Analysis

Analysis

show understanding of underlying meaning of a text and how it is conveyed. Reveal means employed by author to achieve certain effect on reader.

• quoting, lines

In order to show central idea of a text, examine:

• central idea/ message
• style/ register (e.g. neutral, formal, colloquial, slang, ...)
• tone (e.g. emotional, objective)
• rhetorical devices/ stylistic devices and name them (e.g. comparison, contrast, repitition, imagery, etc...)

for literary texts:

• narrative technique(s) (e.g. pov., made of presentation)

for non-literary texts:

• structure of text (e.g. order and nature of paragraphs, subjeadings, topic sentences, complexity of sentences, graphics)

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• important to distinguish between non-fictional and fiction texts and to decide which features are typical for the text
• Main goal: explain how and why the author uses different means to make their point and explain effect on reader

tip

Include quotes from text (whole quotation)