Elaborations

• analysing the language used in sources to identify values and attitudes (for example ‘new Australians’, ‘boat people’)
• analysing sources to identify persuasive techniques such as modality (for example ‘would’, ‘could’, ‘may’, ‘might’) and the use of the passive voice to cover a lack of sources (for example ‘it is claimed that’ rather than the active voice ‘Tim Flannery claims that...’)