Personal Narrative: Zara

Question 1

How is Paris presented in ‘Personal Narrative: Zara’

Answer 1

Lots of things to see and do in Paris

Reputationally renowned for in culinary expertise

Overcrowded, link to possible criminality

Young vs Old opinion, pre-set requisite

Question 2

GAPM for ‘Personal Narrative: Zara’

Answer 2

Genre- Personal narrative (transcript) from perspective mother + daughter (social)

Audience- Unclear audience- possibility of listeners/recipient

Purpose- Describer personal experiences

Mode- Spoken mode, spontaneous and unplanned, indirect

Question 3

Key language devices in ‘Personal Narrative: Zara’

Answer 3

Fillers

Personal pronouns

Polysyndetic list

Intensifiers

Hedge

Collective pronoun

Hyperbole

Colloquial language

Paralinguistic features

False start repair

Accommodation of speech

Superlative

Comparative connectives

Idioms