Analytical Skills For English Standard

Table of Contents

• 60 Seconds to Analyse a Quote
• How to Make Your English Analysis Sound Sexy
• 3 Simple Tips to Drastically Improve your Essay Writing
• The Difference between Band 6, Band 5 and Band 4 Essay Writing.
• Comprehension Skills: How to Analyse a Text using Syntax
• How to Use Quotes in Essays (+ Example)
• How to Analyse Poetry
• How to Analyse the Form of Different Text Types - (Film, Poetry, Prose Fiction, Plays)

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Learn how to analyse a quote and/or a technique from a text that you’re studying in 60 seconds. Pay close attention to the formula and how I apply it in a sophisticated way.

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Learn about my secret sauce to making your English analysis sound sexy.

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Improve your essay writing with these 3 simple tips and examples!

1. Use language that creates a progression BETWEEN your body paragraphs (00:01-05:56)

2. Progress your analysis WITHIN each body paragraph (05:57-12:14)

3. Use different techniques and verbs within each body paragraph (12:15-14:46)

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In this video, we break down one of the key differences between band 4, band 5 and band 6 essay responses.

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Learn how to analyse a text by looking at the composer’s use of syntax. When we say “syntax”, we are mainly talking about lengths of sentences (short, sharp or truncated vs. elongated), which are often predicated on the particular message that a composer is trying to communicate. If a poet, for example, uses long, drawn-out (elongated) sentences, which may even have the effect of making the reader feel breathless, perhaps this is intended to convey a sense of monotony, boredom or futility. Truncated sentences (which have essentially been chopped up into little pieces) often evoke a sense of urgency or tension. Ultimately, however, you must read the substance of the text to understand why a particular style of syntax has been used (there’s often several feasible interpretations!).

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So often students are confused about how to effectively use a quote from a text when writing an essay. Should quotes be used merely for the purpose of highlighting a technique? Should they only be used once per sentence? Should I use an entire sentence as a quote? The answer to all of these questions is no.
Quotes from a text ought to be used fundamentally as evidence of a conceptual point that stems from your topic sentence (and the topic sentence should stem from your thesis, which should stem from the question). It is meant to prove a particular point. But quotes are also a way of illustrating how certain language features (i.e. techniques) have been used by a composer to create meaning, and you want to ensure you only use as much of the quote as is necessary to capture the technique and/or meaning (generally, the shorter the better). Lastly, and this is often what people forget, quotes can and should be integrated as part of your explanations of OTHER quotes so as to demonstrate a deeper engagement with the text. This video will provide an example of this final point

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Learn about how to analyse the form of different text types, namely that of film, poetry, drama (plays), and prose fiction

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Learn about how to analyse the form of different text types, namely that of film, poetry, drama (plays), and prose fiction