Making sure we always relate our discussion to the article.
Similar to being explicit with your topic sentences and always relating to the SAQ, when we complete LA essays we need to ensure that we explicitly relate our discussion to the article.
We always want to ensure that we are analysing the language used by the author in order to position readers and make their argument and we want to make this clear when writing our response.
You must identify the author whose argument you are analysing; it is NOT your opinion.
Example:
1. Alcoholic marketing in society is damaging people’s health
2. It could be argued that alcoholic marketing in society is damaging people’s health
3. Sinnerton argues that alcoholic marketing in society is damaging people’s health
In the example above both numbers 1 and 2 do not explicitly relate to the author, both statements appear to be the opinion of the student.. However in number three the student has explicitly said that ‘Sinnerton argues’ making a clear distinction that this is ‘Sinnerton’s’ argument and not the students.
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