Construct your literary analysis with PETFACE POINT EVIDENCE TECHNIQUE Connectives – to begin your points Immediately Perhaps Considering Initially Surely Unusually Arguably Interestingly Throughout Clearly Firstly Curiously Conceivably Moreover Before the Verbs to embed evidence – instead of ‘shows’ Portrays Indicates Ascertains Suggests Signifies Constructs Alludes to Represents Establishes Illustrates Reveals Epitomises Implies Demonstrates Develops Literary Techniques Metaphor, simile Personification Pathetic fallacy Alliteration & assonance Repetition & anaphora Hyperbole Emotive language Semantic fields Construct your literary analysis with PETFACE POINT The writer presents... EVIDENCE As demonstrated in... TECHNIQUE An example of... FIRST INTERPRETATION Initially, the reader... ALTERNATIVE INTERPRETATION However, further reading reveals... CONTEXT The contemporary audience might ... EFFECT ON AUDIENCE The reader develops a sense of... Language Techniques Noun incl proper, abstract Verb incl imperative, modal Personal Pronouns Tone/ mood/ bias Tense & person Sentence type & length Effect on audience Evoke sympathy Support argument Share frustration Empathise with Gain understanding Recognise intellect Enjoy the humour Contextual terms The contemporary audience This exemplifies the genre This links with the major theme The writer’s views are clear Interpreting author’s intentions – there is normally more than one To inform To persuade To evoke To establish To challenge To explain To advise To justify To clarify To convince To describe To entertain To endorse To analyse To reason To argue To reinforce To undermine To question coreteaching.co.uk