Belonging

**What does it mean to belong?**
For your Area of Study section in the HSC (Paper One) you will be asked to consider what belonging is and how it is portrayed or defined in a variety of texts. You will need to discuss your understanding of Peter Skrzynecki's poetry, and related texts of your own choosing.

When considering your related texts look at experiences and notions of **identity, relationships, acceptance and understanding** through the various texts. Consider also how the text is constructed- does the author use emotive language, simile, metaphor, anecdotes, formal or informal language?

This is an enormous topic in your English study. Use this wiki page to discuss your undertsanding of the concept of belonging, as well as sharing ideas or thoughts about the poetry you have studied and the related texts you have discovered.

As always, if you have any queries, questions or quibbles, please speak to your friendly English teacher or teacher Librarian.