Text 9 & 29 Nina, Immi, Abu, Asher, Dilara and Morgan

1. Text 9 & 29 Nina, Immi, Abu, Asher, Dilara and Morgan Text 9 : Great British Journeys by David McKie Text 29 : Rural Rides by William Cobbett

2. FORM AND STRUCTURE Text 29: Immi S: County of Surrey/ Record of William Cobbetts travels P: To inform A: Educated audience G:A descriptive account of his journey Text 9: Abu S: Travelling in Britain (Clitheroe) P: To inform/ advise/entertain A: British, Middle class and educated readers G: Non – fiction account 1st part of Text – Narration (1st person) 2nd part – dialogue ( Anecdote) 3rd part – description

3. CONTEXTS OF PRODUCTION AND RECEPTION: Text 9: Nina Text 29: Morgan • David McKie • Born 1935 • Deputy editor of The Guardian • Mostly a political journalist: • The Election: A Voter's Guide (1992) • Sadly Mismanaged Affair: Politics of the Third London Airport (1973) • McKie's Gazetteer: A Local History of Britain (2008) • Usually writes for a more educated and middle class audience • Widely focused on British Politics, History and Travel destinations meaning his readers are predominantly British • William Cobbett • Born in Surrey year 1793 – Died in 1835 • Ran a newspaper called the Political Register • Publications consisted of political, historical and travel subjects: • -In 1832 he was successful and elected as Member of Parliament for Oldham. • Similar to David Mckie, most of his publications were aimed at a Middle class British audience. • His text could be seen as biased as he was born in Surrey – where the text is set.

4. WORD CHOICE TEXT 9: Morgan TEXT 29: Dilara - Pre-modifying adjectives such as "pleasant" and "terrifying" - Sophisticated lexis: Written by Guardian Journalist - Dialogue from actual bus journey, uses speech marks to emphasise this. Means the audience can engage with the piece of writing as it becomes more real to them. - Elliptical sentences to show idiolect of school kids. - Lexical field of the theme "travel" throughout- Narrator uses formal lexis when describing the journey. • SophisticatedLexis • Lexis suggests that it is for an educated reader, also as the writer is highly educated.

5. GRAMMAR TEXT 9: Abu TEXT 29: Asher • Pre-modifying adjectives • -“ pleasant villages” highlights/emphasises positivity towards Clitheroe • Adjectives to portray feeling– “ enjoyable, glorious” highlights/emphasises positive experience • Compound sentences– line 3 –suggest it is targeted at educated readers • Asyndetic listing & syndetic listing – line 31 , 32 – emphasises abnormality of location and differences. • Use of complex sentences indicate the text’s audience (adult/educated) • Personal pronoun ‘I’ shows that it is written in the first person • -’...only, I presume, because I was labouring...’

6. FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE Text 9: Dilara Text 29: Asher • Use of superlatives; -best and worst line 2 present the piece in a negative way-emphasis • “nice light black mould” Line 7 • Writer used juxtaposition linking back to the inverse superlatives on line 2.-Presenting both good and bad. • Black mould: Imagery • -visual image allowing them to engage with the text. • Personification :-" alluring pubs"  • - "voluptuous river"- "summer, such as it was, is dying" • - " on either sides of the fire are giant tusks, as if the fireplace we a walrus spoiling for an argument“ • Metaphor: • -" tortoise pace" • -" shadow of little clitheroe castle"hyperbole: • -" big names from big cities"