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    Unseen Texts Support Sheet

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    The document provides guidance on analyzing the tone, language, structure, and devices used in unseen texts. It includes a table describing different tones a writer may use that could affect the reader. There are also prompts for analyzing specific words, phrases, literary devices, and structural elements and how they shape the reader's experience and understanding. The document aims to help readers closely examine elements like word choice, contrasts, and conclusions that reveal an author's intended meaning and message.

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    The document provides guidance on analyzing the tone, language, structure, and devices used in unseen texts. It includes a table describing different tones a writer may use that could affect the reader. There are also prompts for analyzing specific words, phrases, literary devices, and structural elements and how they shape the reader's experience and understanding. The document aims to help readers closely examine elements like word choice, contrasts, and conclusions that reveal an author's intended meaning and message.

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    The document provides guidance on analyzing the tone, language, structure, and devices used in unseen texts. It includes a table describing different tones a writer may use that could affect the reader. There are also prompts for analyzing specific words, phrases, literary devices, and structural elements and how they shape the reader's experience and understanding. The document aims to help readers closely examine elements like word choice, contrasts, and conclusions that reveal an author's intended meaning and message.

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    Unseen Texts Support Sheet

    Uploaded by

    Dima Than
    The document provides guidance on analyzing the tone, language, structure, and devices used in unseen texts. It includes a table describing different tones a writer may use that could affect the reader. There are also prompts for analyzing specific words, phrases, literary devices, and structural elements and how they shape the reader's experience and understanding. The document aims to help readers closely examine elements like word choice, contrasts, and conclusions that reveal an author's intended meaning and message.

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    Unseen texts support sheet

    Writer’s tone Effect on reader

    angry ominous ambivalent intriguing evokes surprise/astonishment


    outraged playful sarcastic entertaining the reader seeks answers/closure
    disappointed peaceful bitter shocking reader is on tenterhooks because
    comic angry admiring compelling reader might be caught in two minds
    critical curious mocking evokes tension creates a ______ mood/atmosphere
    joyful light-hearted serious evokes curiosity conveys a sense of mystery
    enthusiastic forceful gentle evokes empathy conveys a sense of threat
    intense regretful philosophical evokes amusement positions reader in favour of/against

    Analysing language

    The word/phrase (or name word class/device) _______ is used to convey a feeling of/the idea of ___________
    The word/phrase (or name word class) _______ has connotations of _____________ and _________
    This tone/feeling/mood/idea is amplified by the writer’s use of ________________________
    The writer emphasises his/her ___________ attitude towards ______________ by using ____________
    The word/phrase means __________________ and suggests that the writer thinks _______________
    At first glance _______________; however, on closer inspection ______________________

    Analysing structure

    The writer immediately ___________ the reader by opening with ____________


    We see a change in the tone/atmosphere/writer’s attitude/reader’s response when ____________
    The _____________ tone/atmosphere/attitude is replaced by _______________
    The writer creates a contrast/juxtaposition between ________________ and ________________
    The writer concludes by ___________ which leaves the reader thinking/feeling ______________

    Phrases for comparison Literary devices

    in comparison
    in stark contrast
    metaphor striking statistic complex sentence
    however simile emotive language sentence fragment
    personification rhetorical question first/second/third person
    on the other hand
    triplet anaphora allusion
    a difference is imagery simple sentence foreshadowing
    a similarity is
    on a similar note
    both texts

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