Paris City Guide Flashcards
1
Q
State the text type?
A
Video travel guide.
2
Q
What evidence is there of the text type? (2)
A
- Use of music ‘French-style, beat heavy music plays’ - creates atmosphere/ written text on screen ‘Paris City Guide’ - provides title
- Use of imperatives
‘wander the cobblestone streets’
3
Q
State the mode.
A
Multi-modal.
4
Q
What evidence is there of the mode?
A
Multimodal: originally scripted, therefore researched (‘two million people’), then spoken, so contains pauses (2), and as it is a video it uses visual elements too.
5
Q
State the audience type. (2)
A
- Tourists interested in all aspects of the city
- Audience directly
addressed
6
Q
Suggest evidence for the ‘tourists interested in all aspects of the city’.
A
- Architecture (noun
phrases) - Famous landmarks
(proper nouns) - Fashion (noun phrase - innate sense of style)
- Food (concrete nouns - ‘boulangerie’
‘fromagerie’)
7
Q
Suggest evidence for the ‘audience directly addressed’.
A
2nd person pronoun
‘you can get the look’.
8
Q
State and describe the purpose of the text. (3)
A
To inform Declaratives - ‘Paris straddles the river Seine’
Advise
Imperatives - take a
leisurely stroll along
the Seine
Persuade
Superlatives - ‘most
fashionable’ ‘best’
