Text analysis - analyzing effects of language devices / AS Level English Language 9093

Confused about how to approach text analysis for your AS Level English Language (9093) exam? This video is a comprehensive guide to mastering the skills you need.

In this detailed tutorial, I'll show you how I analyze different text types for the AS Level English Language exam. We'll cover the fundamentals—audience, purpose, genre, and tone—before diving deep into the specific language, structural, and figurative devices used by writers.

Using four different examples, we'll analyze a makeup advertisement, a travel piece on Venice, an article about climate change, and a short narrative excerpt.

We'll discuss how to:

Identify key literary and persuasive techniques.

Go beyond basic observations to provide a deep, insightful analysis for your exam commentary.

Understand the nuanced effects of specific language choices on the reader.

Whether you're struggling with genre conventions or how to comment on a single word's effect, this video will show you the practical skills you need for your AS Level English exam.

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Chapter Timestamps
0:00 Introduction & What This Video Will Cover

1:33 Analyzing Text 1: A Makeup Advertisement

2:44 The Big 4: Audience, Purpose, Genre & Tone

4:44 Sentence-by-Sentence Breakdown & Connotations

8:04 Analyzing Elevated Language & Hyperbole

9:13 Exploring Imagery & Brand Names

12:18 Abstract vs. Physical Language

13:29 Analyzing Adjectives & the Key to Purpose

15:28 The Call to Action (CTA) & Imperatives

18:35 Tying it All Together: Purpose Beyond Selling

20:25 Analyzing Text 2: A Travel Piece on Venice

22:37 Personification & Creating an Intimate Tone

24:28 Analyzing Imagery & Sibilance

27:52 The Structural Shift in the Text

31:49 Analyzing Parallel Structure & the Tone of Loss

33:51 The Deeper Purpose of the Travel Piece

35:22 Analyzing Text 3: An Article on Climate Change

37:06 Using Personal Narrative & Ethos

39:59 Analyzing Verbs, Imagery & Visceral Language

42:17 The Power of Similes & Juxtaposition

43:50 Using Lists for Emotional Impact

45:07 Multi-Sensory Imagery

46:51 Authorial Voice & the Power of Three

49:06 Analyzing Text 4: A Narrative Excerpt

52:44 The Purpose: Creating Suspense & Ominous Atmosphere

54:18 Structural Analysis: The Stop-Start Rhythm

56:03 "Show, Don't Tell" & Psychological Claustrophobia

58:41 Symbolism, Foreshadowing & The Fragility of Safety

1:03:00 The Unfamiliar & Heightened Senses

1:06:00 The Importance of Perspective & Withholding Information

1:07:36 Final Thoughts & Conclusion