‘Inside Out And Upside Down’ From Not For Parents: Paris Everything You Ever Wanted To Know

Question 1

Genre and mode

Answer 1

-Illustrated children’s guidebook to Paris.

Question 2

Text producer and text receiver

Answer 2

-Young children with the invisible audience of Paris.

Question 3

Variation, register and representation

Answer 3

-Informal register with factual elements

Question 4

Lexis and semantics

Answer 4

-“the Pompidou centre disgusted some people” emotive verb “disgusted” is specifically used to give this query to children as to why it was disliked.
-“pompiwho” is a play on words used to engage readers.
-“heart of Paris” metaphor explores the Pompidou adding to the stereotype of Paris.

Question 5

Grammar

Answer 5

-Present tense adds to the genre conventions of the piece as it’s main purpose is to inform children.
-Asyndetic listing of the “art museum. public library…” adds to the abundance to the text and what Paris can offer to children.

Question 6

Phonetics

Answer 6

-Manipulation of sound through fricative alliteration.

Question 7

Graphology and mode

Answer 7

-Written graphological features as it is easier to see all together.
-Text boxes and pictures combined is used to allude to the reader and makes them attractive and educational through the use of accurate information that is represented.
-Informative, clear and authentic.

Question 8

Pragmatics

Answer 8

-Embodied knowledge and rich schema around the history of Paris and the Pompidou centre.

Question 9

Narrative and discourse

Answer 9

-Written from an omniscient narrator with simplified discourse that is suitable for children.