VCE English Using Language to Persuade Student Resource BookletTable of Contents 1. Study Design 7 Persuasive techniques w Different persuasive text types 4. Writing a language analysis essay 5. Language to use to analyse articles 6. Model answers 7. Articles to analyse s Cartoons 9. Analysis of three articles 19 24 29 34 46 67 75What does the Study Design say? ‘The focus of this Area of Study is on the analysis and comparison of the use of, language in texts that debate a topical issue which has appeared in the Australian media since 1 September of the previous year. Students read, view and listen to texts such as feature articles and opinion columns; cartoons; editorials; letters to the editor; interviews on current affairs programs, websites and CD-ROMs; speeches; excerpts from online focus and discussion groups; and advertisements in magazines, newspapers, websites or on television. They analyse and compare the ‘ways in which verbal and non-verbal (including visual) language of these texts is ‘used to persuade readers and viewers to share the point/s of view being presented, Drawing on their study of the use of language to persuade, students construct a piece of sustained and reasoned writing in which they put forward their own point of view on the selected issue in written or oral form, Outcome 3 : On completion of this unit the student should be able to analyse the use of language in texts that present a point of view on an issue currently debated in the Australian media (20 marks); and to construct, orally or in writing, a sustained and reasoned point of view on the selected issue (20 marks), For ESL students, on the completion of the unit, they should construct a sustained and reasoned point of view on the selected issue that demonstrates the persuasive use of language (35 marks). This may be in written or orel form. To achieve this outcome, the student will draw on the knowledge and related skills outlined in Area of Study 3, Students and teachers should note that one task, but no more than one task, in Unit 3 must he in oral form. Key knowledge This knowledge includes: * the structures, features and conventions of a range of persuasive texts from the Australian media - print, non-print and multimodal - constructed for different audiences and contexts + techniques for the critical analysis of ideas, arguments and evidence presented in persuasive texts strategies and metalanguage for identifying, analysing and comparing the use of verbal and nonverbal (including visual) language designed to position readers in particular ways + strategies for constructing a sustained, coherent and logical argument. + the conventions of small group and whole class discussion, including ways of developing constructive interactions and building on ideas of others + the conventions of spelling, punctuation and syntax of Standard Australian English. Key skills ‘These skills include the ability to: identify the structures, features and conventions of arange of persuasive texts from the Australian media - print, non-print and multimodal - constructed for different audiences and contexts + use strategies and appropriate metalanguage for identifying, analysing and comparing the use of verbal and non-verbal (including visual) language to position readers in particular ways * gather, organise, analyse and synthesise information and ideas into a sustained, coherent and logical argument * listen actively and respond appropriately to others’ views during discussion, * acknowledge sources accurately and appropriately where relevant + use the conventions of spelling, punctuation and syntax of Standard Australian English.