What You Wish Someone Had Told You

Question 1

State the text type?

Answer 1

Internet message board - travel forum.

Question 2

What evidence is there of the text type? (2)

Answer 2

• The writer is answering a previous question as can be seen by the abbreviation ‘Re:’ in the heading.
• Acronyms such as ‘lol’ used which are common in electronic modes of communication.

Question 3

State the mode.

Answer 3

Blended mode

Question 4

What evidence is there of the mode?

Answer 4

It is in the written mode but contains features used in spoken language too (acronyms such as LOL and colloquialisms such as ‘pops’), making it less formal.

Question 5

State the audience type. (2)

Answer 5

• Primary audience is the writer of the previous question
• Large unknown audience but all clearly those with an interest in travelling to France

Question 6

Suggest evidence for the ‘primary audience is the writer of the
previous question’.

Answer 6

Directly addressed with 2nd person pronoun ‘you’.

Question 7

Suggest evidence for the ‘large unknown audience but all clearly those with an interest in travelling to France’.

Answer 7

Semantic field of tourism: ‘hotel’ ‘museum’ ‘metro’ ‘restos’.

Question 8

State and describe the purpose of the text.

Answer 8

To inform: use of declaratives

Advise: through imperatives

Share their personal opinion for example in the using the first person in the simple sentence, ‘I loved my day there’.