Vocabulary for text analysis and text production



Vocabulary for text analysis and text production

Author

The author

- wants to … influence/persuade/convince/impress/inform/entertain … the reader.

- is concerned with …

- deals with …

- speaks about …

- discusses …

- gives his opinion on the problem/question of …

- expresses his point of view concerning …

- holds the view that …

- comments on …

- gives an exact analysis of …

- gives a personal interpretation of …

- presents the thesis that …

- puts forward an argument/arguments against/for …

- provides/gives evidence in support of …

- assumes that …

- supposes that …

- refers to an example …

- draws/comes to the conclusion that ...

The author’s

- train of thought/line of argumentation is (not) convincing.

- opinion is based on … /(not) acceptable/(not) questionable.

Theme

The text

- deals with/is about/concerns/presents/treats of/describes …

The general/essential/main idea expressed in/of the text/paragraph is/are …

Action

The story takes place in …

The plot of the story is laid in …

The scene/action is set in …

The course of the action …

The phases/stages of the action …

Structure

The text/story can be divided into/is divided into/falls into/is composed of/contains/consists of […] parts/paragraphs/chapters/sections.

The paragraph can be subdivided …

The subdivision indicates the sequence of ideas …

The constituent elements of the … are …

The first/[…]/last part/paragraph/chapter/sentence constitutes/gives us/comprises the introduction/central problem/principal part/solution.

In the first/[…]/last part/chapter the author varies the theme/changes the topic/goes into detail/passes from … to …

The tension arises from/emerges in …

The scene/dialogue/passage is the climax of the story/play.

The climax/turning point is reached when/comes …

The story/play has an open ending.

Atmosphere

The atmosphere of the text/passage/story/play is melancholy/gloomy/shown in/by …

Style:

The author uses/employs/makes use of literary/formal/informal/colloquial/familiar/slang words/expressions/language.

This word/expression/phrase refers to/underlines/emphasises/means/stands for …

Characterisation

The author describes the characteristics/outer appearance/intellectual qualities/mood/activities/social and psychological condition of …

The author points out the characteristics of/gives a characterisation of/characterises (a person as…)/gives a realistic/detailed description of/only gives a rough description of…

The character is described/presented/characterised as…

The basic traits of A’s character are …

One of A’s striking characteristics is …

A stands in clear contrast to B.

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