English - Language Features, Tones, & Themes

Unfamiliar text

A text you have not studied beforehand and must analyse during the assessment.

Idea

A thought, message, concept, or viewpoint communicated by a text.

Theme

A significant idea or concept explored throughout a text.

Technique

A deliberate choice made by the writer to create an effect or communicate meaning.

Evidence

A specific word, phrase, image, sentence, or structural feature used to support an interpretation.

Analysis

Explaining how and why a writer's choices create meaning and affect the reader.

Effect

The response or impact a writer's choice creates for the reader.

Purpose

The reason the writer created the text or used a particular choice.

Audience

The intended readers or people the writer is communicating with.

Tone

The writer's attitude towards the subject or situation.

Mood

The emotional atmosphere created for the reader.

Connotation

The feelings, associations, or ideas suggested by a word beyond its literal meaning.

Imagery

Descriptive language that creates a mental picture or appeals to the senses.

Metaphor

A comparison in which one thing is described as another.

Simile

A comparison using "like" or "as".

Personification

Giving human qualities or actions to something non-human.

Repetition

Repeating a word, phrase, sound, or idea for emphasis or effect.

Alliteration

The repetition of the same consonant sound at the beginning of nearby words.

Sibilance

The repetition of "s", "sh", or similar hissing sounds.

Onomatopoeia

A word that imitates or suggests a sound.

Emotive language

Language deliberately chosen to create an emotional response.

Rhetorical question

A question asked to make the reader think rather than receive a direct answer.

Hyperbole

Deliberate exaggeration used for emphasis or effect.

Juxtaposition

Placing contrasting ideas, images, or situations together.

Contrast

Showing differences between ideas, people, situations, or images.

Symbolism

Using an object, image, action, or setting to represent a deeper idea.

Motif

A recurring element that reinforces an idea or theme.

Irony

A contrast between expectation and reality.

Foreshadowing

Hints or clues that suggest something may happen later.

Diction

The writer's deliberate choice of words.

Syntax

The way words and phrases are arranged into sentences.

Structure

The way a text is organised and developed.

Pacing

The speed at which information or events are presented.

Juxtaposition

Placing contrasting elements close together to highlight their differences.