‘Introduction’ From Not For Parents: Paris Everything You Ever Wanted To Know

Question 1

Genre and mode

Answer 1

-Children’s illustrated guidebook to Paris.

Question 2

Text producer and text receiver

Answer 2

-Young children,

Question 3

Variation, register and representation

Answer 3

-Informal register yet factual.

Question 4

Lexis and semantics

Answer 4

-“real inside story” noun phrase puts reader in a privileged position.
-Gothic imagery and macabre imagery “bones” “gargoyles”.
-Alliteration “pampered pets”.
-Similes used “like a body with all its veins and nerves visible on the outside” to make things easier to comprehend for a younger audience.
-Very descriptive in heavy use of base adjectives “creepy” and “pampered” in the guides introduction.

Question 5

Grammar

Answer 5

-“this is nit a guidebook” declarative sentence as simple sentences are easier for a younger audience to understand.
-Uses a variety of sentence functions to make the texts somewhat interactive, using interrogatives to keep the audience engaged and exclamative to make it more exciting.

Question 6

Phonetics

Answer 6

-Manipulation of sound through fricative alliteration.

Question 7

Graphology and mode

Answer 7

-Ripped page like a child’s rebellion but also connotations of uncovering the history of Paris that should be uncovered.
-Intimation of an antiquated curled up paper.
-Font is varied and tailored towards younger eyes drawn around the page, specific to what part of Paris they are trying to promote.
-Caricature of Napoleon adds an element of education and history

Question 8

Pragmatics

Answer 8

-Embodied knowledge absent as the text is impersonal.
-Impressive scheme about aspects of Paris, such as the carousels and the catacombs.

Question 9

Narrative and discourse

Answer 9

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