Argument Analysis VCE Metalanguage

What is an argument (in Argument Analysis)?

• A fight between two people

• The writer's overall point of view on the issue

• A point made by the writer to support their contention

• The issue or problem that is being discussed

FAACTT

• Form, Author, Audience, Contention, Title, Tone

• Form, Author, Alliteration, Contention, Title, Tone

• Form, Author, Argument, Contention, Title, Tone

• Form, Author, Audience, Contention, Topics, Tone

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Tone: truthful, straight forward, honest...

• Flippant

• Arrogant

• Absurd

• Candid

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CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

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CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Tone: scornful, ridiculing, making fun of someone

• Comic

• Mocking

• Pragmatic

• Sincere

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CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

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CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Tone: acting in opposition, hostile, unfriendly

• Concerned

• Facetious

• Melancholic

• Antagonistic

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CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Technique: "Should footballers be treated as above the law?"

• Inclusive language

• Rhetorical Question

• Attack

• Alliteration

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CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

CCSS.RI. 9-10.8

CCSS.RI.11-12.8

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Technique: The effect created by placing side by side contrasting words, events or phrases.

• Juxtaposition

• Pun

• Hyperbole

• Cliché

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CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

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An example of hyperbole is:

• It felt like a million degrees in the sun

• Global warming is an international issue

• The sun looked like a giant basketball

• All of us need to take responsibility for the environment

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CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

A story from the writer's own life is called:

• Personal anecdote

• Anecdote

• Storytelling

• Rhetorical question

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CCSS.RI.11-12.5

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.8

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CCSS.RI.8.5

Examples of FORM include (select all that apply)

• A letter to the editor

• Opinion article

• Social Media posts

• Talk radio commentary

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.6

CCSS.RI.11-12.6

CCSS.RL.11-12.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

CCSS.RL.9-10.6