English - Years 12 and 13

Please find below a copy of the "Tempers" guidelines for analysing unfamiliar (and familiar) texts.

Analysis…consider, in any order, the following:

Technique
The author/poet/director/advertiser/playwright (name them) uses:

Verbal / Visual language feature


Example
(quote) “…………………………………”


Meaning

Literal: this shows….This could mean that…
Metaphorical: this could be a metaphor for…this implies…this reveals…


Purpose
By using this technique, the author/poet/director/advertiser/playwright:
Conveys the idea that…suggests…develops the idea that…challenges the idea that…leads us to question…signals…guides the reader/viewer to…tells us…teaches us…indicates…portrays…illustrates how…evokes a mood of…

Creates / develops a: personal…emphatic…instructional…insistent…witty…sarcastic…mocking…lecturing…
Pompous…patriarchal…matriarchal…reserved…lyrical…political…awkward…cliched…
Excited…aggressive…stirring…melancholic…reflective…ironic… tone.


Effect
Associations / Thoughts: We associate…with…..we are made to think…we remember…we are surprised at…
Feelings: This makes us feel…this makes us empathise with…this makes us feel sympathy for…we laugh at…we enjoy…This unsettles us…because


Relevance
Links to other places in the text: This expands on…This links to…this echoes the earlier…this foreshadows…This reinforces…reflects…this reminds us of….this builds a sense/tone/image of…
Contrasts…. This is juxtaposed with…this contrasts with…


Success

The writing/image is: powerful…evocative…succinct…overly simplistic…well-crafted…effective…shocking…unnerving…realistic…universal…truthful…original…surprising…dated…concise…understated…deliberate…startling…thought-provoking…hackneyed…contradictory…dynamic…striking…disappointing…overwritten…
Formulaic…beautiful…emotive…ground-breaking…twee…jingoistic…because…(see above)