Analysis and investigation (Edexcel A-Level English Language) quiz

Graphology

Phonology

Morphology

Pragmatics

Graphology

Orthography

Lexis

Phonology

Because features are never relevant to the meaning a writer is trying to convey

Because marks reward explaining a feature's effect on the audience in context

Because metalanguage is not allowed in Edexcel text analysis responses at all

Because you must analyse only one language level rather than ranging across several

Whether the text is spoken or written, which is actually described by mode

The subject matter and specialist lexis, which is actually described by field

The relationship between participants and the resulting register

The visual layout of the text, including its font, colour and images

Describe one text fully and then describe the other, with a short link at the end

Only analyse the first text in depth and mention the second one briefly

List every feature in both texts without comment on its effect or purpose

Build a comparative thesis and analyse both texts together around shared points

So that deep, evidence-led analysis is possible within the word limit

To avoid using any linguistic theory in the analysis of the collected data

So there is enough data to fill the word count without much close analysis

Because broad research questions are explicitly banned by Edexcel's rules

Recording people without their knowledge so the speech stays fully natural

Gaining informed consent and anonymising participants

Using only published newspaper articles as your sole source of data

Avoiding any spoken data and relying only on written texts instead

A model answer written by the examiner showing exactly what to produce

A grammar rulebook setting out the conventions you must follow

A published text in the target genre that you analyse and emulate

A list of banned words that must not appear in your finished piece

Narrate how long the writing took you and the exact order in which you drafted it

Summarise the plot or content of the piece for a reader who has not seen it

List the spelling and punctuation corrections you made during proofreading

Analyse your own linguistic choices with metalanguage and link them to effect

Introduction and aim, methodology, analysis, conclusion

Conclusion first, then the analysis, the aim and finally the methodology

Analysis first, then the introduction, the conclusion and finally the aim

Methodology, then the conclusion, then the introduction and finally the analysis