Language Features and their effects

Language Features and their
effects.
•To be able to identify language
features.
•To understand how language
achieves effects on the reader.
Purpose and Effect
The language features are directly
linked to the purpose and audience of
the text.
You are going to see several sentences,
write down what type of writing you
would expect to see this sentence in.
Writing to
Persuade
Writing to Writing to
Advise
Describe
Writing to
Inform
‘This is the most outrageous waste of time,
money and effort.’
Writing to
Persuade
Writing to Writing to
Advise
Describe
Writing to
Inform
‘Put the eggs into the bowl and beat.’
Writing to
Persuade
Writing to Writing to
Advise
Describe
Writing to
Inform
‘Over 70% of people would agree that
smoking is anti-social.’
Writing to
Persuade
Writing to Writing to
Advise
Describe
Writing to
Inform
‘The door swung open out on to the most
beautiful landscape.’
Writing to
Persuade
Writing to Writing to
Advise
Describe
Writing to
Inform
‘Undue exposure to the sun is the primary cause
of skin cancer.’
Identifying the Effects of
Techniques
In the three statements we looked at.
Write the words that are being used to create a particular
effect.
Try and explain what the effect is.
P – The writer uses (Name the technique)
E – When he writes: “ (put in your quote) “
A - This creates the effect of... (analyse the impact
on you as a reader / the intention of the writer)
Statement 1
Britain is on the
verge of a
population
explosion, as over
500,000 new
people arrive each
year.
Statement 2 Statement 3
The shopping
centre was like a
disaster movie:
people
everywhere
running around
like maniacs!
Mrs Jones is a
tyrant!
P – The writer uses (Name the technique)
E – When he writes: “ (put in your quote) “
A - This creates the effect of... (analyse the
impact on you as a reader / the intention
of the writer)
Identifying the Effects of Language
Language analysis works in a very similar way.
However, with language, you need to pick key words and
analyse their impact!
P – The writer uses (Name the kind of word)
E – When he writes: “ (put in your quote – one or
two words) “
A - This creates the effect of... (analyse the impact
on you as a reader / the intention of the writer)
What word / words might you pick out
of this statement?
The use of the word “explosion”, creates the impression that this can not be
prevented as an explosion generally happens without someone being in control.
In addition, it creates the impression that the growth of the population will have a
negative impact, as we associate explosions with science experiments that have
not gone as planned.
Statement 1
Britain on the verge of a
population explosion as
over 500,000 new people
arrive each year.
P – The writer uses (Name the kind of word)
E – When he writes: “ (put in your quote – one or two
words) “
A - This creates the effect of... (analyse the impact on you
as a reader / the intention of the writer)
Use My PEA Frame to tell me:
P – The writer uses (Name the kind of word)
E – When he writes: “ (put in your quote – one or two words) “
A - This creates the effect of... (analyse the impact on you as a
reader / the intention of the writer)
The use of the word “explosion”, creates the impression that
this can not be prevented as an explosion generally happens
without someone being in control.
In addition, it creates the impression that the growth of the
population will have a negative impact, as we associate
explosions with science experiments that have not gone as
planned.
P – The writer uses an emotive word, when he writes that there has been a
“population explosion”. The use of the word “explosion”, creates the impression
that this can not be prevented as an explosion generally happens without
someone being in control.
In addition, it creates the impression that the growth of the population will have a
negative impact, as we associate explosions with science experiments that have
not gone as planned.
Over to you!
Statement 2
Write at least
one PEA chain
for one of these!
The shopping
centre was like a
disaster movie:
people
everywhere
running around
like maniacs!
Most of you
should be able to
write 2 chains:
one word from
each!
Statement 3
Mrs Jones is a
tyrant!
P – The writer uses (Name the kind of word)
E – When he writes: “ (put in your quote – one or two words)
“
A - This creates the effect of... (analyse the impact on you as
a reader / the intention of the writer)
This creates the
impression that
the
shopping centre
was disordered,
scary and chaotic.
The simile helps
the reader to
imagine that this
“disaster” could
not improve.
Statement 2
The shopping
centre was like
a disaster
movie: people
everywhere
running
around like
maniacs!
This use of
exaggeration,
comparing the
shoppers to
people who are
violently insane,
makes the reader
imagine that the
shoppers were out
of control and
potentially
dangerous.
The use of a
statement creates
the impression that
this opinion is a fact
and that nobody
could correctly
think differently.
Statement 3
Mrs Jones is a
tyrant!
The use of the word,
“tyrant” creates the
impression that Mrs
Jones uses her power
unjustly and is
possibly cruel
The use of an
exclamation mark
creates the
impression that the
writer feels strongly
about this issue and is
demanding that the
reader listens.

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