HELP ~ writing a 3 piece language analysis

[astone788]

Hi could anyone give me some tips, guides, or other important imformation on writing a 3 piece language anlysis.
Thanks.

[pi]

Hi could anyone give me some tips, guides, or other important imformation on writing a 3 piece language anlysis.
Thanks.

This isn't a fun task, but this is the approach that I would take (it's simplified for easier understanding):
Intro: Introduce all three articles (name of author, publisher, date, and maybe a brief description of tone) and any images
Paras 1-2: Article 1
Paras 3-4: Article 2, but the first sentence of para 3 can be used to draw a comparison with Article 1 (ie. start off with "Unlike..." or "Similarly to..." or "In contrast to..." etc.)
Paras 4-6: Article 3, but again, the first sentence should allude to a comparison between it and the previous articles
Para 7: Conclude it off (no more than 2-3 sentences)

[greenbeans]

VegemitePi's advice is quite good, but just go with your instincts.

If one text has much less detail to analyse than another, then obviously you would deal with that one the least. Conversely if something needs heaps of analysis then don't worry about exceeding 2 paragraphs, unless they are really really long, then better to make them shorter and grab your reader's attention than lose them when they feel they can't "draw breath". Be flexible enough to break "guides" where applicable.

Don't ignore comments, captions, simple things like the colours of photographs. As you have probably heard from last year's exams, some people thought the comments in the blog were optional.

Deal with tone when you get to each piece, but you *may* make a comment about the tone in the introduction. In the past if I see that say 2 texts agree on the same sort of contention but the 3rd one opposes it, then I'd mention something very briefly. But otherwise, exercise caution when using tone in the intro particularly if there are more than one tones. I would usually use this observation about tones in the conclusion to wrap things up nice and neatly.

Practise with multiple texts as much as possible

[dilks]

IMO, what VegemitePi suggests for the comparative segment of this task is a bit too superficial to satisfy the criteria (at least technically anyway). How you go about comparing 3 articles is really going to depend on the articles in question, but as a general rule of thumb if you have two articles which are very different in spite of having the same contention you want to try and explain the reasons for this in terms of each author's respect target audience, persuasive strategy, etc; while if you have two articles which are very similar in spite of having opposing points of view, then you would want to explain it in terms of them having the same target audience, persuasive strategy, etc.

I suppose it depends to some extent on the marker, but if I was marking the SAC, what VegemitePi suggests for comparison wouldn't get above 3/5 of the mark for that criterion, because it isn't approaching the task analytically.

Sorry buddy, lol. Agreed with everything else though.

[pi]

I thought I knew you man... Ripped me apart



Haha jks, my post was pretty basic I guess

[astone788]

Thanks for the tips guys! I'm going to consider all your viewpoints and internalise them. But what it will all come down to is following gut instinct really, and being flexible about it.
Much appreciated. Thanks.

[greenbeans]

Thanks for the tips guys! I'm going to consider all your viewpoints and internalise them. But what it will all come down to is following gut instinct really, and being flexible about it.
Much appreciated. Thanks.

That's exactly it, couldn't have said it better myself.
Looks like you're well and truly on the right track!
Good luck with your studies