High Ground: Essay Writing

3. Explaining how and why your evidence supports your argument.
9. The opening sentence of a paragraph that introduces the main idea.
12. Different viewpoints that influence how events and actions are understood.
13. A key method used by those in power to control and dominate others in the film.
15. More than setting; it represents culture, belonging, and connection.
16. Shown as subjective, shaped by who is telling the story and their perspective.
19. Specific examples from the film used to support your ideas.
21. Your overall argument that responds directly to the prompt.
23. The historical and social background that shapes the film.
24. Ideas about right and wrong that the film complicates and challenges.
25. A concept the film questions, asking whether fairness truly exists under colonial rule.

1. Your understanding of what the film is suggesting about ideas and issues.
2. Organising your ideas before writing to ensure a clear direction.
4. The logical organisation of your essay.
5. A powerful motivation that drives characters and continues cycles of harm.
6. Different words with similar meanings used to unpack and deepen understanding of a prompt.
7. A character’s sense of self, often shaped by culture and conflict.
8. The key word in a prompt that shapes how you must respond (e.g. “as”).
10. The ability to control others, often abused by colonial authorities in the film.
11. A key idea that supports your main contention.
14. The systemic control and mistreatment of First Nations people.
17. A film method (like camera or sound) used to create meaning.
18. Acts of defiance against authority and control.
20. A system where one group takes control of land and people, central to the film’s context.
22. The essay question that must be carefully unpacked before writing.