Going Beyond Single Word Analysis with my Language Technique Bank
I find that language analysis is the first analytical skill that students really get to grips with. However, they often fall into a trap of analysing the same thing over and over: the adjective X connotes Y... the verb A connotes B... the word suggests...
Analysing single words and identifying their word class is by no means a bad approach; but when it is the only aspect of a writer's craft that you analyse, the odds are that you are missing much more meaningful and insightful crafting.
That's why I created my Language Technique Bank. I wanted to broaden the number of language techniques students knew, so that they would then be more able to analyse those techniques if they come across them in a fiction text (I have also made technique banks for Poetry and Non-fiction and cover both language and structural techniques in those banks).
The image in this blog post gives you an idea of what to expect. For every technique I go through, I provide:
- A definition
- An example
- Potential effects
That last bullet point is arguably the most important, as I have tried to help you on that step towards analysis by giving suggestions of why a writer may be using that technique.
Oh! And did I mention it's free?
Head over to the Study Materials section to download your copy today
