English AS Level 2008: A Glossary for Text Analysis. Genre Fact: brochure, speech, dialogue, biography, magazine etc Fiction: novel, mystery, science fiction, gothic etc Purpose Express as a verb: To entertain, to arouse sympathy, to sell something, to amuse, to criticize etc Tone (Mood) Express as an adjective: persuasive, critical, laudatory, humorous, informative etc . Does it change or develop throughout the text? Do relationships between people change throughout the text?
Audience Is it for a general or specific readership? Vocab. Punctuation Use of (semi-)colons, commas, brackets, quotation marks etc. Grammar Length of paragraphs and sentences. Simile X is like Y or X is as ____ as Y. Metaphor X is Y. Personification Giving human characteristics to non-human things. Rhetorical Question Asking a question to make a point, not requiring an answer. Onomatopoeia Sounds like a sound.
Alliteration Repetition of initial consonant sounds, usually harsh ones. Oxymoron A seeming contradiction. Euphemism Language used to avoid offence. Glossary of Linguistic Terms n-z. English Language AS Level Terms flashcards. Language and power. Introduction This guide is written for students who are following GCE Advanced level (AS and A2) syllabuses in English Language. This resource may also be of general interest to language students on university degree courses, trainee teachers and anyone with a general interest in language science. On this page I use red type for emphasis. Brown type is used where italics would appear in print (in this screen font, italic looks like this, and is unkind on most readers).
Headings have their own hierarchical logic, too: Back to top What do the examiners say about this subject? Back to top of page What is it all about? One obvious feature of how language operates in social interactions is its relationship with power, both influential and instrumental. In some spheres of social activity, such as politics or law, both kinds of power may be present at the same time: we are subject to laws (enforced by penalties), but some legal processes, such as trial by jury, rely on attempts to persuade. Allusion. GCE from 2008 | English Language