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Methods Of Language Analysis For Telling Stories
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AqaA LevelEnglish Language And LiteraturePaper 1 Telling Stories
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Methods Of Language Analysis For Telling Stories requirements10 objectives
- Analyse discourse including text type routines visual design and layout
- Analyse grammar including how pronouns can shape narrative viewpoint
- Analyse lexis and semantics including connotations metaphor and idiomatic language
- Analyse phonetics phonology and prosodics in spoken or poetic storytelling
- Analyse pragmatics including assumptions made about readers or listeners
- Avoid feature spotting without analysis of effect
- Explain how a selected method contributes to meaning
- Identify salient language features in literary and non literary stories
- Link linguistic method to literary effect
- Select evidence that supports a focused analytical claim
Key terms
Narrative StructureCharacterizationNarrative viewpointPronounLexisSemanticsAlliterationIntonationImplicatureDeixisNarrative voiceNarrative Perspective
Exam tips
- Use textual evidence effectively: When analyzing a text, always support your points with specific examples from the text to strengthen your argument.
- Use textual evidence: Support your analysis with specific examples from the text.
Common mistakes
- Misinterpreting the narrator's perspective: Always distinguish between the narrator, who may have a specific viewpoint, and the author, who creates the narrative.
- Confusing narrator with author: Always distinguish between the narrator (the voice telling the story) and the author (the person who wrote it).
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