Structure of an Analytical Essay
TAPAC is used to help you remember what information to include in your...
What is introduction?
Repetition of a phrase at the beginning of sentences/clauses is…
What is anaphora?
Giving human qualities to non-human things.
What is personification?
“Everyone is doing it!” technique
What is bandwagon?
Attacking the person instead of the argument
What is ad hominem?
This part of the intro comes after TAPAC and makes your main argument.
What is the thesis?
“Why choose this as our goal?”—what persuasive technique is being used?
What is a rhetorical question?
Why do poets use repetition?
Convincing you that you have a problem so they can sell a solution
What is problem/benefit?
Drawing conclusions from too little evidence
What is hasty generalisation?
In PEEL body paragraph structure, the L stands for Link to...?
What is the thesis?
Name the technique used in Coach Boone's Gettysburg speech:
"Anybody know what this place is? This is Gettysburg."
What is hypophora?
A repeated line or phrase in a song.
What is a refrain?
Misleading eco-friendly claims
What is greenwashing?
Assuming one thing caused another without proof
What is false cause?
Name all four elements of PEEL.
Point (authorial choice)
Evidence (quote + line # OR visual description)
Explain/Analyse (how/why)
Link (to purpose/thesis)
“Not because they are easy, but because they are hard”—what structural technique is this?
What is antithesis?
In analysis, you must explain the effect of a device on the…
What is audience?
Showing only the positives while hiding negatives
What is card stacking?
Distracting from the real issue
What is red herring?
What are the 3 Rs, used for writing a conclusion?
Name two techniques found in this speech extract:
"There is no strife, no prejudice, no national conflict in outer space as yet."
1. Tricolon
2. Anaphora
What is polysyndeton?
What is asyndeton?
What is cataloguing?
Appealing to positive emotions with vague ideas like “freedom”
What is glittering generalities?
Fallacies are dangerous in persuasion because they...