On Paris (Extract)- Ernest Hemingway

Question 1

How is Paris presented in ‘On Paris’ ?

Answer 1

Paris is robbing its tourists- Expensive

Individual greed and self-importance

Mocking account of Paris talks about people putting up a general façade

References to prison and criminality

Question 2

GAPM FOR ‘On Paris’

Answer 2

Genre- Newspaper
articles (Tourism/review)

Audience- Americans

Purpose- Review and describe Paris

Mode- Written mode, planned and direct

Question 3

Key Language devices used in ‘On Paris’

Answer 3

Puns

Metaphors

Animal imagery

Material verbs (overcrowded)

Direct address

Similes

Anecdotes

Personification (greed)

Comparative connectives

Negative verb processes (façade)

Sibilance

Semantic field (money)

Amplifying adjectives