VCE English Language 2026 Unit 4 AOS 2: 'Individual and Group Identity'

Individual 1: reesebros influencer, sopha dopha,

Individual 2:

Interests - Boat Shed Rowing Coach (older aussie male, coaching teenage girls): 

 "We're not here to f* spiders lads" (metaphor/colloqiualism) 

 "You're pulling like girls, girls!" (similie/humour/sarcasm) 

 "I want this next one flat out like a lizard drinking" (similie/colloqiualism) 

 "Roll it up to heads" "Swing out round the riggers" "check your gates" (jargon) 

Individual 3:

Joel Creasey at the Nova Drive, "She was serving chaos on the red carpet, it was giving Eurovision". identity in sexuality through verbs 'giving' and 'serving' commonly used in the drag community 

Group 1: occupation

OCCUPATION- Lifeguarding jargon; 

Initialisms; LSV (Life Saving Victoria), GSPO (Guidelines Safe Pool Operations) 

Nouns “hypoxia” (lack of oxygen in the body) 

Group 2: reddit group

Group 3: academics

Group 4: gender

GENDER 

'Microfeminisms' guardian article 

Shows female identity and creates sense of solidarity 

Saying "mommy long legs" instead of "daddy long legs" 

Greeting in meetings "hello ladies and sons of ladies" 

Defaults to "she" when don't know gender of animal" 

Article quote- "microfeminisms push back on…'everyday sexism'." 

‘Hello ladies and sons of ladies’: women are using ‘microfeminisms’ to flip the gender script | Women | The Guardian