Analyzing texts might be hard not only for beginners in english, but for students with advanced levels as well. Therefore, it's important to give students or those who learn in general a foundament. So, i offer universal plan of analysis for most common means of expression.
Metaphor
1. Which objects are being comparised?
2. Based on what feature they are being comparised?
3. What for does author use this metaphor (expressing his attitude, description of something, emotional affect, etc.)
Simile
1. Which objects are being comparised?
2. Based on what feature they are being comparised?
3. What for does author use this simile? (expressing his attitude, description of something, emotional affect, etc.)
Epithet
1. What is straight and figurative meaning of the used word? (commonly adjective)
2. What is subtext of this epithet? How ir reflects author's atittide to discribed things, events etc.
3. What image does this epithet make? How does it affect reader's perception?
Antithesis
1. Which objects are being contrasted?
2. What is the subtext behind this antithesis? what did author wanted to say?
3. what is author's attitude to these objects?
Impersonation
1. What is being impersonified?
2. Which human featured does author give to inanimate object?
3. What did author want to express through the impersonation?
4. How do you imagine impersonified object? Which emotions it has?
These are the plans of analysis for most commom means of expression. Once you're sure in your capability to do analysis on your own, you can change the order of points of the plan or use your absolutely new and unique plan
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