English Language & Literature A - Unit 3 Section A: Comparative Analysis and Text Analysis Flashcards
Aim or Purpose
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
Audience
The readers the writer had in mind when writing the text.
Mode
The medium of communication used, usually speech or writing
Domain
The type of writing to which a text belongs, for example journalism, literature, advertising, law, conservation.
Genre
A class or category of text, with its particular conventions or language, form and structure; for example, short story, science fiction novel, Shakespearean comedy.
Formal
A formal text is one that rigidly follows certain rules or tradition of form. An informal text is usually more relaxed.
Context
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
Emotive Language
Language which is specifically chosen to appeal to the reader’s or listener’s feelings or emotions.
Alliteration
The repetition of an initial consonant sound.
Antithesis
The juxtaposition of contrasting words or phrases to create a sense of balance or opposition between conflicting ideas.
Antithetical
Opposite and contrasting,
Hyperbole
deliberate exaggeration.
Triplet
A pattern of three repeated words and phrases.
Listing
deliberately placing a number of items next to each over to ensure they are memorable for either listeners or readers
Repetition
Repeating words or phrases for emphasis or to create a rhetorical effect.
Patterns/patterning
A regular order or arrangement of elements in the text to try to ensure they are memorable for either listeners or readers.
References/Referencing
A reference points to something which is either within or outside the specific piece of discourse.
External References
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.
Internal References
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’)
