ATAR Notes: Forum
VCE Stuff => VCE English Studies => VCE Subjects + Help => VCE English & EAL => Topic started by: molllz on April 23, 2012, 06:30:38 pm
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Can someone show me the format on how to do these? I have no idea
Say you get 2 articles and a cartoon, how do you write about them
HELLPPP
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Re: HELP ~ writing a 3 piece language analysis
I also posted a sample of one of these in the Notes section.
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(english has many approaches, this is simply mine)
Well, it depends on the cartoon. If the cartoon is accompanying one of the articles, I'd add it's analysis with that article. If it is not an accompanying article I would, despite how similar it's contention may or may not be to an article, give it a separate paragraph for itself.
Basic structure for a typical analysis:
Intro:
- Introduce each article (name, author/editorial team, source, date, etc.) and contention (use comparative words: "In contrast", "similar to", etc. when introducing the second article)
- Introduce image either with an article (ie accompanying) or after both articles separately
Para 1 and 2: Article #1
Para 3 and 4: Article #2
- Draw comparisons in first one or two sentences of para 3
Para 5: Cartoon (non-accompanying)
- If the cartoon is accompanying, include it amongst that article's analysis (as a separate para [recommended] or either in one of the two article paragraphs)
- Ensure that you clearly demonstrate that you understand the contention (especially if it is accompanying because it is easy to make the mistake and say that it will fit the contention of the article 100%, which is not always true as it has it's own "author"!)
Conclusion
- No more than 2-3 sentences
If you feel that you need more than 2 paras per article, that's cool, just make sure that your analysis isn't too imbalanced and/or focused on one article. Even if you get one crappy one, try and draw two paras from it (at least). Having a ratio of 4:2 para in article#1:article#2 should be the maximum, but when it goes beyond this, it looks very imbalanced (something that I consider to be important).
:)
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By the way, VegemitePi, have you seen the language analysis for this MHS this year?
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By the way, VegemitePi, have you seen the language analysis for this MHS this year?
No I haven't! Was it any better than last year's killer? haha
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Rather the opposite I am afraid, I didn't get much time to look at it, but it looked tough, comparatively at least.
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The general consensus is that this year's language analysis SAC was much easier than last year's.