The Gare du Nord

Question 1

Context

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Piggot was a book cartographer & Thompson was a researcher - outlining the route of eurostar and Golden Arrow

based on a series of leaflets

Question 2

audience

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educated adults, older, interest in history or transport

Question 3

purpose

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inform
educate
describe

Question 4

mode

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book
maps included

Question 5

genre

Answer 5

travel
history

Question 6

ideas

Answer 6

rich in history
high importance

Question 7

based on a series of leaflets written by Pike in the 1940s

Answer 7

gives it 1st hand experience
reassurance to reader

Question 8

‘ultimate destination’

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superlative/ premodifying adjectives
conveys grandiosity
superiority
boasting

Question 9

‘beautiful city of paris’

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premodifyer
makes it appealing

Question 10

‘tourist, buisness man or lover’

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asyndetic, triadic structure
place for everyone
range of variety
wide appeal

Question 11

‘1846’ , ‘1860’

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dates/ facts
makes the info seem trustworthy/ official

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‘bigger and much grander’

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comparative adj
boasting popularity

Question 13

complex declarative
‘the eurostar speeds into Paris…”

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not sure

Question 14

‘swallow up’

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personification
liveliness

Question 15

maps

Answer 15

made to be read as they’re travelling
collective pronouns ‘us, we’- makes it seem like the book/author is with them
old fashioned writing- historical