COMPULSORY HSC COURSE-WORK FOR AREA OF STUDY
 Analysis Paragraph tasks: CONCEPTS ABOUT BELONGING AND NOT BELONGING in Swallow The Air (Tara June Winch)
Answer each of the following questions in clear and accurate analytic-paragraphs.
Step one: Unpack EACH question
Step two: re-write EACH question in “long form”
Step three: compose an accurate STATEMENT SENTENCE (as per a “thesis statement”) for EACH question (which will be the first sentence of
your analytic paragraph.
Question 1.
Connection to a place is fundamental to an individual’s sense of belonging.
To what extent is this concept of belonging shown in Chapter 1 of T J Winch’s Swallow The Air?
Question 2.
Individuals find a sense of belonging by adopting the cultural traditions of the hegemony.
How is this concept of belonging shown in Chapter 2 of Swallow the Air?
(hint – Christmas is an important cultural tradition of contemporary Australia.)
Question 3.
Relationship to place can influence the extent to which individuals develop a shared sense of belonging.
In chapter 3 of Swallow the Air, in what ways does Tara June Winch represent the concept that a sense of identity
and belonging is influenced by individuals shared connection to a place?
Question 4.
Claude Levi Strauss once said ‘being human signifies, for each one of us, belonging to a class, society, a country and a
civilization.’ How is this concept of belonging represented in the first 4 chapters of Swallow The Air?
Question 5.
Individual responses to Swallow The Air are influenced by how various perspectives about belonging are given
voice in a text. In the ‘Cloud Busting’ chapter, how does T J Winch give voice to the memories of the past?
(hint: page 23)
Question 6.
People experience a sense of belonging in varied and complex ways.
How is this explored in ‘The Run’ (chapter 7) of Swallow The Air?
Question 7.
In cases of alienation on the basis of race, individuals can experience painful and violent consequences of not belonging.
How does TJ Winch show the concept that not belonging can be painful and violent, in “My Bleeding Palm” (chapter 4)
of Swallow The Air?
Question 8.
An individual needs a mentor and support in order to belong to new communities and places. In Swallow The Air, how
does Tara June Winch represent the concept that an individual’s sense of belonging can be improved by the support of
a group. In your answer, refer specifically to ‘The Block’ (chapter 9).
Analytic Paragraph Planner
Statement Sentence 
Passing “context”
sentence 
Locate quote 
Quote 1 
LFFs 
Effects 
Quote 2. 
LFFs 
Effect 
LINK to Statement
Sentence + restate
belonging concept.
Analytic Paragraph Planner
Statement Sentence 
Passing “context”
sentence 
Locate quote 
Quote 1 
LFFs 
Effects 
Quote 2. 
LFFs 
Effect 
LINK to Statement
Sentence + restate
belonging concept.
Analytic Paragraph Planner
Statement Sentence 
Passing “context”
sentence 
Locate quote 
Quote 1 
LFFs 
Effects 
Quote 2. 
LFFs 
Effect 
LINK to Statement
Sentence + restate
belonging concept.
Analytic Paragraph Planner
Statement Sentence 
Passing “context”
sentence 
Locate quote 
Quote 1 
LFFs 
Effects 
Quote 2. 
LFFs 
Effect 
LINK to Statement
Sentence + restate
belonging concept.