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TEXTUAL ANALYSIS - Coggle Diagram
TEXTUAL ANALYSIS
Structural Techniques
Hypophora
When a question is asked and answered by the writer themselves, it is Hypophora.
Chiasmus
Chiasmus is a figure of speech in which two successive phrases or clauses are parallel in syntax, but reverse the order of the analogous words.
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Asyndeton
The omission of a conjunction such as “and” or “as” from a series of related clauses.
Veni, vidi, vici
Polysyndeton
Several conjuction used where they aren't needed. "The dinner was so good; I ate the chicken, and the salad, and the turkey, and the... "
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Emphasis
Syntax
The way words are put together to form phrases, clauses, and sentences. It is sentence structure and how it influences the way a reader perceives a piece of writing.
Repetiton
When used sparingly for effect, it can reinforce the writer's message and/or entertain the reader. Writers may repeat a word, a phrase or an entire sentence for emphasis.
Cumulation
Using many similar words in a short space is cumulation and can give weight to the idea being expressed.
Alliteration
This refers to the repetition of the first sound in consecutive words, an effect which draws attention to the words in question.
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Persuasive Technique
Pathos
Pathos is an appeal made to an audience's emotions in order to evoke feeling and persuade the readers emotional state.
Logos
Logos is a persuasive device that uses facts, evidence and data to persuade the reader, it is mostly used in writing and public speaking
Ethos:
Ethos is the persuasive technique that involves persuading listener by convincing them into that speaker trustworthy
Evidence
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Expert Opinion: When the author shares their experiences, from the situations that they went through or giving their opinions on the subject that they have expertised, would belong to this category.
Persuasive strategies
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Appeal to Authority: mentionig an important event or person to lend
importance or credibility to their argument.
Rhetorical Question: a question to which no answer is
required, the answer is obvious
Irony: Irony is present if the writer’s words contain more than one meaning. This may be in theform of sarcasm, gentle irony, or a pun (play on words). It can be used to add humor or to emphasize an implied meaning under the surface.
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Figurative Techniques Analogy: comparing one situation to another. His thirst for knowledge is portrayed as hunger.
Hyperbole: overstating and exaggerating. His families attitude towards his unreligious behaviour.
Metaphor: a figure of speech used for implied meaning. Hunger as in thirst for knowledge.
Metonomy: the name of one object is substituted for a closely associated one.
Symbolism: anything that represents itself and stands for something else. Books, hunger, the switch, north.
Synecdoche: type of metaphor where the part stands for the whole.