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AO2 AS
English Language
AO2:
Demonstrate critical understanding of a range of concepts and issues
related to the construction and analysis of meanings in spoken and
written language, using knowledge of linguistic approaches
AO2
Fields/areas/domains
Note weather there is any field-
specific lexis connected with a
particular subject area
or
scientific/technical/occupational
jargon
=The language of certain area
(e.g field specific lexis for computing
would include mouse, monitor,
RAM)
Figurative language Figures of speech’ such as imagery…
Metaphors Personification Similes
Sound patterns
Alliteration
Assonance
Consonance
OnomatopoeiaRhyme
Etc…
Point of view/attitude
Consider viewpoint, bias, moral
outlook, prejudice, attitudes
and values, of the writer and
analyse how these are
conveyed
How the writers create
meanings through
language
Surface and
deeper
meanings,
explicit and
implicit, literal
and
metaphorical
meanings
Style
Why the writer has
chosen this language
rather than any other,
and what effect is
produced by his/hers
choice
Tenor/register
Degrees of informality or formality,
politeness, familiarity and impersonality

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  • 3. AO2 Fields/areas/domains Note weather there is any field- specific lexis connected with a particular subject area or scientific/technical/occupational jargon =The language of certain area (e.g field specific lexis for computing would include mouse, monitor, RAM) Figurative language Figures of speech’ such as imagery… Metaphors Personification Similes Sound patterns Alliteration Assonance Consonance OnomatopoeiaRhyme Etc… Point of view/attitude Consider viewpoint, bias, moral outlook, prejudice, attitudes and values, of the writer and analyse how these are conveyed How the writers create meanings through language Surface and deeper meanings, explicit and implicit, literal and metaphorical meanings Style Why the writer has chosen this language rather than any other, and what effect is produced by his/hers choice Tenor/register Degrees of informality or formality, politeness, familiarity and impersonality