Exploring Argument (VCE SSCE English): Flashcards

Content designed to influence thoughts, feelings or actions

Anyone who reads, views or listens to a text

What the writer hopes to achieve through their text

Where and when a text is published or delivered

Topic is broad issue; contention is writer's specific view

The central argument the writer wants audience to accept

Acknowledging opposing views & explaining why they're wrong

The mood or feeling conveyed by a piece of writing

The emotional associations or extra meanings attached to words

A scale of words arranged from least to most extreme