Language Analysis: Words, Phrases, Techniques

Language Analysis: Words, Phrases, Techniques

A comprehensive guide that explains how to analyse language, focusing on words, phrases, and literary techniques.

This resource provides clear explanations and examples to help develop skills in identifying and interpreting the effect of language in texts.

Key features:

Detailed breakdown of key language techniques such as metaphor, simile, personification, alliteration, and hyperbole

Guidance on analysing the effect of word choice and phrases on the reader

Examples of emotive language, imagery, and tone for practical understanding

Advice on interpreting repetition, emphasis, and connotation

Strategies for evaluating how language shapes meaning and response

Includes an accompanying worksheet to reinforce and practise key concepts.