Unit Award Scheme

117737

Analysing texts (unit 2): Language and structure

Level: Level Two

In successfully completing this unit, the learner will have	Evidence needed
demonstrated the ability to 1. identify the main types of words a writer uses, eg nouns, adjectives, verbs, pronouns, adverbs, in a given text	Student completed work
2. pick out at least two significant words or phrases within a text and explain why the writer has used them	Student completed work
3. identify a minimum of two metaphors and/or similies within a text and explain why the writer has used them	Student completed work
4. identify what an analogy is and write one for a chosen topic	Student completed work
5. identify the use of personification in at least two texts and explain why it improves description	Student completed work
shown knowledge of 6. what alliteration and onomatopoeia are	Student completed work
7. what irony is	Student completed work
8. what sarcasm is	Student completed work
9. at least four different rhetorical techniques, eg questioning, hyperbole, antithesis, parenthesis	Student completed work
10. what bias is and the effect it can have on an author's writing	Student completed work
demonstrated the ability to 11. identify examples of alliterantion, onomatopoeia, irony, sarcasm and rhetorical techniques in given texts.	Student completed work

Approved 25 Aug 2022

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