Mode

Question 1

Mode

Answer 1

the physical channel of communication: either speech or writing

Question 2

Oppositional view

Answer 2

a way of defining the difference between modes by arguing that they have completely different features

Question 3

Writing is:

Answer 3

Objective, a monologue, durable, planned, highly structured, grammatically complex, concerned with the past & future, formal and decontextualised

Question 4

Speech is:

Answer 4

Interpersonal, a dialogue, ephemeral, spontaneous, loosely structured, grammatically simple, concerned with the present, informal and contextualised.

Question 5

Blended mode

Answer 5

a text which contains conventional elements of both speech and writing