Mile By Mile London To Paris

Question 1

Genre & Mode

Answer 1

-Illustrated travel guide.
-Multi modal as it is written with images.

Question 2

Text Producer & Text Receiver

Answer 2

-More than one author.
-Those interested in history and architecture.

Question 3

Variation, Register, Representation

Answer 3

-Formal with lower frequency.
-Proper nouns used to ad formality and give off a sense of exoticism.

Question 4

Lexis and Semantics

Answer 4

-Text focuses on positive aspects of building throughout its history.
-“Beautiful” “intimate” pre-modifying adjectives.
-Status further improved when comparative adjectives used “bigger” and “grander”.
-Semantic field of highly positive base adjectives “grand” “triumphal” which are commonly associated with architectural description, represents the concrete and undisputed history of Paris.

Question 5

Grammar

Answer 5

-Complex sentences to accommodate an older and sophisticated audience.
-“Pomp and grandeur” hendiadys used to show glory of both the station and how it benefitted the era it was expanded in.
-Tricolon “tourist, businessman or lover” emphasises variety of travellers.
-Anaphora used throughout to reference Gard du Nord (the focus of the text).

Question 6

Phonetics

Answer 6

-None.

Question 7

Graphology and Mode

Answer 7

-Traditional sketches are used as the station was built in an era where realism was a popular form of art/fits the purpose to describe the station by providing a realistic account of the stations appearance.
-Text is in columns, and so it reads less like a block text, therefore meaning it is more appealing to a wider audience.
-Maps mean that the guide can be used whilst on a journey, and can create a more relaxed and informed trip.

Question 8

Pragmatics

Answer 8

-Metaphor “seems to swallow up with apparent ease” used to make the station seem alive, highlights the extent of the stations size.
-Embodied knowledge appears to reach through the personal, first person deixis to immerse the narrate within the journey and its familiarity.
-Schema shown impressively through statistics “300 miles”.

Question 9

Narrative and Discourse

Answer 9

-Follows a chronological pattern.
-Sets the scene, then goes through the changes throughout the story.
-Anadiplosis is used to close the discourse “a gateway…” to show how symbolic and significant the station is.
-Cyclical narrative.