Memories of Places in Paris

Question 1

State the text type?

Answer 1

Spontaneous speech

Question 2

What evidence is there of the text type? (2)

Answer 2

• Pauses
• Fillers
• Recycling
• High frequency lexis
• Paralinguistic features
• Hedges
• Vague language
• Self-repair

Question 3

State the mode.

Answer 3

Spoken mode

Question 4

What evidence is there of the mode?

Answer 4

• Pauses
• Fillers
• Recycling
• High frequency lexis
• Paralinguistic features
• Hedges
• Vague language
• Self-repair

Question 5

Who are the audience in relation to Isabella and Sophia? How is this implied in the text?

Answer 5

• The audience are the friends to whom Isabella and Sophia are talking to.
• There is direct address from Isabella to her friend through imperatives such as ‘go stand over there’.
• The paralinguistic feature in Sophia’s narrative (points out of the train window) also suggests interaction with one person at a given moment in time.
• Colloquial language used by Isabella such as ‘chill’ implies that this is an informal conversation.

Question 6

State and describe the purpose of the text.

Answer 6

Main purpose of the texts are interactional (ie. to socialise). Sophia expresses her feelings about Paris to her friend . As a former resident of Paris, Isabella also informs her friend about what it is like to live there.