Zusammenfassung der Ressource
Paris Anthology:
Analysis
- Paris For Children: The rough
guide to Paris for Children
- Grammar
- Complex-compound declaratives -
balance of Information, advice and
descriptions presented with
complex forms
- Directory sentences
are fragmented -
makes info more
compact
- 2nd person-
engages
readers
('our')
suggests
corporative
authorship
- Modality - ('might' 'can'
'will') choice and certainty
- Lexis and
semantics
- Creativity & humour: (wheelie
experiences', 'if you haven't got a
child it's worth borrowing one to
get in there.')
- descriptive language: adjectives, adverbs,
modifiers: ('insanely expensive but utterly
elegant') ('a delightfully idiosyncratic miniature
boutique')
- Idiomatic language
conveys a voice: ('rather
splendid', 'on the whole', 'be
sure to check out')
- Discourse structure: orthographical
conventions - headings,
subheadings, icons, bold, italics.
These make it easier to navigate.
- Adverbial/ adjective phrases
embedded into sentences via
commas, dashes or brackets
to act as added Information
(parenthesis)
- Presentation and
representations
- Dense, factual, text is compact and
informative. Representations are
mostly positive and show the
variety of things to do in Paris. The
information promotes attractions
through accurate depictions.
- Corporate authorship (multiple
writers)
- Subjects
- Children, activities,
attractions,
shopping, parks
- Purpose
- To guide and
inform
- Genre
- Travel guide
- Mode
- written
- NOT FOR PARENTS
- Mode
- Mixed written
and visual
- Genre
- Children's non-fiction
magazine
- Purpose
- To inform and
entertain
- Audience
- Children aged 8-11, with an
interest in culture and
history
- Subjects
- Parisian history,
architecture and society
- Summary
- Introduction: previews
information they can expect
to find inside
- The intro uses hyperbolic register
constructed through irony (th negative
declarative 'This is not a guidebook') adverb
and adjective modifiers ('amazingly',
'fascinating', 'huge', 'deadly')
- The colloquial imperative ('check out')
and the repetition of second person
future tense ('you'll') to preview
contents
- Inside out and upside down:
explores the construction and
reputation of the Pompidou
Centre
- Information pages use less hyperbole to
create credibility, using numbers and
declaratives sentences instead but still
keeping a child related register through
modifiers such as ('cool')
- Dem Bones: Presents the
catacombs beneath Paris
with historical explanations
and surprising facts
- Typology: features operate in
partnership with the lexis on the
page e.g: capitalised text
foregrounds key information
and is used to capture the
attention of the child reader.
- Visual and written modes are used
to foreground key info. Speech
bubbles, help to link info with
images. Additionally adds humour
and action.
- Cruise the Carousels:
offers a social
history of the
carousel.
- Subheadings guide readers, puns, alliteration,
idioms and intertextual allusions in subheadings
make the page interactive. Text frames and
irregular boundaries with colour help to capture
the readers attention.