I'm confused: Argument analysis and language analysis

[VeryJuicyLemon]

I believed that in argument analysis we are meant to solely focus on the author's presented arguments and how other elements such as language and structure are used to support the arguments.

But in language analysis, I see people saying it is the same yet all I see is people just analysing the language (techniques, tones etc.) and how it has in reflection towards the audience.

Send help please (are we suppose to structure our paragraph by arguments or are we suppose to talk about language first then conclude how it further support the argument?)

[clarke54321]

I believed that in argument analysis we are meant to solely focus on the author's presented arguments and how other elements such as language and structure are used to support the arguments.

But in language analysis, I see people saying it is the same yet all I see is people just analysing the language (techniques, tones etc.) and how it has in reflection towards the audience.

Send help please (are we suppose to structure our paragraph by arguments or are we suppose to talk about language first then conclude how it further support the argument?)

Given that many students were centring their arguments solely around language devices (ie. rhetorical questions or inclusive language), VCAA sought to formalise the necessity of structuring paragraphs around argument; hence the name argument analysis. Ideally, you should aim to use the topic sentence to outline an argument, and then use the paragraph to analyse the way language devices bring this argument to the fore.