Arguments File and Membership Access (2020)

Arguments and Persuasive Language: analysing and presenting opinion-based texts (2020). This PDF version of the workbook provides you with immediate access to our Membership Program.

You will work through the exercises (with online support) in order to learn how to confidently apply analytical terms. You will learn how to clearly and confidently:

• * identify the author’s viewpoints;
• * recognise the features of their argument which underpin these viewpoints;
• * zoom in on words with a persuasive agenda (which also underpin the argument/viewpoints);
• * write analytically precise sentences;
• * quote words with an analytical “story”; and
• * write sharp and smart paragraphs.
• It is critical that you have the confidence to be selective; do not get lost in an overblown and convoluted word-level analysis.

For a detailed outline, see Arguments and Persuasive Language.

This workbook also includes access to our Orange Membership Program. This consists of articles, plus extensive support material: use of relevant analytical terms; sentence models; paragraph plans and sample essays as well as sample student responses.

This new resource complements our Suggested Responses for past VCAA exam papers and our complete list of useful analytical terms. 

Matches the VCE Study Design (2017-2021)