Language Investigations is a resource book for teachers specifically focused on meeting the requirements of The Australian Curriculum: English. It has 25 practical units which individually and together explain and address terms like the following, referred to in the curriculum: accent dialect monologue satire adjective dialogue myth setting adverb ellipsis narrative sentence structure allegory idiom nominalisation spelling roots (Greek/Latin) allusion imagery noun/abstract noun Standard Australian English analogy innuendo parody stanza apposition intertextuality point of view suffix characterisation juxtaposition prefix symbolism clause/embedded clause metaphor/extended metaphor prepositional phrase theme (grammatical) cohesion metonymy pun topic sentence contrast modality rhythm verb voice