textanalysis

textanalysis

1. composition

   • the text is about/deals with/is concerned with
     • the title /heading hints at the theme/suggests/indicates the subject of mater
       • the subject is introduced in
       • the subject is developed in

2. composition

   • a theme/pattern runs throughout the text
     • the story has an abrupt opening/an open ending
     • at the beginning of the text/at the end of the text/in the course of the action
   • paragraphs/parts/divisions/subdivisions/sections

3. style

   • the text is written in a plain/clear/factual/matter of fact/powerful/formal/informal/casual/emotional style
     • the writer ceates/achieves/ a feeling/mood/tone by means of/through his use of a....style

4. choice of words

   • to use/to employ
     • to use a word/expression in the literal/figurative, pejorative sense
       • a word implicitly means/expresses/alludes to sth.
       • to use a technical term from the field of/to use neologism/outdated expressions

5. syntax

   • short and simple/long and complex sentences
     • to use syntactical parallelism
       • to be identical in structure
         • to use inversion/anaphora/repetition
           • words/sentences are arranged in a certain pattern

6. effect

   • a text has an effect on the reader/appeals to the readers feelings/imaginations/strikes the reader by/provokes the reader by
     • a sentence stirs the readers curiosity
       • the reader is able to identify with the situation/with a character
         • to keep the reader in suspense/to be exciting/thrilling