In Text A- a blurb from 'Gypsy boy on the run' there are adjectives to create imagery, "rich and vibrant' this is use to aid the primary purpose to entertain and also to interest people in to reading and buying the book.Similarly Text C- the back of a Lindit Lindor chocolate box also contains adjectives however the purpose of these adjectives are to appeal to your senses, 'delicate' and 'irresistibly' are carefully placed to work with the rhetorical question 'Do you dream in chocolate?' to make people primarily want to buy the chocolates but secondarily to make the audience start enjoying the chocolate.
Text B, D, and E all contain the sentence mood imperative, Text B a box of cream treatment states you must 'apply thinly' and 'gently rub in' these imperatives guide the audience into how they will use the cream and how best it works.These imperatives may also reassure the audience and make them believe if they follow the instructions their problem will go away.Text D an order form for a school photograph also uses imperatives such as 'fill in' and 'complete details', these imperatives however guide the audience into how to buy, the instructions are very easy to follow which could suggest that there is a wide variety audience and that they may want to make it as simple as possible so more people can be bothered to buy the product.Text E an interview between an interviewer and professor Dave uses imperatives naturally in the speech this is a weaker inclusion as its for a specific purpose and is sychronous meaning pragmatics are needed to know why these imperatives are used. The imperative 'just ignore' is incorporated into the speech and only has the purpose to command at the specific time and moment.
Text F and text D contain elipses, Text F a candidate and examiner transcript uses the elipses as a pause for thought as it is a synchronous text, 'coffee,toast...complete'.After the eliptical pause the word 'complete' is used however this does not fit in with what the speaker previously said, which may suggest that the speaker finds it difficult to connect sentences or their first language isn't english.In text D the elipses is used to persuade, 'go on...we know you love to show them off', this is an asynchronous text and therefore has a greater informed purpose, it gives the audience a persuasive influence followed by room for thought and then gives a reason that relates to the audience as a persuasive device.
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ReplyDeleteA good range of groups and some insight into subtler uses of language and the contextual reasons. 'Adjectives' is a tricky group as almost any text you read will contain them and you must include all the texts that do. You were right to narrow it down but 'to create imagery' is vague and I didn't feel that you convinced me that those adjectives did, so be careful to explore a little more deeply - you could explore/analyse more deeply too in the second grouping (and add more terminology) by looking at the adverbs used in the imperatives and how they suit the GAP, particluarly the audience needs. I don't feel the imperatives in the natural speech are a weak inclusion as they are still imperatives - they are not part of the same sub-group as the other two texts, which have a shared purpose, so say that instead - you could possibly find cloaked imperatives (that are therefore not actually/literally imperatives) that would be a weak inclusion - can you see the difference? Check singular and plural forms for ellipsis (one set of three dots) and ellipses (more than one set). Examine the implicature to see why "complete" might follow on in some way. Your points about the final text are interesting and should be explored further with specific examination of the influential techniques in the quote. Great start.
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