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PAPER 2 SECTION B - Coggle Diagram

- - - - Analyse the representation of ideas and opinions
      - People who hold opinions, how are they referred to? With respect or with mocking? Are we given thier title or profession, what effect does this have?
      - What assumptions are made of the knowledge of the reader? What effect does this have?
      - Co- text- The words surrounding a particular word or passage within a text that provide context and help to determine meaning. Is co- text important (especially around short phrases)
    - - Compare the way that the writers represent themselves and the argument
      - How is the argument framed, what has been selected to convey ideas, and who has this come from
      - In an op-ed, th views will be the writers own, but a journalist will try to be more objective by including input from those more knowledgeable, or from a variety of viewpoints
      - There is no such thing as an unbiased writer!!
    - - Find links and patterns
      - Are there any obvious patterns across the texts in the language and structures.
      - Relevant links include those between writers contexts attitudes or audiences
    - - Place the texts within a wider discourse
      - The articles subjects will fit into a wider idea, such as prescriptivism/ determinism, gender, age and language change, technology and language change
      - Make this your first sentence
    - - Evaluate how the reader is positioned
      - How have the articles been shaped for the audience, do they allow the reader to oppose them, or do they automatically align the reader with thier view
      - The way a reader is talked to can really affect how the interpret the next bits, the reader can be manipulated.
      - People read things because they want to, it reinforces more often than challenges beliefs
    - - Just read! get a solid understanding of the text as a whole so that you don't miss important parts while skimming
      - Ask three questions
        
        What is it?
        
        Who wrote it?
        
        Why was it written?