Mile by Mile London to Paris

Question 1

State the text type?

Answer 1

History book

Question 2

What evidence is there of the text type? (3)

Answer 2

• Prepositional phrases including dates ‘in 1860’ ‘by ‘1865’
• Past tense: ‘originally the station was opened..’
• Present tense also used ‘we now enter…’ unusual in history book - modern route described as if readers were on the journey.

Question 3

State the mode.

Answer 3

Written mode with multimodal elements.

Question 4

What evidence is there of the mode?

Answer 4

Written mode: edited, grammatically correct, uses Standard English and low frequency lexis, creating a more formal tone. Evidence that the text has been pre-planned, e.g. personification) and researched, e.g. specific dates and proper nouns relating to specific locations.

Multimodal elements
(VISUAL): diagrams are used to support the information in the written text.

Question 5

State the audience type. (2)

Answer 5

• People with an interest in transport
  history
• Audience directly
  addressed

Question 6

Suggest evidence for the ‘people with an
interest in transport
history’.

Answer 6

Semantic field of trains: ‘station’ ‘tracks’
‘platforms’.

Question 7

Suggest evidence for the ‘audience directly
addressed:’.

Answer 7

Text accompanying maps uses inclusive 1st person plural pronouns: we have now arrived..’

Question 8

State and describe the purpose of the text.

Answer 8

To inform: declaratives such as ‘it was decorated with
a series of statues’

To describe: evaluative adjectives
‘luxurious and elegant’