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Language techniques and their effects
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1The first thing you should always do with any text is try to work out the form (types of text e,g, article, advert etc. . ), audience (the particular group of people or type of people the text is aimed at) and the purpose (to argue, persuade, inform, instruct etc. . ). This help you to understand the types of language techniques a writer has used and teh effect they are hoping to achieve with them.
Please identify the form, audience and purpose (FAP) of the Plan International text.
- AForm: Advert for Plan International.
Audience: People who might be thinking of donating to the charity
Purpose: To inform people about he work Plan International does - BForm: Webpage
Audience: Supporters of Plan International
Purpose: To update supporters about the work Plan International does - CForm: Charity leaflet
Audience: Adults (probably parents and/or grandparents)
Purpose: To persuade people to donate money to Plan International
- AForm: Advert for Plan International.
2In texts such as the Plan International one, we find a mixture of facts, opinions and false-facts (opinions stated as if teh y are facts).
Look at the quotations below, which all come from the first 4 paragraphs of the text, and identify the ones that are false-facts.
For each one you identify, please explain the effect it is intended to have on the reader.
- AThere are 600 million children who live on less than 70p a day
- Bacute poverty is depriving children of good health
- CLack of education means that they have little opportunity to learn skills
- Dmany have give up hope for a better future
- EWithout help today these children will never have to chances that can improve their lives
- Fyou can help
3Throughout this text, the writer uses the second person (you, your). What is the intended effect of this?
The effect is to make the reader feel that [blank_start]they personally can make a difference[blank_end] by [blank_start]donating a small amount of money[blank_end] [blank_start]each month[blank_end]
- Athey personally can make a difference
- Bdonating a small amount of money
- Ceach month
4When writers use the second person what language technique are they using?
- ARhetoric
- BDirect address
- CEmotive language
- DColloquial language
5The tone of this text is challenging.
- AVerdadeiro
- BFalso
6What is meant by he following idiom, used in the 5th paragraph:
'Children are at the heart of all Plan's work'
The idiom means that [blank_start]the focus for Plan's work is children.[blank_end]
- Athe focus for Plan's work is children.
7Due to its main purpose, the Plan International text includes a lot of emotive language, designed to make the reader feel pity and a sense of responsibility for helping the children that Plan work with.
Please identify the words and phrases which are designed to have an emotive impact on the reader. For each one you identify please explain the emotional effect it is deigned to have.
- A'acute poverty is depriving children'
- B'They are dying needlessly'
- C'infections or disease spread through contaminated water'
- D'Tragically, at a very early age, many have given up hope for a better future'
- E'We sponsor a million children across the world'
- F'Children represent the future'
8Look at this quote from the text:
'the first thing we do is talk to community leaders, parents and the children themselves'
This is an example of the language technique known as a group of three or the power of three.
What does it suggest about the way that Plan work?
- AThey see the children as the least important because they are the last group mentioned in the group of three.
- BThey involve the community and the people who will be most affected by their work in everything they do.
- CThey are a caring organisation and try to keep everyone happy
9The language techniques and layout devices used in this text are all designed to create a positive bias towards Plan International in the minds of teh readers. Readers are encouraged to see Plan as a good charity which works for the benefit of whole communities.
- AVerdadeiro
- BFalso
Informações
- Descrição
- A quiz/worksheet for learners doing Level 2 Functional Skills English. This worksheet relates to an extract from a Plan International leaflet and focuses on the effects of specific language techniques.
- Autor
- Sarah Holmes
- Idioma
- English
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