SECTION C:ANALYSING ARGUMENT
EXAM STUDY: HELPFUL DOCUMENTS
1. Analysing intention key phrases
2. LANGUAGE ANALYSIS HELP SHEET
3. Analysing argument essay structure
4. ANALYSING ARGUMENT KEY POINTS
5. How to analyse a cartoon
STUDY ACTIVITIES.
NEWSPAPER ARTICLES (PRINT)
SMH - It was inevitable that Afghanistan was going to end badly
SMH - How Australia Can Solve Its Asylum Seeker Problem
SMH Editorial - Australia deserves a government they can trust
Herald Sun - Shopping For Pink (in re: IVF)
Herald Sun - Jeff Kennett - Same-Sex Marriage
Daily Telegraph - 'Kick This Mob Out'
Daily Telegraph - We are winning in Afghanistan
Daily Telegraph - Tunnel could take its toll
Canberra Times - Julian Burnside - You've Been Misled on Boat People
The Australian - [University] Funding cuts a concern for all
The Telegraph - It’s a fantasy to think we are winning the war in Afghanistan
Foreign Policy - We're Winning in Afghanistan
OPNIONS/BLOGS
Helen Razer - Sophie Mirabella doesn't deserve such universal hatred
Julian Burnside - Wouldn't Treat Animals...
Clementine Ford - With this ring I keep my name
Clementine Ford - Stop blaming feminists for the world's problems
Clementine Ford - Evans may be an inspirational athlete, but he's not a hero
Andrew Bolt - Boat Policy
Andrew Bolt - White is the new black - This piece was met with enormous controversy and backlash from spectators and Andrew Bolt was even sued under the racial discrimination act for it. Consider this a caveat before you read it.
The Conversation - How do people reject climate science?
The Conversation - Religious groups should not be exempt from discrimination laws
The Conversation - Ordering the vegetarian meal? There's more animal blood on your hands
The New Yorker - Why Teach and Study English?
The Economic Cost of our Asylum Seeker Policy
Counting the cost of immigration detention
There Is Nothing Even Remotely Close To A Reasonable Argument In Favor Of The Death Penalty
Student loan interest rate
Tobacco
SPEECHES
Julia Gillard - 'Misogny'
Glyn Davis on a smarter Australia
Noal Pearson - Eulogy for Gough Whitlam
MLK - I Have a Dream
Barack Obama - Yes We Can (original concession speech)
Abraham Lincoln - Gettysburg Address
Online sources for persuasive texts
The Conversation
The Melbourne Globalist
The Age - Political Opinion
The Australian - Opinion
The Herald Sun - Opinion
SMH - It was inevitable that Afghanistan was going to end badly
SMH - How Australia Can Solve Its Asylum Seeker Problem
SMH Editorial - Australia deserves a government they can trust
Herald Sun - Shopping For Pink (in re: IVF)
Herald Sun - Jeff Kennett - Same-Sex Marriage
Daily Telegraph - 'Kick This Mob Out'
Daily Telegraph - We are winning in Afghanistan
Daily Telegraph - Tunnel could take its toll
Canberra Times - Julian Burnside - You've Been Misled on Boat People
The Australian - [University] Funding cuts a concern for all
The Telegraph - It’s a fantasy to think we are winning the war in Afghanistan
Foreign Policy - We're Winning in Afghanistan
OPNIONS/BLOGS
Helen Razer - Sophie Mirabella doesn't deserve such universal hatred
Julian Burnside - Wouldn't Treat Animals...
Clementine Ford - With this ring I keep my name
Clementine Ford - Stop blaming feminists for the world's problems
Clementine Ford - Evans may be an inspirational athlete, but he's not a hero
Andrew Bolt - Boat Policy
Andrew Bolt - White is the new black - This piece was met with enormous controversy and backlash from spectators and Andrew Bolt was even sued under the racial discrimination act for it. Consider this a caveat before you read it.
The Conversation - How do people reject climate science?
The Conversation - Religious groups should not be exempt from discrimination laws
The Conversation - Ordering the vegetarian meal? There's more animal blood on your hands
The New Yorker - Why Teach and Study English?
The Economic Cost of our Asylum Seeker Policy
Counting the cost of immigration detention
There Is Nothing Even Remotely Close To A Reasonable Argument In Favor Of The Death Penalty
Student loan interest rate
Tobacco
SPEECHES
Julia Gillard - 'Misogny'
Glyn Davis on a smarter Australia
Noal Pearson - Eulogy for Gough Whitlam
MLK - I Have a Dream
Barack Obama - Yes We Can (original concession speech)
Abraham Lincoln - Gettysburg Address
Online sources for persuasive texts
The Conversation
The Melbourne Globalist
The Age - Political Opinion
The Australian - Opinion
The Herald Sun - Opinion