This resource contains a sample answer for the **TEXT ANALYSIS **question on Paper 1 of the CIE AS English Language (9093) syllabus. The text being analysed is:
A descriptive extract from the memoir ‘Burning Lights’ by Bella Chagall.
The original extract is printed in the Cambridge International As and A Level English Language Coursebook by Mike Gould and Marilyn Rankin. It has also been included in this resource for your reference.
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QUESTION & ORIGINAL EXTRACT
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SAMPLE TEXT ANALYSIS OF 900 WORDS FOCUSING ON FORM, STRUCTURE & LANGAUGE
Excerpt from the text analysis response:
The text is a memoir by Bella Chagall written for an intended audience of her fans and other readers of literary non-fiction. In keeping with the conventions of the form the writer uses the first person point of view ‘I’ in order to describe an important experience and evoke an important space from her childhood, thereby creating a personal tone and drawing the reader closer to the experience. The writer also uses the present tense to create a sense of
immediacy and allow the reader to explore the shop with her. She writes in the voice of her younger self to capture the child-like sense of wonder that she felt in that moment and add greater authenticity to the text…
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