ORAL & POV CRITERIA YEARS 11 & 12 MAINSTREAM ENGLISH

This Resource is for students studying Mainstream English in the Victorian VCE Curriculum. The criteria is a check list for students about to undergo an Oral Presentation or write a Point of View (POV) Essay.

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Follow the check list below to help prepare for your Oral or POV

  1. KNOW THE ISSUE’S CONTEXT
    • Have a clear understanding of the BIG ISSUE
    • Why do you feel strongly about this particular issue?
    • Select carefully your focus from the big issue
    • Your Main Contention should be clear and easy to understand
    • Do not have an ambiguous contention
  2. THE AUDIENCE
    • Decide who is your intended audience
    • Make sure your target audience is appropriate for the issue
    • The target audience will be connected to the public forum you choose to write your article in
  3. WHAT IS YOUR PURPOSE?
    • What exactly do you want to achieve through your arguments?
    • What are your aims for positioning your audience?
    • Are you wanting to:
      1. Shock
      2. As a Call to Action
      3. To effect change
      4. To ridicule
      5. To demonise someone
      6. To attack
  4. WHAT IS YOUR FORM OF PRESENTATION / PUBLIC FORUM?
    • A speech
    • Opinion piece for a newspaper / online media such as ABC News Online or The Conversation or Crikey or Mamamia
    • Letter to the Editor of a newspaper
    • A debate in Parliament
    • Guest panellist on a current affairs program
  5. CONSTRUCT YOUR ARGUMENTS
    • Clearly state your Main Contention
    • List your arguments with evidence to support your reasoning
    • Consider a Rebuttal & your Counter Arguments
  6. USE PERSUASIVE LANGUAGE TECHNIQUES
    • Opinions need emotive language to persuade
    • Use Idioms as figurative language
    • Consider your tone – are you forceful enough
    • Don’t ‘tell’ with boring information be able to ‘show’ with descriptive language
  7. STRUCTURE OF POV/ORAL
    • Introduction / Hook / Main Contention
    • Body Paragraphs – at least 3 + a Rebuttal
    • Use single sentences or rhetorical questions in between body paragraphs to change structure and make it more interesting to read
    • Conclusion