Around the World in 80 Dates LIT

Question 1

genre

Answer 1

memoir and travelogue

Question 2

register

Answer 2

informal

Question 3

audience

Answer 3

single women, travellers, those wish to identify in finding a soulmate/aged 40+

Question 4

mode

Answer 4

written

Question 5

purpose

Answer 5

to inform and entertain

Question 6

subject

Answer 6

Cox is giving her opinion on what Jim Morrison meant to her, but also is observing other people visiting his grave

Question 7

context of production

Answer 7

cox is a british tv presenter and travel writer

Question 8

intertextuality
‘Lizard King became the Lard King’

Answer 8

Morrison’s alter ego and was used in some of his song lyrics and poems

Question 9

parallelism
‘lizard’ v ‘lard’

Answer 9

lizard- fast and clever, lard- lazy, fat

Question 10

possessive pronoun
‘track to my teen years’

Answer 10

she has a personal connection to Morrison, she felt she had a natural understanding of him and his music

Question 11

syndetic listing
‘Gertrude Stein, Edith Piaf…’

Answer 11

informs us that Cox’s audience is well-read and educated in culture

Question 12

absurd humour
‘has been a fashionable address for the afterlife’

Answer 12

makes tone more light and fun as death is a heavy subject

Question 13

noun phrase
‘the grave célèb’

Answer 13

meaning ‘the famous grave’, no translation- educated audience

Question 14

representation of Paris

Answer 14

as a personal experience, each person has their own story to tell

Question 15

direct speech
‘LA woman’
‘we wanted you to meet him’

Answer 15

• highlights the tourists lexicon and helps us to understand who these visitors are
• emphasises how universal Morrison’s appeal was, dramatised, defies expectations

Question 16

subjectivity
‘Jim Morrison’s grave was unimposing’

Answer 16

only Cox’s persepctive of her experience, idolises Morrison, suggesting he deserved a more impressive grave

Question 17

juxtaposition
‘before placing the bottle gently on the headstone’

Answer 17

adverb ‘gently’ contrasting the image of Morrison, associated with rock and roll and rebellion

Question 18

high brow vs low brow
‘poems and dedications… metro tickets’

Answer 18

contrast shows how universal Morrison’s appeal is, the diverse array of people celebrating his life

Question 19

double entendre
‘Jim Morrison was a Door’

Answer 19

Jim was a part of the band ‘The Doors’ suggests he’s a symbol of nostalgia for many of his fans