Charlie Brooker- too much talk for one planet Flashcards
(8 cards)
what is the genre of Brookers text
article
what is the context of Brookers text
published on the guardian, opinion piece
what is the purpose of Brookers text
inform and entertain
who are the receivers of Brookers text
fans of Brooker, educated readers, satirists
explode the quotes:
“(not true)..(also not true)..(not entirely true)”
repetition of parenthetical phrasing informs the reader and created an informative voice and builds rapport as its colloquial
syntactically parallel
triadic structure
flouting maxim of manner
explode the quote:
“I’ve been overwhelmed by the amount of jabber in the world- it’s a vast cloud of blah”
‘overwhelmed’- emphatic of how many problems there are currently, intensifier
‘jabber’ and ‘blah’- common collocations so its accessible for everybody, vague vocabulary intrigues readers which is an affordance of writing an article, the by line/headline needs to grab attention
cataphoric reference- sets the tone for the article
explode the quote:
“the ugly bitch, boo, go home bitch go home. Getting slagged off online..”
bald on record- aims to make writing memorable
repeated vulgar and colloquial language- breaks conventions of an article but adheres to conventions of social media (takes advantage of the media)
adopts the voice of online trolls
colloquialisms- makes writing more accesible (specifically to youths) to influence them on the negative aspect of the media
explode the quote:
“Here. Have a full stop. And another. And another. There are exits all over this building.”
direct address and spacial deixis “here”- persuade readers of his point
pattern of language- minor sentences, to silence the ‘trolls’, critics and the reader
breaks conventions of an article- heavily sarcastic tone to entertain the readers and also to convey his point in a way that people will completely understand
