downfall of Macbeth from his madness as a result of his involvement with the supernatural.

To add more depth to your analysis at a HSC level, particularly in advanced English you should also incorporate author and reader context.