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Hook
The starting sentence to your paper should hook in the reader, stating something interesting about the topic of the analysis.
formal information
After your hook identify the text type, author, year, audience and any other formal information that will support the further analysis.
Thesis
A statement guiding your reader in the direction of your analysis containing information of the guiding question as well as rich ideas.
PEEL
Point, Example, Evidence, Link
Topic sentence
states the point of the analysis, guiding the reader about the point of the individual paragraph.
Example
the example refers to precise textual references.
Authorial choices
literary choices made by an author such as the choice of a specific device, style or tone to convey a specific idea to their audience focussing specifically on how these shape meaning
Link
A strong draw back on the original guiding question and your thesis statement, showing analysis linked to your prompt bringing you closer to a conclusion.
Allegory
A story that represents a general message about life
Alliteration
Consecutive words that all or almost all start with the same sound
Allusion
a inderect reference to a figure, place, event or idea outside the text
Anaphora
A word or phrase that is repeated at the beginning of sentences throughout a piece of writing
Personification
A non-human thing such as a place, animal or object behaves in a human-like way.
Asyndeton
Leaving out conjugations such as ‘and’, ‘or’ or ‘but’.
Colloquialism
Use of informal language or slang
Epigraph
a famous quotation, poem, song or another short text is inserted at the beginning of the authors larger text
Epistrophe
a word or phrase is repeated at the end of sentences throughout a text.
Punctuation
Use of symbols such as full stops, exclamation marks and semicolons can be played with by an author to shape meaning
Hyperbole
An exaggerated statement not meant in a literal sense
Imagery
A scene, thing, or idea is describes in a way that it appeals to our senses. There are 5 types of imagery, visual (sight), auditory (hearing), gustatory (taste), olfactory (smell), tactile (touch).
Irony
When a statement is used to express the opposite meaning than the one expressed by it.
Verbal irony
someone says something but means the opposite
Situational irony
something happens that’s the opposite of what is expected to happen
Juxtaposition
the comparing and contrasting of two completely different (usually opposite) ideas, characters or objects.
Malapropism
An incorrect word is used in place of a word with a similar sound
Metaphor
Ideas, actions or objects that are described in non-literal terms
Similee
Ideas, actions or objects that are compared to something in a non-literal manner
Metonym
A related word or phrase is substituted for the actual thing
Mood
The general feeling that the writer wants the audience to have when reading the text
Onomatopoeia
when a word represents a sound which it resembles or imitates
Oxymoron
Two words are placed together that express a contradictory meaning
repetition
when a word or phrase is written multiple times
Satire
a genre of writing criticising of a person, behaviour, belief, government or society, often employing hyperbole, irony and humour.
Symbolism
Use of an object, a figure, event, situation or another element to represent something else or a broader theme.
Tone
the writers or narrators attitude towards a subject
Colour
a visual device used in pictures to shape meaning
Composition
elements like where an object is placed, how it is framed, and how different objects work together to shape meaning
Framing
borders or rims often found in comics or posters placed around an image
Ambiguity
something which has a double meaning
Motion lines
lines used in images such as comics to depict motion or movement
perspective
the angle at which the viewer perceives something in a visual image
scope
the lens through which an author creates their text
panel
a box in a comic that depicts a seperate image
text box
a square box that usually narrates an event within a comic
