‘Around The World In 80 Dates’

Question 1

Genre and mode

Answer 1

-Travel memoir.

Question 2

Text producer and text receiver

Answer 2

-Closed audience as it is specific to Jim Morrison fans.
-Appeals more towards the female audience.

Question 3

Variation, Register and Representation

Answer 3

-Semi formal.

Question 4

Lexis and semantics

Answer 4

-Modal lexical verbs “felt” “want” the trip is entirely delf indulgent for Cox.
-“unfaithful, self indulgent and often cruel” negative adjective shows her attitude.
-“muscular bronze angels” pre-modifying adjectives show the grandeur style of Paris, the adjective creates a beautiful view to the stones.
-“face a furious mask” metaphor evokes sadness and alliteration shows frustration.

Question 5

Grammar

Answer 5

-Simple and colloquial to represent the texts personality.
-Personal pronouns “I” and “him” link to Cox having a personal connection to Morrison.

Question 6

Phonetics

Answer 6

-“angry sigh she stalked” sibilance reflecting anger.
-Repeated ‘s’ sound could be used in a harsher soft way to mix anger and sadness.
-Hyphenated words mimic rhythm showing Morrison was involved with music.

Question 7

Graphology and mode

Answer 7

-Written mode.

Question 8

Pragmatics

Answer 8

-Embodied knowledge is being acquired on this journey and is presented well, along with scheme about Pere Lachaise cemetery and Jim Morrison.

Question 9

Narrative and discourse

Answer 9

-Though informative, the discourse is informal and often colloquial.
-This is most likely because of how personal it is.
-Small pockets of discourse “ce que faites-vous ici?” adds stress to the frenchman, inotation on words expresses volume.