Language Analysis Techniques

[nacho]

Hi,
I was wondering if anyone had something which briefly went over the tools used in language analysis? Such as appeals to emotion, hit pocket nerve
and then how this impacts the reader? I was given one in year 10, and whilst I realise that writing a language analysis isn't about listing techniques, i'd still like to have a list of them so that
I can clarify that the techniques I recognise in a piece are the only techniques present.

Thanks.

[Greatness]

Arent there some in the notes section? I think i got one from there.

[shinny]

I think learning techniques like it's taught in schools can be potentially dangerous. They're just stereotypes, and as we all know, stereotyping is bad in many aspects in life because simply put, nothing ever conforms fully to one. It's far better to look at things on a case-by-case basis rather than trying to fit what you see to some generic stereotype, and analyse the specific way that the author has used that specific technique within that context. Too often I see students identifying techniques and simply analysing just that technique within that quotation. However, often there's many underlying things that they don't mention, even if they see it there. When I ask them why, they say it's because they never learnt that technique or that it doesn't have a name. My advice is to strip yourself free of the shackles learning techniques can put you in, and just learn to analyse everything at face-value and just describe in your own words what the author is doing, rather than slapping a label on everything you see.

But to answer your actual question, I know you've expressed interest in my Prep course, and if you're still interested, the book provided does have a fairly comprehensive list of the techniques and their purposes and such.