Language Analysis

Question 1

What are the 6 things an introduction needs to have?

Answer 1

• 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

Question 2

Give an example of inclusive language:

Answer 2

we, us

Question 3

Give an example of a pun:

Answer 3

I think tree jokes are oak-ay

Question 4

What is a hyperbole? Give an example:

Answer 4

An outlandish exaggeration.

Eg. I’m so hungry I could eat a house.

Question 5

Give an example of a metaphor:

Answer 5

You are a rock

Question 6

Give an example of attacking language:

Answer 6

The unimaginative opposition.

Question 7

Give an example of a rhetorical question:

Answer 7

Who doesn’t like to be happy?

Question 8

Give an example of a simile:

Answer 8

You are like a lion

Question 9

Give an example of evidence:

Answer 9

Case studies

Question 10

Give an example of emotive language:

Answer 10

The ghastly murder

Question 11

List the 4 things which should be in each paragraph:

Answer 11

• Technique (or tone)
• Evidence (quote)
• Effect on readers
• Finish para with a statement about the impact

Question 12

List what should be in the conclusion:

Answer 12

• Image
• Overall effect of the 2 writers
• Who are the readers more influenced by

Question 13

What is the effect of alliteration?

Answer 13

• Captures attention
• Adds emphasis to the writer’s point
• Draws attention to key words

Question 14

What is the effect of an analogy?

Answer 14

• Explains a complex point in more familiar terms

- Makes the contention look simple and obvious

Question 15

What is the effect of anecdotes?

Answer 15

• Often entertaining or humorous
• Personal angle engages readers
• As ‘true stories’ they carry weight with readers

Question 16

What is the effect of an appeal to a sense of justice?

Answer 16

• Positions the reader to agree that punishment should fit the crime
• Arouses anger at perceived injustice

Question 17

What is the effect of an appeal to family values?

Answer 17

• 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

Question 18

What is the effect of an appeal to group loyalty?

Answer 18

• Can play on people’s guilt, sense of obligation, fear and sentimentality
• Convinces people that the interests of the group require their support

Question 19

What is the effect of an appeal to hip-pocket nerve?

Answer 19

• Provokes strong emotions, such as outrage at being taken advantage of
• Positions readers to feel threatened by those who want to raise prices ect

Question 20

What is the effect of an appeal to patriotism?

Answer 20

• 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

Question 21

What is the effect of an appeal to self-interest?

Answer 21

• Often divides people into ‘them’ and ‘us’

- Suggests that the interests of others are in competition with and threaten our own

Question 22

What is the effect of an appeal to tradition and custom?

Answer 22

• 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

Question 23

What is the effect of attacks?

Answer 23

• Draw attention away from reasoned argument

- Position the reader to agree that if an individual is flawed, their message must be too

Question 24

What is the effect of cliches?

Answer 24

• Convey meaning in an economical way

- Can help readers to feel more comfortable with an idea

Question 25

What is the effect of connotations?

Answer 25

-Arouse feelings and attitudes that position the reader to like/dislike, accept/reject a group, idea, or viewpoint