Writing

Question 1

ttCRAPfTt

Answer 1

text type
context
register
audiences
purposes
function
tenor
tone

Question 2

What are the two parts of context?

Answer 2

situational and cultural

Question 3

What is situational context?

Answer 3

field, tenor, mode, setting (where), text type

Question 4

What is cultural context?

Answer 4

what the text is about / relevant topics
values, attitudes and beliefs of the speaker and/or audience

Question 5

What is register?

Answer 5

formality of a text

Question 6

What is tenor?

Answer 6

the relationship between the participants and each role they are playing and how this influences their language choices.

(the participants is anyone interacting with the text - i.e. a reader, a viewing audience, the actual interlocutors)

Question 7

how do you write about social distance?

Answer 7

INCREASE or DECREASE social distance

Question 8

how do you write about tenor?

Answer 8

BUILD a CLOSER/MORE DISTANT tenor

Question 9

When analysing register, what must you talk about?

Answer 9

RET
relationships
expectations
tone

Question 10

tone words - casual (7)

Answer 10

1. casual
2. friendly
3. laidback
4. relatable
5. encouraging
6. conversational
7. light-hearted

Question 11

tone words - passionate (5)

Answer 11

1. passionate
2. excited
3. enthusiastic
4. spirited
5. animated

Question 12

tone words - direct (6)

Answer 12

1. direct
2. matter-of-fact
3. professional
4. authoritative
5. serious
6. business-like

Question 13

tone words - negative (5)

Answer 13

1. scathing
2. indignant
3. critical
4. aggressive/angry
5. intimidating

Question 14

tone words - humorous (6)

Answer 14

1. humorous
2. comedic
3. amusing
4. witty
5. playful
6. tongue-in-cheek

Question 15

tone words - warm (5)

Answer 15

1. warm
2. inviting
3. sympathetic
4. compassionate
5. sincere

Question 16

12 common purposes

Answer 16

1. to establish/build identity
2. to include/exclude
3. to inform, instruct, guide, describe, clarify, educate, obfuscate, obstruct
4. to inquire, question, challenge
5. to promote, advertise, sell
6. to persuade, compel
7. to build rapport, close social distance, relate socially, share a story, encourage intimacy, show solidarity, promote social harmony
8. to vilify, target, avoid
9. to negotiate social taboo
10. to establish expertise, reinforce authority and social distance
11. to promote linguistic innovation
12. to support in-group membership
13. to establish expertise

Question 17

RET - ‘relationships’ words

Answer 17

1. host
2. status, power, experience, qualification, expert, authority
3. intimate, close, familiar, established relationship
4. strangers, acquaintance
5. private/public
6. build rapport, close social distance
7. in-group, out-group
8. mutual

Question 18

RET - ‘expectations’ words

Answer 18

1. conventional, expected, formulaic, standard, regular, customary, norm, typical, status quo
2. conform, follow, observe, enforce
3. subvert, disrupt, defy, reject, breach, oppose
4. unconventional, unorthodox, irregular
5. innovative, playful, creative
6. appropriate

Question 19

SPOKEN text
3 “go-to” context features
(not necessarily the best but an easy win)

Answer 19

1. turn-taking (if a dialogue)
2. non-fluency features (if present)
3. semantic field

Question 20

SPOKEN text
3 “go-to” register features
(not necessarily the best but an easy win)

Answer 20

1. lexical choice
   (jargon, elevated lexemes, high-frequency lexemes, euphemism, dysphemism etc.)
2. syntax which affects density
   (fragments, passive voice, subordination)
3. connected speech processes
   (sound substitution, assimilation, elision, vowel reduction etc.)

Question 21

SPOKEN text
3 “go-to” purpose/function features
(not necessarily the best but an easy win)

Answer 21

1. connotation + word class
   (e.g. adjectives, modal verbs, pronouns)
2. sentence type
3. prosodics (esp. stress)

Question 22

coherence - FLICC

Answer 22

1) formatting and layout
2) logical ordering
3) inference
4) consistency of tense, of semantic feild, of person
5) conventions of the text type

Question 23

register - labels

Answer 23

1. formal / relatively formal / relatively informal / informal
2. Casual / Consultative / Public / Intimate / Technical / Academic

Question 24

if a Sec A question asks about the register of the text, what should my first sentence say?

Answer 24

the register of this (text type) is ____

Question 25

which features can you write about with register?

Answer 25

1. Lexical choice (use 3 examples from different word classes) 2. Euphemism, dysphemism, expletives 3. Word formation processes 4. Vocatives and honorifics 5. Semantic change (i.e. words used with a more colloquial or modern meaning) 6. Passive voice, fronting, subordination (indicate deliberate, planned decisions/ creates a more dense + crafted syntax) 7. Ellipsis, fragments 8. Non-Standard feature – i.e. orthography, punctuation DO NOT EVER TALK ABOUT THE FOLLOWING: - sentence type - active voice

Question 26

What are some labels for casual lexical choices?

Answer 26

High-frequency Colloquial Slang

Question 27

What are some labels for sophisticated lexical choices?

Answer 27

Low-frequency Elevated Jargon Domain-specific

Question 28

what are the six functions?

Answer 28

emotive metalinguistic phatic poetic referential conative

Question 29

What are some verbs that you MUST have when analysing coherence?

Answer 29

signpost / navigate / understand / direct at discourse level

Question 30

Coherence: Formatting and Layout

Answer 30

bold, italics, font script, underline, dot points, symbols, brackets, hyperlinks, paragraphs

Question 31

Coherence: Logical Ordering

Answer 31

sequencing of ideas, usually begins with general and background info then move to specific info h/w lots more exist

Question 32

Coherence: Inference

Answer 32

requires some background knowledge to fully understand and comprehend text

Question 33

Coherence: Consistency of tense, of semantic field, of person

Answer 33

Tense: same tense throughout Semantic field: consistent understanding of domain Person: maintains constant perspective

Question 34

Coherence: Conventions of the text type

Answer 34

What would you expect to see in this tt?

Question 35

What phrase MUSt you say when analysing coherence

Answer 35

...thus building/supporting/creating coherence.

Question 36

Register: Casual

Answer 36

friends, family, close relationship

Question 37

Register: Consultive

Answer 37

someone posses specialised knowledge h/w X necessarily formal

Question 38

Register: Public

Answer 38

large audience

Question 39

Register: Intimate

Answer 39

Only used when 2 ppl, not need to be <3 tho

Question 40

Register: Technical & Accademic

Answer 40

heightened sense of knowledge, more formal than consultative and more one-sided.