Diana interview Flashcards
What is the form/mode?
Written transcript of a recorded TV interview, most likely to be prepared
What is the purpose?
To inform and entertain.
To gain insight into a popular figureheads life.
To provide her side of the story
Who is the audience?
Wide audience broadcast. General public.
How does it present typical features of the genre?
Different question forms
Long utterances
Tonal shifts
Agenda setter
Presenters style and tone
Sophisticated lexis to be factual
Honest tone and interview like
What are the contextual influences?
It is premeditated
Dianas scrutiny
Diana and Charles divorce
What is dianas style and tone?
High freq lexis
Persuasive and caring tone
Use of colloquialisms
Statice verbs
Empathetic language
Fronted conjunctions and polysyndeton
Key quotations
Lots of ‘I think’, ‘I understand’
‘I like to be a queen of peoples hearts’
‘Why would it resolve matters’ uses his own question back at him
‘What do you mean’ open questions so she can talk
‘To give them their light in their dark tunnels’
Lots of use of open questions
‘Fed up’ colloquialisms
Bashir use of short questions so she can talk
