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Methods Of Language Analysis For Exploring Conflict
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AqaA LevelEnglish Language And LiteraturePaper 2 Exploring Conflict
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Methods Of Language Analysis For Exploring Conflict requirements9 objectives
- Analyse discourse including conventions of drama texts
- Analyse grammar including structural features that express attitudes
- Analyse lexis and semantics including terms of address
- Analyse phonetics phonology and prosodics in interaction or conflict
- Analyse pragmatics including assumptions made about readers or listeners
- Avoid summarising conflict without analysing language choices
- Explain how a method constructs power or tension
- Link conflict analysis to character narrator or social viewpoint
- Select language evidence that demonstrates conflict
Key terms
DialogueStage DirectionsConflictFormalityPower DynamicsIntonationStressInferenceIntertextualityDramatic IronyForeshadowingTension
Exam tips
- Focus on Language Choices: Pay attention to the specific words and phrases used in dialogue to analyze how they contribute to conflict.
- Use textual evidence effectively: Always support your analysis with specific examples from the text.
Common mistakes
- Misinterpreting Subtext: Consider what characters are implying through their words and actions to uncover deeper conflicts.
- Misidentifying the type of conflict: Clearly distinguish between struggles within a character and those between characters or against external forces.
Practice preview
- Which of the following is a common feature of dramatic dialogue that can indicate conflict?
- Identify and explain how the use of irony in a dramatic text can reveal underlying conflict.
- Evaluate how stage directions contribute to the development of conflict in a play. Use an example from a known text.
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