Advanced Analytical Phrases and Literary Devices
This final page of the guide focuses on more advanced useful phrases for analysis, particularly those related to literary devices and persuasive techniques. It's an excellent resource for students working on poem analysis or speech analysis.
The page continues the two-column format, with the left side listing analytical verbs and the right side providing objects or concepts these verbs can be applied to. Some key phrases include:
- Employs/makes use of
- Chooses
- Assesses
- Evaluates
- Weighs
- Appeals to
- Tries to persuade/convince
- Concludes
- Draws the conclusion
Example: "The author employs a simile to illustrate the character's emotional state."
The right column introduces various literary devices and rhetorical techniques, such as:
- Simile
- Symbol
- Anaphora
- Alliteration
- Exaggeration
- Irony
Vocabulary:
- Anaphora: The repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive clauses.
- Alliteration: The occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words.
This page is particularly useful for advanced analysis, especially when discussing atmosphere analysis or the environment vocabulary of a text. It provides phrases for evaluating the effectiveness of an author's techniques and discussing their impact on the reader or audience.
Highlight: The guide concludes by emphasizing the importance of assessing the overall tone and outlook of a text, with phrases like "gives an optimistic/pessimistic outlook for the future."
This comprehensive set of analytical phrases equips students with the tools to craft sophisticated and nuanced analyses of various types of text in English, from fiction to speeches and poetry.
