ANALYSIS OF LANGUAGE

WHY DO WE DO THIS TASK?

The Task

• Examine pieces where the intention is to persuade

• You need to be able to explain how language is being used to influence the reader (eg. how is ‘the case’ being made?)

• This includes visual material• Although it is a writing task, you are being

assessed on your ability to read and think

It is NOT…

• A report of what was said

• A report of how the argument was presented

• A POINT OF VIEW – What you think is not relevant in this task

• A detailed list of techniques

• Write down 5 words to describe water coming out of a pipe.

• Put them in order from weakest to strongest

• The water………………………out of the pipe

The Eagle – Alfred, Lord Tennyson

• He _______ the crag with crooked hands; Close to the sun in_______lands, Ringed with the__________world, he stands.

• The __________sea beneath him crawls; He __________from his mountain walls, And like a thunderbolt he____________.

• He clasps the crag with crooked hands; Close to the sun in lonely lands, Ringed with the azure world, he stands.

• The wrinkled sea beneath him crawls; He watches from his mountain walls, And like a thunderbolt he falls.

• Change the highlighted words to make him:

– A) Mean– B) Old– C) Feeble

CONTEXT

CONTENTION

• WHY does someone write a letter to the paper? What are their motives/personal agendas?

• Money• Class division• Responsiblities• Media• Passion

CONSTRUCTION

SPECIFIC LANGUAGE