English Language & Literature A - Unit 3 Section A: Comparative Analysis and Text Analysis

Question 1

Aim or Purpose

Answer 1

The reason why the texts has been written. The writer could, for example, be trying to argue a case or persuade the audience to have a certain point of view

Question 2

Audience

Answer 2

The readers the writer had in mind when writing the text.

Question 3

Mode

Answer 3

The medium of communication used, usually speech or writing

Question 4

Domain

Answer 4

The type of writing to which a text belongs, for example journalism, literature, advertising, law, conservation.

Question 5

Genre

Answer 5

A class or category of text, with its particular conventions or language, form and structure; for example, short story, science fiction novel, Shakespearean comedy.

Question 6

Formal

Answer 6

A formal text is one that rigidly follows certain rules or tradition of form. An informal text is usually more relaxed.

Question 7

Context

Answer 7

The social situation, including audience and purpose, in which language is used; the social situation is an important influence on the language choices made by speakers and writers

Question 8

Emotive Language

Answer 8

Language which is specifically chosen to appeal to the reader’s or listener’s feelings or emotions.

Question 9

Alliteration

Answer 9

The repetition of an initial consonant sound.

Question 10

Antithesis

Answer 10

The juxtaposition of contrasting words or phrases to create a sense of balance or opposition between conflicting ideas.

Question 11

Antithetical

Answer 11

Opposite and contrasting,

Question 12

Hyperbole

Answer 12

deliberate exaggeration.

Question 13

Triplet

Answer 13

A pattern of three repeated words and phrases.

Question 14

Listing

Answer 14

deliberately placing a number of items next to each over to ensure they are memorable for either listeners or readers

Question 15

Repetition

Answer 15

Repeating words or phrases for emphasis or to create a rhetorical effect.

Question 16

Patterns/patterning

Answer 16

A regular order or arrangement of elements in the text to try to ensure they are memorable for either listeners or readers.

Question 17

References/Referencing

Answer 17

A reference points to something which is either within or outside the specific piece of discourse.

Question 18

External References

Answer 18

Will point to another text or texts which can be connected to the discourse through content, theme or idea, and which to help illumination the writer’s or speaker’s meaning in some way.

Question 19

Internal References

Answer 19

Often uses pronouns to point to something within the discourse. There are three types: Anaphoric References point backwards in the text. The reader or listener needs to think back to make sense of a utterance (e.g ‘The blow was hard and it caused a black eye’); Cataphoric references: point forward in a text, and the reader and listener needs to be on alert for a future reference (e.g ‘Those were the major problems for the Economy’) [Remember cats jump forward]; Exophoric References direct the reader or listener outside the text and often need some form of physical gesture they need to make the meaning clear (e.g ‘The mouse was this tiny’)