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Textual Analysis Vocabulary Cards

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Textual Analysis Vocabulary Cards

Read the short scene, then use the vocabulary cards and activities to practise analysing how a writer creates meaning. When you use evidence, quote a word or phrase from the scene.

On Saturday morning, Tahnee and Bodhi joined a bush regeneration crew beside Wattle Creek. Mist clung to the reeds, and the water slipped past with a quiet, silver glimmer. Their task was to remove blackberry vines from around the young paperbarks. When Bodhi tugged at a vine, its thorns caught his glove. “It’s holding on like a trap,” he said. Tahnee spotted a small nest tucked between two branches and called everyone over. The crew stopped work and marked the spot so no one would disturb it. By lunchtime, the cleared patch looked brighter. Tahnee brushed soil from her hands and smiled. The weeds were not gone from the whole creek, but the crew had made a safe space for new plants—and for the hidden nest.

Vocabulary cards

Use these meanings as a reference while you work.

1.Match each term to its meaning. Write the correct letter beside each number.

1. Setting
2. Evidence
3. Imagery
4. Inference
5. Theme

2.Identify the setting in “The creek-side crew”. Include both when and where the scene takes place.

3.Which event changes what the crew is doing, and what do they do next?

4.Which word best describes the mood at the beginning of the scene? Choose one and explain your choice using a detail from the text: peaceful, frantic, celebratory.

5.Copy one phrase that shows the blackberry vine is difficult or unpleasant to handle.

6.In the phrase “the water slipped past with a quiet, silver glimmer”, name one sense the imagery appeals to and explain the picture it creates.

7.What can you infer about Tahnee and the crew from their response to finding the nest? Support your inference with a detail.

8.Which theme is best supported by the scene? Choose one: “Small acts of care can help protect nature”; “Hard work always earns a prize”; “People should avoid working outdoors.” Give one reason for your choice.

Small acts of care can help protect nature.
Hard work always earns a prize.
People should avoid working outdoors.

9.You claim: “The crew’s work has a positive effect, even though the problem is not completely solved.” Which quotation is the strongest evidence?

“On Saturday morning”
“The weeds were not gone from the whole creek, but the crew had made a safe space for new plants”
“It’s holding on like a trap”

10.Write two or three sentences explaining how the writer creates a calm mood at the beginning of the scene. Use the words “mood” and “evidence”, and include a quotation.