Language Analysis 3 articles?

[academicbulimia]

So my next SAC is language analysis, and for preparation we are meant to collect 3 articles of the same topic. My question is how do you structure a language analysis that adresses more than one article? 

[McFleurry]

Just finished this at school:
Stripping language analysis down to the bare bones(cliche/alliteration, no-nonsense tone ), the structure I use is:

1. Overarching introduction, including background information
2. Introduction for 1st article
3. 4. 5. analysis for 1st article
6. linking sentence, intro for 2nd article
7. 8. 9. analysis for 2nd article with comparison etc. 
10. linking sentence, introduction for 3rd article
11.12.13. analysis for 3rd article with comparison with above
insert accompanying photograph/cartoon analysis somewhere in the above paragraphs/where it fits best for you
14. general conclusion

I know that was pretty simplified, but if you can analyse one article, you can analyse 3.
Hope that helped.

[academicbulimia]

Just finished this at school:
Stripping language analysis down to the bare bones(cliche/alliteration, no-nonsense tone ), the structure I use is:

1. Overarching introduction, including background information
2. Introduction for 1st article
3. 4. 5. analysis for 1st article
6. linking sentence, intro for 2nd article
7. 8. 9. analysis for 2nd article with comparison etc. 
10. linking sentence, introduction for 3rd article
11.12.13. analysis for 3rd article with comparison with above
insert accompanying photograph/cartoon analysis somewhere in the above paragraphs/where it fits best for you
14. general conclusion

I know that was pretty simplified, but if you can analyse one article, you can analyse 3.
Hope that helped.

Thanks that makes sense, it just seems awfully long for a a language analysis

[McFleurry]

Not really. We had a word limit of 1500 for 3 articles and a cartoon.
Just be really precise and choose the best examples to demonstrate effects.

[Stick]

So my next SAC is language analysis, and for preparation we are meant to collect 3 articles of the same topic. My question is how do you structure a language analysis that adresses more than one article? 

This is how our school was taught to do it.

1. Initial introduction
- A one/two sentence paragraph that contextualises the issue and introduces the three texts you'll be analysing.

2. Introduction for text 1.
- Follow the ATTTACKDP structure, or write a normal introduction for your first piece.

3. Body paragraphs for text 1.
- Follow the TEEL structure, or write normal body paragraphs for your first piece.
Note: The number of paragraphs you write will depend on the amount of time you are allocated. For this assessment, I was given 90 minutes so I was able to write two body paragraphs for the first text.

4. Introduction for text 2.
- Briefly compare and contrast aspects of the first two texts. Highlighting similarities and differences in the contention, key arguments, tone and target audience is effective.
- Follow the ATTTACKDP structure, or write a normal introduction for your second piece.

5. Body paragraphs for text 2.
- Follow the TEEL structure, or write normal body paragraphs for your second piece.
Note: Generally speaking, your second text is much shorter than your main first text. Due to time constraints, I wrote one paragraph for the second text.

6. Introduction for text 3.
- If one piece is a visual, leave it until last.
- Briefly compare and contrast aspects of all three texts. Highlighting similarities and differences in the contention, key arguments, tone and target audience is effective.
- Follow the ATTTACKDP structure, or write a normal introduction for your third piece.

7. Body paragraphs for text 3.
- Follow the TEEL structure, or write normal body paragraphs for your third piece.
Note: My third piece was always a visual and due to time constraints, I wrote one body paragraph for this text.

8. Conclusion
- Briefly conclude your language analysis with a summary statement, or another contextualising sentence. It should sound fairly similar to your initial introduction.

Also, regarding the debate as to whether you should write a conclusion for your language analysis - VCAA stipulates that your response must be "coherently structured piece of prose" and a convention of an essay is that it has a conclusion. It doesn't have to be a very big one for a language analysis, but you should still write one nonetheless. Otherwise, some examiners (cough the ones at my school cough) would doubt if you really understand the proper structure of an essay for VCE English.

Hope this helps.

[academicbulimia]

Not really. We had a word limit of 1500 for 3 articles and a cartoon.
Just be really precise and choose the best examples to demonstrate effects.

True, thanks

This is how our school was taught to do it.

1. Initial introduction
- A one/two sentence paragraph that contextualises the issue and introduces the three texts you'll be analysing.

2. Introduction for text 1.
- Follow the ATTTACKDP structure, or write a normal introduction for your first piece.

3. Body paragraphs for text 1.
- Follow the TEEL structure, or write normal body paragraphs for your first piece.
Note: The number of paragraphs you write will depend on the amount of time you are allocated. For this assessment, I was given 90 minutes so I was able to write two body paragraphs for the first text.

4. Introduction for text 2.
- Briefly compare and contrast aspects of the first two texts. Highlighting similarities and differences in the contention, key arguments, tone and target audience is effective.
- Follow the ATTTACKDP structure, or write a normal introduction for your second piece.

5. Body paragraphs for text 2.
- Follow the TEEL structure, or write normal body paragraphs for your second piece.
Note: Generally speaking, your second text is much shorter than your main first text. Due to time constraints, I wrote one paragraph for the second text.

6. Introduction for text 3.
- If one piece is a visual, leave it until last.
- Briefly compare and contrast aspects of all three texts. Highlighting similarities and differences in the contention, key arguments, tone and target audience is effective.
- Follow the ATTTACKDP structure, or write a normal introduction for your third piece.

7. Body paragraphs for text 3.
- Follow the TEEL structure, or write normal body paragraphs for your third piece.
Note: My third piece was always a visual and due to time constraints, I wrote one body paragraph for this text.

8. Conclusion
- Briefly conclude your language analysis with a summary statement, or another contextualising sentence. It should sound fairly similar to your initial introduction.

Also, regarding the debate as to whether you should write a conclusion for your language analysis - VCAA stipulates that your response must be "coherently structured piece of prose" and a convention of an essay is that it has a conclusion. It doesn't have to be a very big one for a language analysis, but you should still write one nonetheless. Otherwise, some examiners (cough the ones at my school cough) would doubt if you really understand the proper structure of an essay for VCE English.

Hope this helps.

Gee thanks! You even covered things I didn't ask for haha

[McFleurry]

biggest trust, stick

[Stick]

Thanks! This structure got me full marks for my language analysis this year. Although, I'm really not the expert at English - I still keep thinking that my teachers are marking me way too leniently... :/