Vocabulary for text analysis and text production
Author
The author
- wants
to
influence/persuade/convince/impress/inform/entertain …
reader.
- is concerned with …
- deals with …
- speaks about …
- discusses …
- gives his opinion on the problem/question of …
- expresses his point of view concerning …
- holds the view that …
- comments on …
- gives an exact analysis of …
- gives a personal interpretation of …
- presents the thesis that …
- puts forward an argument/arguments against/for …
- provides/gives evidence in support of …
- assumes that …
- supposes that …
- refers to an example …
- draws/comes to the conclusion that ...
The author’s
- train of thought/line of argumentation is (not) convincing.
- opinion is based on … /(not) acceptable/(not) questionable.
…
the
Theme
The text
- deals with/is about/concerns/presents/treats of/describes …
The general/essential/main idea expressed in/of the text/paragraph
is/are …
Action
The story takes place in …
The plot of the story is laid in …
The scene/action is set in …
The course of the action …
The phases/stages of the action …
Structure
The text/story can be divided into/is divided into/falls into/is composed
of/contains/consists of […] parts/paragraphs/chapters/sections.
The paragraph can be subdivided …
The subdivision indicates the sequence of ideas …
The constituent elements of the … are …
The first/[…]/last part/paragraph/chapter/sentence constitutes/gives
us/comprises the introduction/central problem/principal part/solution.
In the first/[…]/last part/chapter the author varies the theme/changes
the topic/goes into detail/passes from … to …
The tension arises from/emerges in …
The scene/dialogue/passage is the climax of the story/play.
The climax/turning point is reached when/comes …
The story/play has an open ending.
Atmosphere
The
atmosphere
of
the
melancholy/gloomy/shown in/by …
text/passage/story/play
Style:
The
author
uses/employs/makes
literary/formal/informal/colloquial/familiar/slang
words/expressions/language.
This
word/expression/phrase
to/underlines/emphasises/means/stands for …
use
is
of
refers
Characterisation
The author describes the characteristics/outer appearance/intellectual
qualities/mood/activities/social and psychological condition of …
The author points out the characteristics of/gives a characterisation
of/characterises (a person as…)/gives a realistic/detailed description
of/only gives a rough description of…
The character is described/presented/characterised as…
The basic traits of A’s character are …
One of A’s striking characteristics is …
A stands in clear contrast to B.