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(Orange) Arguments: study program

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The following tips and responses include metalanguage/ways to analyse “construction of argument” strategies.  (Area Study 2: Analysing Arguments.) .

  1. Now turn to Exercise 1 on pg 6: Queuing for restaurants
  2. Argument structure:  Hands-free parenting: a  form of child abuse? Ms Janie Smith p. 9.
  3. Exercise 4: Exercise 3 and Exercise 4, A series of short comments (Exercises 1 – 4), p. 12
  4. Exercise 5, Safe Schools, p. 13
  5. See Exercise 8, Legalising cannibas for good reasons, p. 17
  6. Exercise 9, Example 1: Wind farms, p. 19
  7. Now turn to Exercise 10, Ms Snowden, Mr Scott and Mr Samson: Bring back the strap, p. 20-21.
  8. Exercise 11, Monkey See Monkey Do, p. 22
  9. Exercise 13: Example 1 and 2: Depressing English Texts Students @ Spencer, pp 24-25.
  10. Exercise 14, Dr Jack Krisanski, Grads fail on emotional IQ, p. 25
  11. Exercise 15, No Jab No Play, p. 26
  12. Exercise 16, Example 1 (Mr Jason Leaves) and Example 2 (Ms Springer), p. 27
  13. Exercise 17, “Easy target for thieves“, p. 28-29
  14. Please see another response for “TAFE cuts under the stethoscope”, pp. 40-41,  and “Dragging their feet”, by Ms Janie Martin, see p. 46
  15. Exercise 20, Dr Helga Johnson, Why can we hit our kids?,   p. 48
  16. Exercise 21, No place for offensive comments, pp 50-51.
  17. Exercise 23, Models on the catwalk and competitions, p. 55
  18.  Exercise 24: Editorial page: Editorial: What happened to good old fashioned respect? and Ave Peter’s Comment, p. 60-61
  19. Exercise 25, Brain injury awareness week: pp. 62-63
  20. Exercise 26, Students @ Spencer, Ms Crompton and Mr Spring and  Mr Ken Appleby,  pp 64-65
  21. (Extra: Exercise 14, Mr Chuck Slater, Change to universities? pp. 46-47)
  22. Exercise 27, Mr Jim Shanahan and Ms Rosie McCarthy, pp. 58-62.
  23. Now turn to Exercise 28, Dr Keith Ablow, Yik Yakking, p. 71
  24. Exercise 29, Mr Roger Tindall, Ms Claire Hong, Free Speech Matters, p. 72
  25. Exercise 30, Ms Holly Winter,  Race hate laws: why they must stay; p. 73.
  26. Exercise 31, Chris Berg: if you’re worried about privacy …”; p 74
  27. Turn to Exercise 34, on pp. 76-77, Mr Louv and “Prescription Nature”
  28. Exercises 33-34: Seashells Newsletter; Ms Achton, pp. 78-79
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  30. At the start: a plan of the core paragraph.
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  33. Please see our Tips and Answers: Arguments and Language
  34. Please see this homework tasks page for suggested editorials to tackle.

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