The document provides guidance on answering an essay question about the use of distinctive voices in texts. It discusses how students should analyze not just how distinctive voices are used, but why the author chose to use them. A good response will link the purpose of the text to the main ideas and intentions of the author. The document then provides examples of why the author of Harry Lavender used distinctive voices, such as to engage readers, subvert genres, explain character relationships, and provide social commentary. It concludes by reminding students to focus their analysis on the core text, use proper formatting for titles, and clearly explain how examples answer the essay question.
![Distinctive Voices are created for different purposes.<br />How is this shown in your prescribed text and one other text of your own choosing?<br />To answer this question effectively you had to do more than analyse the use of distinctive voices in Harry Lavender and your related texts. You had to explain WHY Marlele Day and other composere use distinctive voices.<br />Most people’s analysis was quite good and they could demonstrate how distinctive voices were used in the novel and their texts. The difference between responses here was that some responses were able to quote from the text and explain clearly the features of a particular voice.<br />In your response it is important to link the purpose of the text with the main idea of the text (i.e. good v. evil / feminist values). This is the intention of the composer and your analysis should bear this out.<br />The WHY (the purpose) voices were used was more difficult. Here are some of the reasons why Marele Day has used distinctive voices in Harry Lavender:<br />,[object Object]](https://image.slidesharecdn.com/distinctivevoicesarecreatedfordifferentpurposes-110314190732-phpapp01/85/Distinctive-voices-are-created-for-different-purposes-1-320.jpg)
