meanings and representations- older text

Question 1

What are old and outdated words called?

Answer 1

Archaic lexis

Question 2

Archaic lexis

Answer 2

Old and outdated

Question 3

What are old and outdated sentence structures called?

Answer 3

Archaic syntax

Question 4

How is life different from the olden days in terms of the text that we produce?

Answer 4

Life is more fast paced in today’s society. The world moves quicker and so does the news. Diary entries and letters are more likely to appear in this section as life was slower then and they were the norm

Question 5

How are letters and diary entries different from newspaper articles?

Answer 5

They are a lot more personal and can often create a closed language community. The context is different

Question 6

Noun fronted phrase

Answer 6

A phrase beginning with a noun or pronoun

Question 7

Verb fronted phrase

Answer 7

A phrase beginning with a verb

Question 8

Noun or verb phrase?

Running for the bus, Emily fell

Answer 8

Verb

Question 9

Noun or verb phrase?

I am going to go to the shop later

Answer 9

Noun

Question 10

What/who does a text represent?

Answer 10

.the writer
.the publication (if applicable)
.the audience/reader

Question 11

What does each text capture?

Answer 11

The zeitgeist

Question 12

What are some multi-modal features to look for?

Answer 12

.itallics
.parenthesis
.rhetorical questions

Question 13

What do itallics act as in written text?

Answer 13

Multi-modal intensifiers

Question 14

What are parenthesis in relation to the text?

Answer 14

A multi-modal feature

Question 15

What are rhetorical questions in relation to the text?

Answer 15

A multi-modal feature

Question 16

How is the style of writing different to today?

Answer 16

We write in a less formal manner today then in the 1900s and more figurative language was used

Question 17

What person are most letters/diary entries usually in?

Answer 17

First