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ISSUES. What is the Issue ? What is the writer adding to the debate ? What methods of argument is the writer using ? How do these combine to form a persuasive opinion ? What is the effect on the reader ?. Critical Questions. Who is the author ? (More than name)

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ISSUES

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  1. ISSUES • What is the Issue ? • What is the writer adding to the debate ? • What methods of argument is the writer using ? • How do these combine to form a persuasive opinion ? • What is the effect on the reader ?

  2. Critical Questions • Who is the author ? (More than name) • Do they have a vested interest ? • Do the opinions they express follow a pattern ? • Might this particular issue draw on certain prejudices ?

  3. When & where in the paper did the article appear ? • ‘When’ gives info about the state of the debate. • ‘Where’ gives info about the importance and audience of the issue/article. • How much space is given to the article ? • What type of article is it ?

  4. Illustrations • Photographs, cartoons, sketches, graphs • Colour ? Black & white ? • Person ? People ? • Facial expression ? • Main idea / opinion

  5. Methods of Persuasion • Assumption Analogy • Cause & Effect Exaggeration • Generalization Implication • Irrelevance Rationalization • Statistics Repetition • Emotional Appeals • Rhetorical Questions

  6. Language Techniques • Definitions • Alliteration • Metaphor • Emotive Terms • Changes in tone • Style

  7. To Summarise • What is said ? • How is it said ? • How does this influence the reader ?

  8. Choosing Articles for Analysis • Reflect wide range of views • At least two opinionative pieces • Substantial articles • Differing viewpoints • Interesting illustrations & headlines • Different newspapers • Different periods in the debate

  9. First steps of analysis • Headline - (Features, meaning implied) • Illustration - (Composition, idea) • Author - (Vested interests ?) • Date & Publication • Issue • Contention/s • Main ideas/examples to support contention • Methods of persuasion used

  10. Then... • Look at tone (The voice coming through the article, the adjectives and other terms which carry the emotion) • What is the effect on the reader ? (Of the tone combined with the techniques)

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