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Unit 2: Reading and exploring texts and Exploring argument
Quick questions on Views and values in a Unit 2 set text: VCE English Year 11
8short Q&A pairs drawn directly from our worked dot-point answer. For full context and worked exam questions, read the parent dot-point page.
What is the writer-narrator-character distinction?Show answer
A common Year 11 mistake is to attribute a character's view directly to the writer. The relationship is more complex.
What is view?Show answer
A claim about how things are. ("Power corrupts." "Memory is unreliable."
What is value?Show answer
A claim about how things should be, or what is good or worth pursuing. ("Honesty is more important than loyalty." "Individual autonomy is the highest good."
What is single endorsement / single challenge?Show answer
Most texts hold multiple positions in tension. A Year 11 analysis that recognises this complexity reads as more sophisticated than one that picks a single position.
What are generic claims?Show answer
"The text challenges injustice" is too general. Name the specific injustice and the specific craft.
What is q1?Show answer
Distinguish one view and one value present in your set text, and name the craft choice through which the writer endorses or challenges the value. [4 marks]
What is q2?Show answer
Explain how a writer can challenge a value voiced by one of their own characters. [Short response]
What is q3?Show answer
Improve this claim: "The text challenges injustice." [Short response]