Discourse - Language Levels

Question 1

Discourse

Answer 1

Refers to any form of extended writing or spoken communication. It is the text as a whole, the flow and form of the whole text.

Question 2

What purpose can a discourse serve?

Answer 2

Informative, Persuasive, Narrative, Expository.

Question 3

Informative

Question 4

Persuasive

Question 5

Narrative

Question 6

Expository

Question 7

What can influence the shape of how language is used (discourse) ?

Answer 7

Influenced by social + cultural contexts meaning time, place, audience, and purpose of the text.

Question 8

Why do we analyse discourse?

Answer 8

We analyse how language is structured to convey particular attitudes, create meaning and influence audience.

Question 9

Prong One

Answer 9

What the subject is and how the subject matter is being discuss.

Question 10

Prong Two

Answer 10

How the writers are presenting themselves and creating a voice.

Question 11

Prong Three

Answer 11

How the writers are addressing and positioning the reader.

Question 12

Pejorative

Answer 12

A judgemental term that usually implies disapproval or criticism.

Question 13

How does a writer self-represent themselves? (P2)

Answer 13

Use of personal pronouns, parentheses or brackets, humour + sarcasm, clauses.

Question 14

How does the writer position their audience (P3)

Answer 14

Pronoun usage and address (direct or indirect), modality, sentence functions, rhetorical questions.

Question 15

Modality (MAYBE PUT THIS IN ANOTHER DECK AS WELL)

Answer 15

Modal verbs and adverbs which consider levels of certainty, doubt and commitment).