YEAR 11 SENIOR ENGLISH

PICTURE BOOK ANALYSIS

ASSESSMENT TASK: ANALYSE THE GIVEN PICTURE BOOK ROSE BLANCHE. IN YOUR RESPONSE YOU ARE TO CONSIDER THE QUESTIONS

1. WHY HAVE THE AUTHOR AND ILLUSTRATOR PRODUCED THIS BOOK?
2. Who is the target audience?
3. What techniques have been used to convey their message to the reader? Consider the symbolic, technical and written codes as well as the relationship between picture and written text. ( You should dedicate a paragraph to each of the techniques and use full sentences and you must quote from the written text)

Symbolic Codes:

• pictures
• colours
• stereotypes

Technical Codes:

• shade/lighting
• framing

Written Codes:

• connotations
• irony
• adjectives