The craft that separates a strong response from a competent one: argument structure, quotation control and academic voice.
These are the statements the English Year 10 syllabus makes about Language and Argument. Dux records each one against the questions you answer, so you can see which of them you have actually been tested on and which have never been asked.
Argument structure and signposting - Language and Argument, Year 10.
Rebuttal and counterargument - Language and Argument, Year 10.
Quotation integration and analysis - Language and Argument, Year 10.
Rhetorical analysis of a text - Language and Argument, Year 10.
Academic voice and register - Language and Argument, Year 10.
Cohesion and cohesion devices - Language and Argument, Year 10.
Evaluative and analytical vocabulary - Language and Argument, Year 10.
Sentence control for clarity - Language and Argument, Year 10.
Adapting style to purpose - Language and Argument, Year 10.
Editing for accuracy - Language and Argument, Year 10.
Year 10 Assessment Task Shape is 50 marks in 75 minutes. Questions on Language and Argument are not one shape repeated: the command word decides what the marker is looking for, and the mark value decides how much of it. These are the ones English Year 10 uses.
Dux writes practice for this module in exactly these shapes, so the drill is the same task the paper sets — not a general knowledge quiz with the module name on it.
Language and Argument is module 3 of 3 in English Year 10. Students routinely lose marks because a question spans two modules, so the neighbouring modules are worth reading next to this one.
Dux diagnoses English Year 10 dot point by dot point, then writes questions in the shape this course marks. Written answers come back marked against the bands.