VCE English Unit 4 – Creating and Presenting
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A written Statement of Intention about form,
purpose, language, audience and context
should be 150 plus words.
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“Use of appropriate metalanguage to present
written explanations of personal authorial
choices. Statement links own writing to the
text.”
(10 marks)
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Has to be brilliant – with LOTS of insights
about the language choices you have made.
6-10 examples discussed please.
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Metalanguage
Beautifully written
Insightful and explanatory, especially of the
context and how you formulated (came up
with) your ideas and developed them into
what they are in the written piece.
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I used informal language like “G’day” as I think
my character would have spoken like this.
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I used an informal, colloquial type of speech for
the main characters in my short story. Words
and phrases such as, “G’day mate” and “What’s
up?” not only help characterise them, they also
help develop the reader’s understanding of their
Australianness and their age range.
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I have used lots of persuasive language techniques such as
rhetorical questions and alliteration as this helps to
persuade the reader.
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In my use of persuasive language techniques, I have
employed the use of rhetorical questioning, such as “Do
we really care?”, in my speech to help position the reader
to want to be on the side of the group who do care. I have
also included alliteration in my article. One example of this
is the heading, “ Is the battle over for brave Broadie boys?”,
in which alliteration has been used to draw the reader's
attention to the topic and pique his or her interest.
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The links to Growing up Asian in Australia should be apparent
throughout your Statement, however you should devote one
paragraph to stating these links explicitly. This is the
substantial paragraph where you deal with Context.
FLAP+ C
Discuss how you came up with your idea
How does what you have written link to Growing up Asian in
Australia?
What can you say about how your piece links to:
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the prompt
You
Other world
…in regards to the text
Really important to make sure this is a significant, well developed
paragraph in your Statement.
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Form – the type of writing, state why this serves your
intention best.
Language – This is the longest paragraph and must
discuss 6-10 of your language choices in detail with
examples specifically discussed.
Audience – In this paragraph state who your audience is
for this piece. The chosen audience dictates much of what
your language choices are.
Purpose –Your purpose also dictates your language
choices. Discuss what you wanted to get across. Also,
some insight to whether you actually achieved this
successfully may be useful, as the Statement is not only
an analysis, but also a reflection.
C – see previous slide
Don’t forget: where appropriate make sure your written
piece has a heading, or is set out correctly:
 If it is a letter, make sure it looks like one.
 If it is a speech, ensure it has a greeting at the start
and really does address the audience throughout.
 If you are writing a feature article you will think up a
fantastic heading for it, and write that at the start of
your written piece.
…and so on…
In other words, think about the conventions of the form
you are using, and adopt them when writing your piece.