PEE examples

This article uses subject specific lexis to establish familiarity between the text and the target audience. Notably, an educational lexical field has been used in the first paragraph.  As the article is aimed at A-Level students, the audience will be able to comprehend the nouns "Pythagoras's theorem" and "mitochondria" as they are common terms used throughout the GCSE phase. Therefore, the audience is immediately engaged as it proves that the author has a good understanding of what these students have gone through: hence, they deem the text as a reliable and genuine source of advice.

As shown through subject specific lexis, the author has the objective of creating understanding and empathy with the reader. Consequently, the author embeds various linguistic devices within sentences to retain this level of understanding between the reader and the text. Parenthesis in the form of 'like me' is used by the author to prove that they have shared similar experiences with the reader, therefore know exactly what the target audience will seek in order to do well in their A-Levels. Significantly, this accomplishes the author’s aim of maintaining familiarity between the text and the reader even further.

Moreover, the article uses imagery to emphasise the importance of studying during the A-Level process. For instance, the text hyperbolically - and metaphorically- compares the jump from GCSEs to a 'plummet into an alternative universe' to ironically highlight, in spite of the increasing difficulty, A-Levels can have a depleting effect on students. In turn, this emphasises the substantial difference between the two courses, which demonstrates  that it is mandatory that students maintain a hardworking attitude due to the naturally imposing nature of A-Levels.

The author uses a range of pronouns to actively engage the reader in the text. The indefinite pronoun 'everyone' is used to illustrate to the reader that- in spite of their thoughts- they are not alone in this process: providing them with reassurance knowing that they can always seek help from others. Likewise, the personal, second person pronoun ‘you’ is frequently used throughout the piece. Hence, the audience acknowledge that the text is directly addressed to them, so they interpret the information on a personal level. This ensures that the reader follows the given advice and is encouraged to continue reading.