Analysis

• Tone and mood

Other categories:

• theme/topic
• author's intention (what he wants to do ...)/message (what he says)
• author vs. narrator
• types of irony and their functions

• verbal irony: express something by saying the opposite --> effect: reader enjoys finding irony, reader discovers real meaning, reader discovers contrast between what is said and what is meant
• dramatic irony: the reader or the audience know more than the characters

--> effect 1: reader feels superior, only to show him he is not --> effect 2: the reader feels pity, involvement in story

• irony of situation: sharp contrast between what the characters/readers wish and what real life is like

• types of texts
• line of argument/argumentative structure

1. describe what the author does (e.g. he puts forward his main thesis)
2. explain why he does it at this point
3. show how he tries to do this effectively

• means to make a text interesting / convincing
• attitude of an author

Style

Style (formal vs. informal