Language Analysis Skills Flashcards
1
Q
What are the 5 things an introduction needs to have?
A
- Issue (eg. sport is too competitive)
- Contention (eg. games should have no winner)
- Persuasive form (eg. article)
- Audience (eg. parents)
- Tone (eg. demanding)
2
Q
Give an example of inclusive language:
A
we, us
3
Q
Give an example of a pun:
A
I think tree jokes are oak-ay
4
Q
What is a hyperbole? Give an example:
A
An outlandish exaggeration.
Eg. I’m so hungry I could eat a house.
5
Q
Give an example of a metaphor:
A
You are a rock
6
Q
Give an example of attacking language:
A
The unimaginative opposition.
7
Q
Give an example of a rhetorical question:
A
Who doesn’t like to be happy?
8
Q
Give an example of a simile:
A
You are like a lion
9
Q
Give an example of evidence:
A
Case studies
10
Q
Give an example of emotive language:
A
The ghastly murder
