Best way to write a language analysis

[maxp]

My teacher has told of three ways in which to write analyse a piece of writing.

They are:
- In order or appearance e.g. beginning, middle and end.
- Group examples of a technique together
- Or group similar techniques together. e.g. appeal to sense of community, appeal to sense of justice.

How do you guys write it? Is there any other ways?

I've tried all three and struggle with all of them really.

Cheers.

[Zafaraaaa]

- Or group similar techniques together. e.g. appeal to sense of community, appeal to sense of justice.

This is the most logical technique for language analysis, in my opinion you should be grouping techniques together based on their similar effect on the audience..so if you've got pejorative language, attack and a tone that is devaluing of the other sides argument, you'd group them all in one paragraph

I think lang analysis just looks more cleaner and organised this way, because I feel when I do the order of appearance analysis from beginning to end, everything is everywhere and I feel as though I'm repeating myself haha

[nacho]

My teacher has told of three ways in which to write analyse a piece of writing.

They are:
- In order or appearance e.g. beginning, middle and end.
Cheers.

your teacher is actually wrong here, i dont know why they'd tell you that.

heres how i do it:
INTRO (introduce the idea, eg "the issue of.. has arisen as a result of..... In response, ... ... ........")
Slip in the tone, the audience and few relevant points

first body - i always analyse the image here, just to get it out of the way, its very important not to leave out the visual

2nd, 3rd body - relevant points ive found, and i never base it on chronological order, just what i think is more important
4th conclusion

the reason i advise against going from start to middle to end is that you may end up missing some very important techniques, and analysing very superficial things in the middle part.
Also, youll find that sometimes techniques frmo the end can be grouped with techniques from the beginning, and you'll miss out on that too if you go from start to end.

what school do you go to btw?

[maxp]

Yeah I understand exactly what you mean man. cheers.

My teacher is definitely one of the worst around haha.

Ah Rosebud Secondary on the Mornington Peninsula, Public school of course.

I like your plan. Do you usually mention the image in the intro as well? It seems like
I'm writing something really irrelevant when i do.

[shinny]

My teacher has told of three ways in which to write analyse a piece of writing.

They are:
- In order or appearance e.g. beginning, middle and end.
Cheers.

your teacher is actually wrong here, i dont know why they'd tell you that.

There's not really that many 'wrongs' in English and that definitely isn't one of them. I know students with 50s and such who say they just use a conventional chronological method and it works for them. The problems you pointed out only result from poor planning in using a chronological method. However, while I do still see it as a less effective method than grouping techniques together, it's not exactly a 'do this and you're screwed' sort of thing. I wouldn't want people reading this and thinking they have to relearn how to write a language analysis a few weeks before the exam.

[nacho]

My teacher has told of three ways in which to write analyse a piece of writing.

They are:
- In order or appearance e.g. beginning, middle and end.
Cheers.

your teacher is actually wrong here, i dont know why they'd tell you that.

There's not really that many 'wrongs' in English and that definitely isn't one of them. I know students with 50s and such who say they just use a conventional chronological method and it works for them. The problems you pointed out only result from poor planning in using a chronological method. However, while I do still see it as a less effective method than grouping techniques together, it's not exactly a 'do this and you're screwed' sort of thing. I wouldn't want people reading this and thinking they have to relearn how to write a language analysis a few weeks before the exam.

Hmm fair enough, although i just wanted to point out that this isnt something that you have to strictly stick to - the order in which you do it shouldnt be based on start to finish.

As you said there aren't many 'wrongs' in english, however it is my belief that to go in chronological order, given the nature of the piece may sometimes lead to an ineffective language analysis, despite the potential of the writer. In no means did i mean 'you'd be screwed' but in effect, you could leave out the name of the author and you would still not be screwed - it's only one thing, but nonetheless, important.

I realise many people adopt this approach and after gauging at the assessment reports i came to the conclusion  that VCAA like to target students on these sort of things - for example, you'll note that they make a heavy emphasis on the inability of students to identify tonal shifts. - so im certainly going to be looking out for that on the exam.

i think they may end up putting crucial techniques and shifts in tone right at the end, resulting in a a large proportion of people who follow a chronological method of analysis will miss / forget to discuss this major aspect.

The point im trying to get across is that there shouldn't be a set order in which you analyse your article - because every article is completely different and set out that way on purpose - rather analyse it how you see fit.

I apologise if i have created concern for people going from start to finish, you by no means have to re-learn your method of writing LA's, it's just my own suggestion that if you find this method is too hard to stick to, or if you seldom analyse the end bits because you run out of time - mix up your order of analysis, and you'll be fine

[Greatness]

Maybe it's just me, but i find that when i write in chronological order i tend to write about every single thing..... Dunno why, but it's annoying so i just pick out techniques that stand out and group them together. Doesnt matter how you do it, just write a damn essay!