On Paris, Ernest Hemingway

Question 1

Genre and mode

Answer 1

-Newspaper article.

Question 2

Text producer and text receiver

Answer 2

-Readers of the Toronto Star Weekly but also travellers.

Question 3

Variation, register and representation

Answer 3

-Formal.

Question 4

Lexis and semantics

Answer 4

-Repetition of noun “scum” creates a negative perspective.
-“scummiest scum” sibilant sounds emphasises the insidious way these individuals crept into society.
-Dehumanises tourists through zoomorphic imagery “birdhouse at the zoo”.
-Hyperbole creates a parallel between the café and a prison by describing the inhabitants as “inmates”.

Question 5

Grammar

Answer 5

-Complex sentences throughout to show his derision and his outrage at inflation.
-Through parenthetical clauses he imparts judgement on individuals.
-Colloquial “short, dumpy woman” suggesting the newspaper is not a sophisticated, informative report but instead more casual and entertaining.

Question 6

Phonetics

Answer 6

-None to note.

Question 7

Graphology and mode

Answer 7

-Written mode yet highly stylised and edited.

Question 8

Pragmatics

Answer 8

-Embodied knowledge is exhibited strongly with Hemingway’s daily sights documented in the newspaper with specific details “Long blue silk sleeves of a Chinese looking smock”.
-Strong schema.

Question 9

Narrative and discourse

Answer 9

-Each article moves from a more panoramic general description to specifics in its discourse structure.
-Providing us with humorous images such as the self absorbed artist who spends every day looking at herself
-Very observational which conforms to Hemingway’s role as a foreign correspondent.