Breathless: An American Girl in Paris

Question 1

State the text type?

Answer 1

Memoir

Question 2

What evidence is there of the text type? (3)

Answer 2

• First person narration past tense.
• Personal anecdotes.
• Personal feelings and excitement described

Question 3

State the mode.

Answer 3

Written mode with multimodal elements.

Question 4

What evidence is there of the mode?

Answer 4

Written mode: edited,
grammatically correct, uses Standard English
and low frequency lexis, creating a more formal tone. Evidence that the text has been pre-planned and
researched.

Multimodal elements
reflected in communication with the reader and the
parenthesis ‘(Yes.)’ and ‘(Not really)’, reflecting a conversational tone.

Question 5

State the audience type. (2)

Answer 5

• Fairly young intellectual audience
• American audience

Question 6

Suggest evidence for the ‘fairly young intellectual audience’.

Answer 6

Several literary
references and uses fairly low frequency lexis.

Question 7

Suggest evidence for the ‘American
audience’.

Answer 7

Written by an American, with proper nouns referencing American place/institutions.

Question 8

State and describe the purpose of the text.

Answer 8

To reflect on her life as a younger girl in Paris.

To entertain - uses hyperbole to describe her relationship with her parents.