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anecdote

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short personal story used to illustrate a point

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facts used to support an argument

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inclusion of quotes from credible sources

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conforms to the rules of grammar to educate an unfamiliar audience

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``` 1 read the question - ideas/attitudes/values/relationships - type of techniques needed - how any techniques 2 read context - type of text - setting: time and place 3 read text - look for techniques - look for ideas - understand the message and purpose - tone, voice, genre, perspective 4 responce - techniques to use - message they give the reader - examples and quotes ```

Answer 6

to expose societal flaws and undesirable realties within australian context

Answer 7

1. mans inhumanity to man, violence, Corrigan is a profoundly racist community in which all kinds of discrimination and race base harassment are tolerated. This incident represents societal flaws within Corrigan because minorities should not need to prove their worth to white communities and should be considered inherently valuable as human beings no matter where they come from or what they look like. 2. Through Charlie's awakening and entry into adulthood we are exposed to the societal issue of truth and deception and she was influenced by the small town mentality.

Answer 8

1. This racial incident exposes the societal flaw that influential people should be using their platform to encourage positive change rather then condoning it. 2. This sequence of events represents the societal flaws of the knowledge of Australia day and if people are unable or unwilling to understand the true meaning then it is hard to achieve the need for reconciliation. The Australian history needs to be told in order for all Australians and Indigenous to walk together as a whole community.

Answer 9

Jasper Jones and The Australian dream use similar generic conventions to expose the unsettling idea of the deep rooted racism within society through the characterization of Charlie and Adam. Jasper Jones conveys this idea through the narrative conventions, point of view and the bildungsroman coming of age. Charlie is a 13 year old boy who has been kept safe under his parents wing his whole life. During the 1960s the Vietnam was was occurring and many people in Corrigan had lost people they knew such as Sue Findlay who had lost her husband and now her son had been called up to fight. She including many others, now hates the Vietnamese including the Lu family as they felt that they were taking jobs away from Australians. Jeffery Lu is a 12 year old boy whose family moved to Corrigan and soon became Charlie's best friend. An Lu's garden is his prized possession, he puts all his hard work and effort into it when one night unexpectedly it was destroyed. They started pulling out all the shrubs and colorful flowers, An was physically and verbally abused, they started "swinging and kicking". Charlie then innocently states, "why would anyone do that? who would want to do that to An?". This leads to Charlie feeling confused as he was never previously aware of how cruel man can be to man. Charlie doesn't understand why An is being punished when he has nothing to do with the Vietnam war occurring. Charlie's parents have alway taught him about equality and treating everyone the same no matter what, therefore Charlie as well as the audience are shocked to be exposed to far from what we are as Australia's pride ourselves with.

Answer 10

The Australian Dream conveys the idea of the deep rooted racism within society through the conventions of interviews and music. Eddie McGuire is Collingwood's president and a TV presenter who on life radio related Adam Goodes to King Kong. The sequence opens with him sitting to the right of the screen ready to be interviews with the transcript of his dialogue on the left stating McGuire saying "Adam should play the ape in the new king kong premier." Eddie's indifferent and clueless facial expressions represents how he has no idea that he has just made a negative racial comment on live radio. It then follows with footage of Adam walking away from the camera with unsettling music as he has just realized that someone who is meant to be supporting him is condoning the act of causal racism stating "it is a comment that would be made at a BBQ". Through this incident the audience is exposed to the racism still occurring in 2013 confronting them with the contradiction of the australian values of equality. Eddie is a role model and an influential individual therefore should be using his platform positively. Through the generic conventions from the Bildungsroman and documentary genres the audience is exposed to the unsettling truth of the deep rooted racism which isn't what we as Australian's pride ourselves with.

Answer 11

While Jasper Jones presents the idea of bravery that comes from within, The Australian Dream portrays the idea of the unawareness of indigenous issues. These have been presented through the generic conventions in order to unsettle the audience and challenge them to think about who we are as Australians. Jasper Jones conveys this idea through the narrative point of view and characterization of Charlie and his ability to step out of his comfort zone. Charlie has never gone against his parents expectations and have always done the right thing by them. Ruth, Charlie's mother prides herself on being the model, nurturing mother who people in the town look up to. She became very unhappy living in Corrigan as she was forced to be a stay at home mum when she found who she was pregnant with Charlie while studying at university. One night Charlie caught his mother having an affair with a man he had never seen before. Ruth told him to go home with her when he stated" no, im not going with you, you dug this hole now you have to fill it in". Through the use of the words no and not we see the aggression in Charlie's voice and are exposed to the shift in power. We are exposed to the small town mentality and that she was more worried about her reputation as a nurturing mother then anything else. Through Charlie's realisation of deceit it demonstrates how he has developed from an innocent child, to a mature young adult. The audience is shocked about the way she presents herself as perfect mother and wife however, this is far from the truth.

Answer 12

The Australian dream conveys the idea of the unawareness of indigenous issues through the use of interviews, montage and voice over. Australia day is a celebrating of the arrival of the first fleet in 1788 but for indigenous people it is known as Invasion Day. One sequence opens with the invasion day parade where many are protesting to change the date, it then swiftly changes to interviews with numerous Australian's who are asking what australia day is to them. Many stated "it is a day of fun and a time to relax". These interviews show the many differing point of views for what australia day really means to them, with not one of them mentioned the invasion of the aboriginal land. The next sequence is Adam stating "it is the saddest day of our culture" contrasted to the fun and games many australians are doing. The audience is unsettled with the fact that many people still act and can be immensely selfish and unwilling to accept change and make a difference. Through the use of generic conventions in Jasper Jones, the coming of age and The Australian Dream use of interviews, montage and voice over the audience is unsettled as they see a different side of Australian's that we don't pride ourselves upon.

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