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Analyzing Language Usage for Persuasion Purposes

Learn how language influences readers through persuasive pieces, including visual elements. This task assesses reading and critical thinking skills. Not a detailed technique list or personal opinion.

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Analyzing Language Usage for Persuasion Purposes

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  1. ANALYSIS OF LANGUAGE

  2. WHY DO WE DO THIS TASK?

  3. The Task • Examine pieces where the intention is to persuade • You need to be able to explain how language is being used to influence the reader (eg. how is ‘the case’ being made?) • This includes visual material • Although it is a writing task, you are being assessed on your ability to read and think

  4. It is NOT… • A report of what was said • A report of how the argument was presented • A POINT OF VIEW – What you think is not relevant in this task • A detailed list of techniques

  5. Write down 5 words to describe water coming out of a pipe. • Put them in order from weakest to strongest • The water………………………out of the pipe

  6. The Eagle – Alfred, Lord Tennyson • He _______ the crag with crooked hands; Close to the sun in_______lands, Ringed with the__________world, he stands. • The __________sea beneath him crawls; He __________from his mountain walls, And like a thunderbolt he____________.

  7. He claspsthe crag with crooked hands; Close to the sun in lonelylands, Ringed with the azureworld, he stands. • The wrinkled sea beneath him crawls; He watches from his mountain walls, And like a thunderbolt he falls.

  8. Change the highlighted words to make him: • A) Mean • B) Old • C) Feeble

  9. CONTEXT

  10. CONTENTION • WHY does someone write a letter to the paper? What are their motives/personal agendas? • Money • Class division • Responsiblities • Media • Passion

  11. CONSTRUCTION

  12. SPECIFIC LANGUAGE

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