Language Analysis Flashcards
What are the 6 things an introduction needs to have?
- Issue (eg. sport is too competitive)
- Contention (eg. games should have no winner)
- Persuasive form (eg. article)
- Audience (eg. parents)
- Dominant tone (eg. demanding)
- Overall effect
Give an example of inclusive language:
we, us
Give an example of a pun:
I think tree jokes are oak-ay
What is a hyperbole? Give an example:
An outlandish exaggeration.
Eg. I’m so hungry I could eat a house.
Give an example of a metaphor:
You are a rock
Give an example of attacking language:
The unimaginative opposition.
Give an example of a rhetorical question:
Who doesn’t like to be happy?
Give an example of a simile:
You are like a lion
Give an example of evidence:
Case studies
Give an example of emotive language:
The ghastly murder
List the 4 things which should be in each paragraph:
- Technique (or tone)
- Evidence (quote)
- Effect on readers
- Finish para with a statement about the impact
List what should be in the conclusion:
- Image
- Overall effect of the 2 writers
- Who are the readers more influenced by
What is the effect of alliteration?
- Captures attention
- Adds emphasis to the writer’s point
- Draws attention to key words
What is the effect of an analogy?
- Explains a complex point in more familiar terms
- Makes the contention look simple and obvious
What is the effect of anecdotes?
- Often entertaining or humorous
- Personal angle engages readers
- As ‘true stories’ they carry weight with readers
What is the effect of an appeal to a sense of justice?
- Positions the reader to agree that punishment should fit the crime
- Arouses anger at perceived injustice
What is the effect of an appeal to family values?
- Leads readers to view traditional families as the most desirable arrangement
- Positions the reader to feel that other arrangements threaten the ‘moral fabric’ of society
What is the effect of an appeal to group loyalty?
- Can play on people’s guilt, sense of obligation, fear and sentimentality
- Convinces people that the interests of the group require their support
What is the effect of an appeal to hip-pocket nerve?
- Provokes strong emotions, such as outrage at being taken advantage of
- Positions readers to feel threatened by those who want to raise prices ect
What is the effect of an appeal to patriotism?
- Positions readers to feel that they would be disloyal to their country to disagree with the writer
- Arouses strong emotions of pride, guilts, loyalty; sometimes anger and fear
What is the effect of an appeal to self-interest?
- Often divides people into ‘them’ and ‘us’
- Suggests that the interests of others are in competition with and threaten our own
What is the effect of an appeal to tradition and custom?
- Encourages the reader to resist change, and to feel that the links of the past should be retained
- Sometimes romanticises the past and rejects modern ways of doing things
What is the effect of attacks?
- Draw attention away from reasoned argument
- Position the reader to agree that if an individual is flawed, their message must be too
What is the effect of cliches?
- Convey meaning in an economical way
- Can help readers to feel more comfortable with an idea
What is the effect of connotations?
-Arouse feelings and attitudes that position the reader to like/dislike, accept/reject a group, idea, or viewpoint
