Part 1 IntroductionWhat is this book about?Information for VCE studentsBeing 'positioned' - considering context,purpose, audience, language, formHelpful habits to formPart 2 Issues and Events, Points of View and ContentionsIssues and eventsPoints of viewContentionsPart 3 Persuasive Language Metalanguage and persuasive strategiesVerbal languageNon-verbal languagePutting it all togetherPart 4 Persuasive TextsMedia text typesPrint media sourcesMedia texts onlineFinding reliable evidence onlineNewspapersPrint texts in newspapersOther print textsNon-print textsVisual and multimodal textsAnalysing visual and multimodal texts - note takingPart 5 Language AnalysisWhat is language analysis?Critical questions of language analysisUseful languageStyleToneHow to construct an analysisLanguage focus: vary your sentence structuresLanguage focus: avoid says thatPart 6 Expressing your own point of viewOverviewTipsPlanning a point-of-view responseOral presentation of a point of viewPart 7 ToolkitWarm-upsPractice SAC and examination tasksTemplatesReferencingGlossary of key terms/metalanguage