Q4

• Question 4 is a 16-mark question assessing the comparison of writers' ideas and perspectives across two or more texts
• Students need to compare how the writers of Source A and Source B convey their different attitudes towards education
• Students should compare the different attitudes and methods used to show these attitudes
• Methods that can be analyzed include imperative verbs, emotive language, frivolous tone, juxtaposition, irony, structural viewpoint, repetition, alliteration, humorous imagery, metaphor, simile, symbolism, structural opening, structural ending, narrative perspectives, superlatives, hyperbole
• Students should focus on analyzing the attitudes of the writers, not the viewpoints of characters presented in the text
• Methods used to present attitudes:

  • Liam Murphy uses humor, such as joking about being a brain surgeon, to highlight his informal attitude
  • Edgar Thompson maintains a serious tone throughout the text, as seen in the line "of course we fully believe in creating a rounded child"
• Sample paragraph:

  • Murphy's informal tone matches his modern and relaxed attitude towards education, as seen in his statement "I'm inclined to agree with the bloke"
  • Thompson's formal tone, like "of course we fully believe in creating a rounded child," shows his belief in a purely formal educational experience without personal or informal elements
• Question 4 is a 16-mark question assessing the comparison of writers' ideas and perspectives across two or more texts
• Students need to compare how the writers of Source A and Source B convey their different attitudes towards education
• Students should compare the different attitudes and methods used to show these attitudes
• Methods that can be analyzed include imperative verbs, emotive language, frivolous tone, juxtaposition, irony, structural viewpoint, repetition, alliteration, humorous imagery, metaphor, simile, symbolism, structural opening, structural ending, narrative perspectives, superlatives, hyperbole
• Students need to focus on analyzing the attitudes of the writers, not the viewpoints of characters presented in the text
• Attitudes towards education:

  • Liam Murphy: relaxed and informal attitude
  • Edgar Thompson: formal and strict approach
• Methods used to present attitudes:

  • Liam Murphy uses humor, like joking about being a brain surgeon, to highlight his informal attitude
  • Edgar Thompson maintains a serious tone throughout the text, as seen in the line "of course we fully believe in creating a rounded child"
• Sample paragraph:

  • Murphy writes in an informal tone, matching his modern and relaxed attitude towards education
  • Thompson's formal tone indicates he sees education as a purely formal experience without personal or informal elements