SCHEMES FOR ANALYZING TEXTS. Year 4
.docSCHEME FOR ANALYZING POETRY
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Genre
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Theme
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Key words, supporting the theme
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Concept(s)
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Composition (structure, foot, theme)
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Imagery: symbols, figures of speech (expressive means and stylistic devices)
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Tone
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Message/idea
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Interpretation
SCHEME FOR SCIENTIFIC STYLE TEXT ANALYSIS
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The type of the text: the sciences, the humanities, the natural sciences
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Genre of the text: article, dissertation, treatise, thesis, manual, review, etc.
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The theme/subject/topic of the text
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Compositional form/pattern/design:
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the title
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the introductory paragraph
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the body paragraphs (chronological, thematic)
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the closure
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quotations (complete and fragmentary), references
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foot-notes (digressive in character)
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Compositional types of narration:
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description (static and dynamic)
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reasoning/argumentation (proof and conclusion – theoretical, empirical or mixed).
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Language peculiarities:
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lexical:
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bookish words
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terminological nomenclature (general and specific)
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lexical expressiveness (quantitative, sometimes in the humanities - figurative)
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syntactic:
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the word order
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types and kinds of sentences
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sentence patterns (postulatory, argumentative, formulative)
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passive constructions
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impersonal forms
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constructions with ‘one’ and ‘that of’, ‘those of’, ‘that + Participle’
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types and kinds of attributes
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syntactic complexes; prepositional phrases
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conjunctions and conjunctive words
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morphological:
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the prevalence of nouns/ noun phrases, groups
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pronouns ‘we’ and ‘I’
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adverbs.
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Objectivity, precision of the text
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Emotiveness and subjective modality
SCHEME FOR PUBLICISTIC STYLE TEXT ANALYSIS
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The type of the text: the arts, politics, economy, morality, law, religion, etc.
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Genre of the text: oratories, speeches, articles, commentaries, letter, essay, etc.
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The theme/subject/topic of the text
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Compositional form/pattern/design:
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the beginning, conventional patterns
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the end
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paragraphs.
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Language peculiarities:
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syntactic:
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sentence-patterns, their length
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types and kinds of sentences
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emphatic constructions
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an expanded use of connectives
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lexical:
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bookish and high-flown words
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colloquialisms
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abundance of emotive words.
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morphological
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pronouns ‘I’, ‘we’, ‘you’, one’
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Stylistic means:
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traditional and genuine
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lexical (simile, sustained metaphor, irony, allusion, metonymy, epithets, etc.)
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syntactic (repetition, parallel constructions, antithesis, suspense, rhetorical questions, etc.)
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Emotiveness and subjective modality
SCHEME FOR OFFICIAL STYLE TEXT ANALYSIS
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The type of the text: governmental, juridical, diplomatic, commercial, military, etc.
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Genre of the text: contract, pact, statute, treaty, authoritative directive, regulation, procedures act, instruction, etc.
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The theme/subject/topic of the text
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Compositional form/pattern/design:
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strict model/forms of structuring
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introductory sentences
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stereotypical features
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the peculiarities of the paragraphs
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Language peculiarities:
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lexical:
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neutral and bookish words
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borrowings
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archaisms
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terminology, words of special nomenclature
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key-words, special lexis
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set expressions
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contractions, abbreviations
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conventional symbols.
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syntactical:
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syntactical complexes (participial, gerundial, infinitival)
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complex and compound sentences with coordination and subordination
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participles 1 and 2
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passive constructions
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objects, attributes and adverbial modifiers
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parenthesis, their character
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long prepositional phrases.
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Objectivity, clarity of the text.
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Emotiveness and subjective modality.
SCHEME FOR NEWSPAPER WRITING ANALYSIS
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Define the genre of the given sample of newspaper writing and speak on its general distinctive features:
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a hard news article
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a feature story
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a profile
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an editorial
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an op-ed article (an op-ed essay, a column)
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a business article
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a science / health article
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a sports article
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a review.
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Name the author of the article and its dateline.
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Define the theme of the article. Provide the background information to reinforce / justify interest in the topic.
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Comment on the format of the article.
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Define the type of the headline and explain if it helps predict the contents and viewpoint of the article.
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Name the purpose of the article and speak on linguistic and stylistic presentation of information:
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key words;
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figurative language; sentence and paragraph structure
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the tone/slant of the article.
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Reader-response strategy: speak on your emotional reaction to the story.
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Define the message of the newspaper writing under analysis.