textanalysis

textanalysis

composition
1. the text is about/deals with/is concerned with
  1. the title /heading hints at the theme/suggests/indicates the subject of mater
    1. the subject is introduced in
    2. the subject is developed in
composition
1. a theme/pattern runs throughout the text
  1. the story has an abrupt opening/an open ending
  2. at the beginning of the text/at the end of the text/in the course of the action
2. paragraphs/parts/divisions/subdivisions/sections
style
1. the text is written in a plain/clear/factual/matter of fact/powerful/formal/informal/casual/emotional style
  1. the writer ceates/achieves/ a feeling/mood/tone by means of/through his use of a....style
choice of words
1. to use/to employ
  1. to use a word/expression in the literal/figurative, pejorative sense
    1. a word implicitly means/expresses/alludes to sth.
    2. to use a technical term from the field of/to use neologism/outdated expressions
syntax
1. short and simple/long and complex sentences
  1. to use syntactical parallelism
    1. to be identical in structure
      1. to use inversion/anaphora/repetition
        words/sentences are arranged in a certain pattern
effect
1. a text has an effect on the reader/appeals to the readers feelings/imaginations/strikes the reader by/provokes the reader by
  1. a sentence stirs the readers curiosity
    1. the reader is able to identify with the situation/with a character
      1. to keep the reader in suspense/to be exciting/thrilling

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