Mode Flashcards
What is ‘Mode’?
It is the spoken or written text, channels of text.
What is a ‘Blended Mode’?
It is features of written and spoken modes together. Eg. A political speech may be planned despite the mode in speech signifying that speech will be spontaneous or short.
What is included in the mode of writing?
The writing is objective.
It is written as a monologue.
It is usually solidified in history.
It is planned.
It is highly structured.
It is grammatically complex.
It is concerned with the past and/or the future.
It is formal.
It is very clear for audiences without given context to the situation (decontextualized).
What is included in the mode of speech?
It is interpersonal - the audience is interactive, they can talk as well.
It is a dialogue.
It is ephemeral - short time consumed when talking.
It is spontaneous - a reaction of an event.
It is loosely structured.
It is grammatically simple.
It is concerned with the present.
Informal.
It is contextualised - people who aren’t given context to the situation will not understand.
