20895 ACE Language (Yr 6) Structures and Language Features

Text structure
and organisation
Understand how authors often innovate on text structures and
play with language features to achieve particular aesthetic,
humorous and persuasive purposes and effects (ACELA1518)
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Answers
All about the author ...................................... page 47
1. Writer 1: Against; Writer 2: For; Writer 3: Against
2. (a) Teacher check. Possible answers include:
Writer 1: He cares about people’s health but is frustrated that so
many don’t take the effects of smoking seriously until it’s too late.
Writer 2: He thinks people should be allowed to choose and if they
do smoke, they should not be made to feel guilty.
Writer 3: He thinks people should realise that smoking makes you
socially unacceptable because it makes you smell.
(b) Similarities: They are both against smoking.
Differences: Writer 1 is against smoking because it damages your
health and can kill you. Writer 3 is against smoking because it
makes you smell.
(c) Teacher check
3. Writer 2 would be unlikely to convince an audience because many
young children take up smoking and they are not mature enough
to make an informed choice about smoking; there are many ways
to overcome problems that do not damage health; he has a vested
interest in people smoking; the phrase, ’life’s too short’ could relate to
the effects of smoking; his grandpa maybe almost 90 years old but he
would be an exception.
Writer 3 would be likely to convince an audience because as an exsmoker,
she can see the argument from both sides; she talks about the
immediate rather than long-term effects of smoking; the smell cannot
be disguised and no-one wants to be a social outcast.
All about the audience .................................. page 50
1. Writer 1: concern for themselves; gravity of the problem; realism of the
situation
Writer 2: rebellion against parents, teachers, coaches; injustice against
themselves; independence for themselves
Writer 3: disgust against the smells of smoking; mistrust of advertising;
despair of intolerance brought about by the smells of smoking
2. (a) Speaks directly to the audience by using the pronoun ’you’.
(b) Writer 1: a computer slowing down with each download
Writer 2: other people telling you what to do – parents, teachers,
coaches
Writer 3: advertisements for air fresheners and mouthwash
3. Teacher check
All about the text ........................................... page 53
1. (a) known facts
(b) statistics
(c) anecdotal evidence
2. Teacher check
3. (a)
Chemicals in tar Description
Arsenic well-known poison
Benzene solvent used in petrol extraction
Cadmium toxic metal used to make
batteries
Formaldehyde used to preserve bodies
(b)
Percentage of smokers
35
30
25
20
15
10
5
1984 2012 1984 2012
12–15yr olds
16–17 yr olds
Fit for life ........................................................ page 55
1. (a) The author: states his/her professional qualifi cation, recognises that
sport is not for everyone, refers to credible resources and statistics,
writes appropriately for the audience, using examples that are
relevant to them.
(b) The author: encourages the audience to be involved in the
argument by asking them to consider questions; evokes feelings
of concern in the audience, for their health; offers suggestions to
evoke motivation to ’get up and do’; evokes sense of control in
one’s future.
(c) The author: presents known facts related to health problems
associated with poor diet and fi tness, statistics related to childhood
obesity, reasoned arguments related to the effects of reduced
activity and increased snacking.
2. (a) Teacher check.
Answers may refl ect how the student feels about the way in which
the author speaks to him/her, the appropriateness of the evidence
given in support of the argument, the examples suggested for
keeping fi t, that the author acknowledges that not everyone is
keen on sport.
(b) Teacher check
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