A.S.

English Checklist
Your essay has to consist of 3 parts – introduction, analysis, conclusion
Introduction:
Remember A.F.P – state the audience, form and purpose of the text.
You may also write about the overall tone here as well.
Analysis: (what to look out for)
Structure – paragraph length; headings/subheadings; sections; any charts/graphs; idea
development throughout the text; how the text starts off
(questions/exclamations/assertions/opinions); contrast within the text; intentional
punctuation

Form – conventions of the text type (what’s typical for the form of the text); how does
author appeal to audience through text (i.e. if review – does he first give factual info then
opinion; if personal narrative – does he use first-person viewpoint; etc.)

Language – factual information (statistic/numerical info/dates and references to

dictionaries/encyclopaedias; quotations from reliable sources; viewpoint (1st; 2nd; 3rd); noun
phrases; words with certain connotations; lexical fields; direct appeal to the audience
(‘would YOU let...’ etc); repetition; parallel phrases; figurative language (similes,
metaphors, idioms, personification, etc); superlative forms of adjectives (best; fastest; most
difficult; etc).

Conclusion:

Restate the introduction with a few main points from the body – you can use the following
starters:

All in all, the author achieves their goals of ... by using ...

To sum up, by including devices like ..., the writer helps convey ... and ... the audience

THIS A.S. GUIDE IS NOT EXTENSIVE – THIS IS JUST A FRAMEWORK OF WHAT YOU SHOULD
LOOK FOR.
EVERY TEXT WILL BE DIFFERENT – SOME MAY HAVE ELEMENTS NOT LISTED HERE.