A⁺ Grade sample responses analysing the use of language for the topic:

"Danger of Violence"

Background information
• This opinion piece, with the accompanying photographs, was published on the
    Opinion page of a Melbourne newspaper.
• It was written in response to a current debate in the newspapers over the link
   between playing computer games and teenage violence.
• This issue arose when a psychologist claimed she had noticed an increase of
  teenagers referred to her who had “disturbing attitudes to violence”.
• The psychologist suggests there is a direct link between attitudes to violence and
  access to violent computer games.
• Other experts have not ruled out a link between computer games and violent
  teenagers, but no evidence is yet available to prove conclusively either way.

TASK
Part 1
Write a note-form summary of Danger of Violence.
Your response must be in note form. Do not use complete sentences.
 

Part 2
Write a piece of prose that explains how language and visual features have been used in
Danger of Violence to attempt to persuade readers about three of the main points in your
summary.