2.1.2 Analyzing Language and Style

• Identifying language devices helps to understand how authors create certain effects in their writing
• What effect does a metaphor have on the reader in literary prose?

  Grabs essential relationships
• Match the language device with its effect on the reader:

  Simile ↔️ Creates vivid comparisons

  Metaphor ↔️ Draws direct connections

  Personification ↔️ Makes writing engaging

  Alliteration ↔️ Emphasizes characteristics
• Personification creates a comforting, human-like atmosphere
• The tone of a text reflects the author's attitude towards the subject matter.

  True
• Similes help readers visualize the intensity of qualities, such as the biting chill of the wind.


  True
• Understanding how the writing style reflects the author's intent is crucial for grasping the full meaning of the text
• Personification gives human qualities to inanimate objects to make the writing more engaging


  True
• The tone of a text reflects the author's attitude towards the subject matter
• Order the language devices from simplest to most complex in terms of their effect on the reader:

  1️⃣ Simile

  2️⃣ Metaphor

  3️⃣ Personification

  4️⃣ Alliteration
• What is the purpose of identifying language devices in literary prose texts?

  To understand their effects
• Alliteration is the repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words
• What does a metaphor suggest when it equates "her words were a lifeline"?

  Critical support
• What is the overall style of a text influenced by?

  Diction and sentence structure
• How does a formal style affect the reader's perception of a text?

  Provides clarity and authority
• Personification makes inanimate objects relatable by giving them human qualities
• Metaphors draw direct connections between two unlike things, allowing the reader to grasp the essential nature
• Match the language device with its effect on the reader:

  Simile ↔️ Creates vivid comparisons

  Metaphor ↔️ Draws direct connections

  Personification ↔️ Brings objects to life

  Alliteration ↔️ Creates a rhythmic effect
• What does the metaphor "Her words were a lifeline" suggest?

  Critical support
• An informal style is often used to create a sense of closeness and familiarity


  True
• A simile compares two unlike things using "like" or "as".


  True
• Personification gives human qualities to inanimate objects.


  True
• A simile helps the reader better visualize the intensity of a description.


  True
• Alliteration can create a rhythmic, musical effect in writing.


  True
• The mood of a text is the atmosphere created for the reader
• What does the metaphor "her words were a lifeline" suggest about the words' importance?

  They provide essential support
• What does a simile compare two unlike things using?

  Like or as
• What is the effect of alliteration on the reader?

  Emphasizes characteristics
• The mood of a text is the atmosphere created for the reader


  True
• A formal writing style conveys authority and clarity