Session 2 Flashcards
(9 cards)
1
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What is the connection between Genre and and the contents of a text?
A
- Every text has a social purpose
- Within every genre, there are typicall elements (obligatory and optional) organized in a particular order to fulfill that purpose.
2
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How is the Register connected to the contents of the text?
A
- Register is about the context of the situation the text occurs in.
- Every text is about a topic (the field), for a particular audience (the tenor) and in a format (the mode).
3
Q
Which questions does the Field of the Register concern?
A
- What are the main topics in your text?
- Who are the main actors?
- What are the main things happening?
- What are your key vocabulary?
4
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Which questions does the Tenor of the Register concern?
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- Who is your audience?
- What is your (the authors) relationship to the audience?
5
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Which questions does the Mode of the Register concern?
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- What is the form of your text?
- Written or spoken?
- Dialogue or monologue?
- Length?
- Planned or spontaneous.
6
Q
How are Genre, Register and the Language Features of a text connected?
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7
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What are the metafunctions of language? (What does language allow us to do?)
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- Experiential metafunction (It allows us to talk about things and experiences)
- Interpersonal metafunction (It allows us to interact with other people)
- Textual metafunction (It allows us to organize ideas and present them in an organized manner)
8
Q
Why do Genre and Register matter for Advanced B?
A
Every analysis needs an interpretation and most interpretations connect back to either the genre or the register.
9
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What are some sentence starters when connecting language choices to genre and/or register features?
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- Author X frequently used _____ because ____.
- These language choices are appropriate in this section because _____.
- The author was trying to _____ in this section/text/paper. The use of _____
allows her/him to _____.
