Argument and Language Analysis Essays REVIEW

There is one correct way to structure an analysis of language and argument. True or false?

• True

• False

Before you write your analysis of language and argument, you should:

• plan your response in detail.

• carefully read and annotate the text.

• do all of these things.

• make sure you have identified and understood the text’s key features and elements.

What does connotation mean?

• taking detailed notes on the text before beginning the analysis

• positive feelings attached to a specific word

• negative feelings attached to a specific word

• an idea or feeling that is attached to a specific word or phrase

The conclusion should:

• explain whether this piece is persuasive or not.

• do all of these things.

• restate the arguments developed by the author and the persuasive strategies used to support each argument.

• restate the intention and target audience, and summarise the text’s structure and style.

When analysing how a piece attempts to appeal to a specific audience, which of these should you not do?

• list every single persuasive strategy you can find

• be specific when describing strategies and appeals

• explain how the use of a strategy or appeal encourages the reader to agree with the author’s contention

• explain why a particular strategy or appeal has been used for a particular audience

Which of these should you discuss in your introduction?

• persuasive language techniques, the target audience, context, tone, image analysis, and the writer’s contention

• the writer’s contention, the writer’s intention, the arguments, context, form, publication details, and persuasive language techniques

• context, form, publication details, tone, the writer’s contention, the writer’s intention, and the target audience

• the target audience, context, form, publication details, tone, language techniques and image analysis

When should you analyse the structural features of the piece, such as headline, image and by-line?

• in the conclusion

• in the introduction

• in the first main body paragraph or in conjunction with a connected argument

• in the second main body paragraph

What might you discuss in your second and third main body paragraphs?

• the writer’s shifts in tone

• how the writer appeals to the target audience

• any or all of these things

• the writer’s arguments and how they fit into his/her overall approach

What should you ask yourself when trying to analyse the writer’s general approach?

• both of these things

• neither of these things

• how a particular argument builds throughout the piece

• how the writer’s argument supports his/her overall contention with regards to the writer’s and the audience’s assumptions and/or biases

When discussing a shift in tone, it is most important to:

• identify the tones and when/where the tone shifts.

• discuss how the tone shift positions the target audience to think/act/do/feel something.

• discuss both why the tone shifts, and how the tone shift positions the target audience to think/act/do/feel something.

• discuss why the tone shifts.