Well done Guys – great session; great improvement.
We’ve been reading long and complex pieces and focusing on the most important parts: ie. the main viewpoints and call to action (and tone and style).
We’ve done a list of the main viewpoints and identified key support argument strategies. These are evidence (facts/figures/personal and professional examples and recounts); comparisons and attacking devices. These techniques complement and reinforce each other to support the author’s call to action.
Argument Strategies:
please revise metalanguage on comparisons – it’s vitally important both within and between texts; it can be hard; you have to think so only use one term per sentence. (See Yellow Workbook, p. 17; pp 30-31;
Analytical sentences:
To avoid summarising, you must use analytical sentences. These sentences embed and contextualise the metalanguage and ensure a focus on purpose, position, impact, purpose,
See analytical sentence models; Yellow workbook; p. 67; pp. 20-24; pp 83-86
