encounter texts- texts of many different genres, of

many different topics and of many different purposes.

These texts are astoundingly important in establishing

who exactly the reader is in society, for they are the

community’s way of communication. A writer can

consciously use this powerful resource to influence

readers if they have fair control of their medium, and

is able to position a reader to accept or challenge

particular discourses presented. It is, then, obvious

that a reader must try to understand the way an author

has presented arguments and discourses, and the effect

of present or missing voices, to position a reader

about a topic. Three texts centred on the topic of

tertiary education will be analysed according to

criteria of genre, register, textual features and

discourses to determine the way the writer is position

the reader in regard to these criteria.

The first text to be analysed is an extract (p12-13)

from the novel Wilt by Tom Sharpe. This literary text

servers primarily to entertain, but as with all texts,

also tries to give insight into the discourses

present. The extract centres on the Promotions

grab the reader’s attention, and the first paragraph’s

flaws, to draw attention to the comical and

spans in check. Following along on the same ideas is

intelligent and satirical tone to enable him to

main article even further. One other highly noticeable

Some topics in this essay:
Howard Government’s, Courier Mail, , Queensland’s Day, Liberal Studies, Tom Sharpe, English Morris’s, Dorothy Illing, position reader, tertiary education, text analysed, Henry Wilt, textual features, university queensland’s day, text beneath, study language, draw attention, author text, july 2003, University Queensland’s, reader accept,