Language in use for analysis. to write with delicacy and compassion

to write with delicacy and compassion

to figure out what sort of topic might be covered

to reaffirm the role of / to prove that

to produce a definite effect of making the issues more vivid to the eye

to use exaggeration / humour / irony to emphasise his point

a vivid and evocative story

in a freewheeling, informal, jokey way

broad generalizations

The reader’s brain and imagination is provoked to get to work to help him find the main meaning.

The author’s attitude is not that of admiring / sympathetic … but that of…

The tone communicates amusement / anger / affection / sorrow / contempt…

The author puts a point across clearly…

Enough details are included to emphasize the author’s views…

Due to the great attachment of…

This effect is achieved in a very peculiar way by …

New values are brought home to us in…

We are made sensitive to…

The main interest of the extract lies in …

The author’s standpoint sounds to be more convincing…

It makes the reader feel how …

The reader gets a vivid notion of…

Judging from … it would seem that …

The author emphasizes the importance of …

The way the writer develops his ideas…

What really matters is…

The effect is further enhanced…

There is a clearly perceptible approach…

The infectious sense of humour sparkles on every page.

The short story is humorous, sometimes with a touch of black humour, and full of biting wit and bizarre situations.

The storytelling is bizarre, alarming and disturbing, always with a nasty sting in the tail.

The author sounds well-intentioned / eccentric / rather hypocritical / condescending / dismissive / critical / disapproving / embarrassed / suggestible / insensitive / concerned / convincing / doubtful / false / logical / enthusiastic / patronizing / lighthearted / detached / moody / unpredictable / aloof / hostile / irritated / challenging / impartial …

Sometimes the tone is implied rather than stated explicitly.

It is really important to understand the writer’s tone if you are to understand subtleties of meaning.

The writer appeals fairly to …

The assertions / allegations are quite founded / completely unfounded

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