Language analysis
What Language analysis means in English Language GCSE, as defined for Eduqas, Pearson Edexcel.
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Reference: Pearson Edexcel
Zooming in on a specific word choice, such as a verb, adjective or image, and exploring its connotations to explain the effect or association created for the reader.
Explaining, commenting on and analysing how writers use word choice, imagery and figurative devices to achieve effects and influence readers.
Topics that use Language analysis
- Assessment - Assessment Objectives and Weightings (Eduqas GCSE)
- Assessment Objectives (Pearson Edexcel GCSE)
Related terms
- Active listening
- Formal spoken register
- Structural analysis
- Textual evidence
- Tone, style and register
- Appropriate response to questions
- Audience and purpose
- Audience and purpose in formal speech
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