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Tone and Language Analysis Guide

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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Tone and Language Analysis Guide

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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