AO2 Language and Structure Analysis Flashcards

Explain, comment on and analyse how writers use language and structure to achieve effects and influence readers, using relevant subject terminology to support views.

Choice of words and phrases, figurative language, imagery, rhetorical devices as relevant to the text.

Organisation of ideas and events across the whole text, including order, shifts, contrast, openings and endings, paragraphing.

Key terms used to label language and structural choices, such as metaphor, simile, juxtaposition, narrative viewpoint, etc.

The impact of the writer's choices on the reader, such as creating tension, evoking emotion, or influencing perspective.

Language that uses figures of speech, such as metaphor, simile, personification, and symbolism, to create imagery or convey meaning.

The perspective from which the story is told, such as first-person, third-person, or omniscient narrator.

Changes in the focus or perspective within a text, such as moving from a broad description to a specific detail.

How the writer begins and concludes the text to engage the reader and leave a lasting impression.

The use of logical units of meaning to organise ideas effectively and create cohesion within the text.