Analysing text - English

Techniques (what?) - Persuasive techniques used!

Example (where?) - text that shows it

Effect - intended impact on audience

  • Use the word intended for the effect, may occur.

  • Don;t use definite words

  • This urges readers to…

  • This may persuade the readers…

  • Put yourself in the reader's shoes, how would you feel? Think? Want?

This Technique is used in this Example to create this Effect

You can change the order, it’s good to.

How would you use it?

“You’re my smartest friend, I’m really stuck on this question and I need help!”

T - Complement

E - “You’re my smartest friend, I’m really stuck on this question and I need help!”

E - We feel proud and flattered, and thus you are encouraged to assist the person.

Together - The compliment, “you are my smartest friend,  I’m really stuck on this question and I need help!” encourages the listener to feel a sense of pride and this in turn, can encourage them to help out the friend.

Try not to over complicate things.

Extension

Always make sure that you have your topic sentence and your linking sentence

  • Take a step back

  • It’s important to demonstrate an understanding of the argument

  • Link shows that you understand

  • Also smooths

  • Provides what the author is doing at the start of the article

  • Sets up paragraph

  • Linking sentence must allinge with the topic sentence

A variety of persuasive techniques

  • Explain their effects

  • Use important ones

  • Use ones that will help yourself stand out

  • Avoid talking about the same ones

  • Unless it is used for repetition

  • Be intentional in which techniques you want to discuss

  • The amount of techniques does not change the quality

Discuss the combined effects of techniques

  • Cumulative effect
  • Technique A  + Technique B = Intended effect

ALways support your analysis with a piece of evidence.

  • At least one relevant quote for each piece of evidence

Tones:

  • What is a tone? The attitude the author takes towards the piece

  • Mode is more so with the readers response to the article

  • Things you can ask yourself

  • Pos or neg attitude towards a certain idea

  • Sarcasm? Enthusiasm?

  • You can interpret differently but use evidence and explanation

  • Tonal shifts → shifts in the authors tones

  • Acknowledge that there might be tone changes

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Improve your writing:

  • Literary techniques → understand them

  • Introduction

  •  Use CDFASTCAT

  • C - context

  • Gives the author background on the issue, use the background information section

  • D - Date

  • Helps the audience understand the view point, e.g if tit was written in 1920 they will probably have a different view point than someone who \wrote it in 2022

  • F - Form

  • Each form has its own set of conventions

  • A - Authors

  • Never just write the authors first name

  • S - source

  • Can influence understanding of the audiences, the authors will write in different ways depending on the audiences and subject

  • T - Title

  •  Use title in introduction, properly intro ythe article, analysis any techniques in the title

  • C - contention

  • Really important to add, ask yourself, ‘What is the author’s argument?’ to further ask, ‘What does the author want to change/why/what is it like now/what do they want it to be now?’

  • A - audience

  • Depending on the audience different appeals and techniques will work

  • T - tone

  • Make sure you give judgement of the overall tone of the piece, save tonal shifts for the body paragraphs

  • P - Picture

  • Include the visual in your introduction, great way to tell your assessor that you haven't missed anything