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Unit 3: Responding to and Creating Texts in Contexts
Quick questions on Context, purpose and audience: WACE Year 12 English Unit 3
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What is two kinds of context?Show answer
Always separate the two contexts, because markers reward the distinction.
What is writing audience effect, not audience assertion?Show answer
The most common failure is asserting an effect: this makes the audience feel sad. That is a claim, not analysis. The fix is to show the chain: a named feature, the choice behind it, and the positioning it invites.
What is a reliable analytical sentence template?Show answer
When you are stuck, build the sentence around this frame: by choosing [specific feature], the writer [does what], which positions the [named audience] to [specific response], serving the purpose of [precise purpose]. Drop the template once you are fluent, but it guarantees the device-to-effect chain is present.
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