20895 ACE Language (Yr 6) Structures and Language Features
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Can you h<strong>and</strong>le it?<br />
Many advertisers use exaggeration <strong>and</strong> humour to grab the viewer’s attention <strong>and</strong> to<br />
convince them to buy their products.<br />
1. Read <strong>and</strong> view the mobile phone advertisement below.<br />
2. Give examples of exaggeration that illustrate the advertiser’s <strong>and</strong> manufacturer’s<br />
opinion that this mobile phone:<br />
(a) is something that you cannot live without.<br />
(b) has many good features.<br />
(c) is of a very good quality.<br />
3. Give two examples of the author’s attempts at humour.<br />
4. Why would the author use the adverbs ’forever’ <strong>and</strong> ’always’ in the text?<br />
Australian Curriculum English – <strong>Language</strong>: Text structure <strong>and</strong> organisation (Year 6) www.ricpublications.com.au R.I.C. Publications ®<br />
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Underst<strong>and</strong> how authors often innovate on text structures <strong>and</strong> play with language features to achieve particular aesthetic, humorous <strong>and</strong> persuasive purposes <strong>and</strong> effects (<strong>ACE</strong>LA1518)<br />
© Australian Curriculum: Assessment <strong>and</strong> Reporting Authority 2012
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