How a text conveys values and positions different readers

What this note covers

1. Values as something a text does, not something it contains
2. Six places to look for a text's values
3. Focalisation, alignment and manufactured sympathy
4. Endings, closure and what a resolution approves
5. Positioning: the invited reading and the resistant one
6. Context and your own position as a reader
7. Turning a values claim into a paragraph
8. How this is examined and what a top-band response shows

8 sections · 12 key terms & formulas · 6 common mistakes