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Telling us all about it: English and the media

2 dot points across 2 inquiry questions. Click any dot point for a focused answer with worked past exam questions where available.

How does advertising persuade an audience to want something, and how do you analyse the language and images that do the selling?

Students analyse the persuasive language, images and design techniques of advertisements and consider how they target and position an audience
A focused answer to the Telling us all about it dot point on advertising. How advertisements persuade through language, image and design, how they target an audience, and how to analyse and resist their techniques for HSC English Studies.
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How does the news media decide what is a story and how to tell it, and how do you read a news report critically rather than passively?

Students analyse how news media select, frame and report events, and how language, structure and image position the audience to understand a story in a particular way
A focused answer to the Telling us all about it dot point on news media. How the news selects and frames events, the language and structure of a news report, and how to read headlines and bias critically for HSC English Studies.
6 min answer →