conclusion in language analysis?

[Jason12]

is it a must to include one or can you just end with analysing the piece? If so how to write one?

also can anyone explain what a dichotomy and juxtaposition is and how they are different? With examples if you can think of any

[Thorium]

is it a must to include one or can you just end with analysing the piece? If so how to write one?

also can anyone explain what a dichotomy and juxtaposition is and how they are different? With examples if you can think of any

Juxtaposition is when you put things side by side, usually for comparison and showing contrast

Sorry not sure about the other one

Hope that helps

[literally lauren]

It's not a "must", you can score well without it, but it is technically a structural requirement, so it's better to get it out of the way just in case your assessor is fussy about that sort of thing. It'll also be the last thing your assessor reads, and if they're on the fence about whether your essay is a 7 or an 8, for example, the conclusion will be what pushes it over to one side.
Try not to just redundantly restate contentions, never summarise the article or list all the techniques, and don't rank them by their persuasiveness. What you can do is comment on why a particular technique might be effective given a certain audience or context (eg. if one author makes repeated appeals to our sense of responsibility, we are more likely to share in his view that children need to be protected...)
Or just comment on how language is used generally; this can be a good place to sum up tone too.

Juxtaposition is as above (eg. when the herald sun put a picture of tony abbott's creepy winky face next to a group of students protesting about how ruthless and sinister he is)
 
A dichotomy is when the author attempts to split the audience in two. But rather than have it be an even split, they're usually trying to make one side look as bad as possible while making the other (their side) look as good as possible. It can be seen pretty much any time the author uses inclusive or exclusive language. So basically, at least once in most articles, but like any other technique, you have to do more than just point it out.

[walkec]

I usually like to conclude by analysing how the author concludes the article and the overall impact this leaves the audience with.

[Einstein]

could someone please provide an example of a LA conclusion showing what you guys have said?

Thanks

[walkec]

I don't have access to the articles anymore (this is a comparative piece)
Also excuse my double spacing (my teacher is fussy with typed pieces)

[literally lauren]

Upvoting just because you called this a praccy saccy 

[walkec]

Upvoting just because you called this a praccy saccy 

It's a joke between my English class and our teacher. Don't even remember how it got called that but it's still funny and I have no idea why.

[Ronw2233]

I tenuously recall that there was a criterion on one of my sacs about the LA' 'structure' (appropriateness of the intro/body/conclusion written) so there there's that.

I wouldn't risk leaving out the conclusion because there are some teachers who expect a conclusion and might take away marks because of that. Ask your teacher about it if you're unsure maybe.

I would recommend having a conclusion. For me it was an extra paragraph with more concentrated evaluation of how the overall strategies different parts of one piece or of different pieces position the audience. It gives consolidation towards what similarities or contracts you find too, and also it gives you time for you write some other stuff you've left out when writing your body paragraphs.

[lexitu]

Along with what everyone else has said (which is good advice across the board), I think good conclusions usually put an article into its broader context.

You are trying to sum up by explaining what the function of the article is in the real world — so state not only what the author wants to convince the audience of (their contention), but also what they are trying to get the audience to do. In some cases, this will be to vote a certain way, in other cases an article might be trying to spark protest, elicit donations, get a petition signed, mount pressure against a policy, or maybe it's just raising awareness. Try to show your teacher that you "get" what the author's intent is, as much as what the author's argument is.

[spaciiey]

It depends on the teacher. I tell my kids to include a conclusion, or not, depending on what their teacher wants. In fact, my English teacher insisted we DIDN'T have a formal conclusion. Then again my teacher was VERY unconventional, but his methods definitely work!

Here's the thing: you do NOT need a conclusion to do well in language analysis. It is not 100% necessary. I never bothered with conclusions in language analysis and it didn't hurt me at all.  My conclusions generally consisted of picking something from the end of the article to analyse and starting that last paragraph with 'Finally, the author's use of ...' etc.

If you are going to include a conclusion, the above advice is good, I don't have anything to add to it.

[brenden]

Just to chime in, my friend and I both bailed on our conclusions and both scored 19/20. That said, I still teach my students to include them. Probably the first thing I'd bail on in an emergency though.