Using Language to Persuade is a workbook for Victorian English students in Years 10, 11 and 12. It has been written for the revised VCE English Study Design, Outcome 3: Using Language to Persuade.

• Each text type and persuasive technique is covered in detail and the issues explored are fresh and up-to-date
• Many of the visual and written texts used for analysis are from authentic sources such as The Age, the Herald-Sun and the Australian
• Also included are sample student responses with annotated comments, so students have model samples to learn from
• The Toolkit section of ready-resources will save students and teachers time
• There are three practice exams, templates and a glossary
• This is a comprehensive, focused and student-centred resource covering an area of senior English that students often have difficulty with

Part 1: Introduction
What is this book about?
Information for VCE students Purpose, audience, form
Helpful habits to form

Part 2: Media texts
Media texts: Print, non-print and multimodal
Newspapers
Text types
Construction of media texts

Part 3: Issues, points of view and contentions
Issues and events
Points of view
Contentions

Part 4: The art of persuasion
What is language analysis?
Purpose
Audience
Form
Persuasive techniques
Putting it all together

Part 5: Writing your language analysis
Ten critical questions
Analysing one text
Analysing visual and multimodal texts
Analysing two or more texts
Writing your analysis: Language focus

Part 6: Writing your point of view
What is point-of-view writing?
Developing a reasoned point of view
Oral presentation of a point of view

Part 7: Toolkit
Warm-ups
Practice SAC and examination tasks
Templates
Referencing
Glossary of key terms / metalanguage