How to analyse a text using a PEE structure
Point
Make a simple statement about what the writer does or feels ‘The writer sets out to...’ ‘The writer is angry that...’
Evidence
Give evidence from the text to support your point - ‘For example....’ 'In the opening sentence, for example...’
Explain
Explain how the writer’s choice of language affects the
reader ‘This highlights the way....’ 'In this way the reader is made to feel...’ ‘This creates a sense of unease...’
Caption: : This video talks you through an example of a PEE paragraph
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Connectives are words and phrases you can use to start sentences and join sentences together.Adding
to a point
In
addition... Furthermore... Yet
another... In the
same way...
To present an alternative view
However... On the
other hand.... Whereas... Although.... In
contrast...
Useful connectives
To indicate cause and effectIn this way... As a result... In order to.... Therefore...To
summarise
In
conclusion... In summary
Sequencing
ideas
Firstly.... Secondly... In addition... Finally...
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Metaphor He is drowning in debt.
Simile
She was as busy as a bee.
Irony
Great friends they turned out to be!
Rhetorical questions
Is it right that Premiership players earn such high
salaries?
