Extracts from 'Just Another American in Paris'

Question 1

State the text type?

Answer 1

Blog

Question 2

What evidence is there of the text type? (4)

Answer 2

• Blog format (date, subheadings, links to
  other websites)
• 1st person narration, focusing on their feelings.
• Personal experiences of Paris
• Critical of some aspects of Paris.

Question 3

State the mode.

Answer 3

Blended mode with multi-modal features.

Question 4

What evidence is there of the blended mode? (3)

Answer 4

• Digital text: interactive with links to other websites that can be updated.
• Written features: edited, grammatically correct, uses Standard English and low frequency lexis, creating a formal tone.
• Text has been pre-planned and researched (use of dates and proper nouns)

Question 5

State the audience type. (2)

Answer 5

• People who are interested in all aspects of Parisian life.
• American audience

Question 6

Suggest evidence for the audience of ‘people who are interested in all aspects of Parisian life.’.

Answer 6

It mentions famous landmarks, fine dining in Paris and makes references to travelling to Paris as a family..

Question 7

Suggest evidence for the audience of an ‘American audience’.

Answer 7

Images focus on the unusual as well as the iconic.

Question 8

State and describe the purpose of the text.

Answer 8

Main purpose is to record personal experience.

The text also aims to
entertain by creating
a light-hearted tone
through similes such
as ‘like pulling teeth’.

Potentially advising the audience about what they may choose to do in Paris, by mentioning specific restaurants as well as the price of the meal and claiming that it is ‘the perfect spot to savour’ food.

Question 9

What evidence is there of multi-modal features? (2)

Answer 9

Visual links to other blogs and photographs.
Spoken language features: colloquial lexis