Features Of Text Type

Question 1

Travel guides typical text features. Other texts in the anthology.

Answer 1

Paris City video guide.
Rick Steeves’ walking tour of the Louvre.

Use of proper nouns to give info about Paris.
Precise info about opening times of attractions, addresses of hotels important dates etc…
Declarative sentences give info about particular places.
Evaluative adjectives give opinions about various attractions.

Question 2

Online forums typical text features.

Answer 2

More informal- conversation features.
High frequency lexis (common words)
Hedges (kind of, sort of)
Colloquial language (casual language)
Interaction between the different members of the forum
Topic loops