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Arguments and persuasive language: 2024-2027 VCE Study Design

Keeping up-to-date and ahead: Analysing Argument: Year 12:

A holistic approach that helps you avoid common pitfalls like technique listing and summarising and generalising.

This workbook focuses on the features and structure of an argument.

  • It helps you structure a high-scoring essay for your school assessed coursework (SAC) and for Section C, VCE English Exam.
  • In your essay, you must demonstrate a perceptive understanding of the context, evaluate the opinion-maker’s views and values and track their argument.
  • You will use analytical terminology to show the complementarity between language and arguments and to evaluate the author’s positioning strategies.
  • You will study a variety of persuasive text types including spoken and visual texts and analyse their salient features.

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