Task?Five

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The?text?for?this?task?is?reproduced?on?the?opposite?page.

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a.?The text is a celebrity interview in a popular magazine. Identify five features of the text that are?characteristic?of its?genre. Give one example of?each?feature?you identify.

Do?not?include?more?than?one?feature?of?layout.

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b.?Look?at?the?extracts from?the?text.

i.?Comment?on?the?question?forms?in?bold.

ii.?Comment?on?the?features?of?connected?speech?in?the?phrases?in?bold.

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·?Do?you?enjoy?cooking??(line?5)

·?it’s?all?showbiz?isn’t?it??(line?8)

·?What?food?reminds?you?of?your?childhood??(lines?59-60)

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c.?Comment?on?the?form?and use?of?the?phrases?in?bold?as?they?are?used in?the?text.

·?It’s?a?bit?artistic (line?6)

·?I’m?a?pretty?good?dessert?guy?(line?25)

·?It’s?really?kinda?weird?(lines?28-29)

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d.?Look at the three relative clauses in bold in the following sentences from the text.?Comment on?the?use of the?relative pronoun and the?relative clause?in?each?case.

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There are desserts that my mum used to make that take me back, like tapioca pudding, which?is?yummy. (lines 61-64)

The?first?thing?I?think?when?I?have?guests?is?“What?can?I?fix?them?”?(lines?74-76)

?Text?is?based?on?Jimmy?Osmond,?Somerfield?Magazine,?Feb?09,?PSP?Rare?Publishing,?p73.

Write?your?answers?in?your?answer?booklet.

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6.1?Guideline?Answer

a?features of a celebrity interview in a popular magazine?Layout?(NB:?only?one?of?these?was?allowed)

·?Picture

·?Title/heading

·?Different?fonts?/?bolding?for?questions/non-bold?for?answers

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Organisation

Organisation structure

i.e.?Brief?introduction?(who?Jimmy?Osmond?is)?followed?by?rest?of article,?with?promotion?at?end?(for?Jimmy’s?show)

Question and answer format

·?e.g.?Do?you?enjoy cooking??I?do

?Content

Preferences / experiences

e.g.?What?food?reminds?you?of?your?childhood??[...]?desserts?that my?mum?used?to?make?[...]

Humorous anecdote?

e.g. eating white mouse

Lack of controversial content / positive content?(to?promote?Jimmy?Osmond)?

e.g.?food?/?family?/ family?man

Tidied up (spoken) language?

e.g.?no?hesitations?devices?/?no?repetition?/?no?rephrasing

Style

Informal / semi-formal / spokent style / colloquial lexis?

e.g. Yummy,?it’s?fun,?crunched?up, so sick! / ?would?take?a?year?to?explain

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Lexical/grammatical

Direct speech

e.g. What's your favourite recipe?

Pun in the title

i.e. Celebrity Bites (what the celebrity eats vs. sound-bites)

Expressions / adverbs / adjectives to express attitude / feelings / opinions?

e.g. it's fun, unfortunately,?it’s?so?yummy,?it’s?amazing

·?e.g.?you?in?questions?and I?in?answers

·?Short?answers?/?question?tags?e.g.?I?do,?isn’t?it?

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Discourse

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that's?totally?my?mum,?stuff,?and?boy

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e.g.?and

e.g. it's?like?a?big?art?project,

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Graphological

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e.g.?exclamation?marks?/?dashes

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b?Question?forms?and?features?of?connected?speech?in?phrases?in?bold

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cooking??(line?5)

Question?Form

·?Auxiliary?/?dummy?auxiliary?/?operator?/?do

·?Second?person?singular

·?Subject?pronoun?(you)

·?Base?form?/?bare?infinitive?/?infinitive?without?to?of?main?verb?(enjoy)

·?Regular

·?Transitive

·?Present?simple

·?Yes/no?question?/?closed?question

· +?gerund

·?To?ask?about?permanent?states?/?something?which?is?always?true?/?stative?verb

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Features?of?connected?speech

·?Weak?form of?you /j?/or?/j??/?or?do/d?/

·?Coalescence/assimilation?of?do?you?/??/?or?/???/?or?/?u:/

·?Intrusive?/w/?between?you?and?enjoy?/dju:w?n???/

·?Stress?is?likely?to?be?on?enjoy

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(line?8)

Question?Form

·?Third?person?singular

·?Present?simple

·?Subject?pronoun

·?Question?tag?/?tag?question

·?Main?verb?be?inverted?with?the?subject/pronoun

·?Negative?because?main?clause?is?affirmative

·?Contracted

·?Anaphoric?reference?to?Presentation?/?cooking

·?To?involve?the?listener?/?ask?for?confirmation

Features?of?connected?speech

·?Consonant?+?vowel?linking/liaison/catenation?isn’t it

·?Elision?of?first?/t/?in?/?z?n?t/

·?Glottalisation/elision of?second?/t/?in?/?z?n??/

·?insertion?of?a?schwa?/?/?between?/z/?and?/n/

·?Stress?is?likely?to?be?on?isn’t

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(lines?59-60)

Question?Form

·?Interrogative?determiner?/?question?word?What

·?Uncountable

·?Noun

·?Subject

·?Third?person?singular

·?Regular

·?Transitive

·?Main verb

·?Present?simple

·?No?auxiliary

·?Object?pronoun?you

·?Wh?/open?question

·?Subject?question

·?To?ask?about?permanent?states?/?something?which?is?always?true/stative?verb

Features?of?connected?speech

·?Glottalisation/elision?of?/t/?in?what?/w??/

·?Glottalisation/elision?/d/?in?food ?/fu?d/

·?Assimilation?between?reminds?you?/r?ma?n??/

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Weak?form?of?you?/j?/OR?/j?/

·?Stress?likely?to?be?on?food,?reminds?(One?example?of?stress?is?sufficient)

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C Form?and?use?of?phrases?in?bold

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(line?6)

Form

·?Adverbial?phrase?/?adverb

·?Indefinite?article?a?+?(countable)?noun?bit

·?Quantifier

Use

·?Informal/colloquial/spoken

·?Qualifying/modifying?adjective?artistic

·?Weakens?the?adjective?/?hedges?/?non-boastful?/?non-proud

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(line?25)

Form

·?Adverb

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Use

·?Informal/colloquial/spoken

·?Qualifying/modifying?adjective?good

·?Intensifier?not?as?strong?as?very

·?Makes?Jimmy?sound?modest?OR?boastful

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(lines?28-29)

Form

·?Reduced/contracted/abbreviated/clipped/shortened?kind?of

·?Noun?kind

·?Preposition?of

·?Acts?as an?adverb

Use

·?Informal/colloquial/spoken

·?Common?in?American?English

·?Filler?/?vague?language

·?Qualifying/modifying?adjective?weird

·?Weakens?the?adjective?/?hedges?/?implies?not?weird?in?a?bad?way

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d.?Use?of relative pronoun?and?relative?clauses?in?bold

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that?my?mum?used?to?make…(lines?61-64)

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Relative?pronoun

·?That?is?used?for?things

·?Anaphoric?reference?to?the?desserts

·?That?can?be?replaced?by?which?but?that?is?more?common?in?spoken?English

·?That?can?be?omitted?because?it?is?the?object?of?the?verb

Relative?clause

·?Defining

·?Gives?essential?information?about?/?specifies/identifies?which?desserts

·?No?comma?is?used

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(lines?61-64)

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Relative?pronoun

·?which?is?used?to?refer?to?things

·?Anaphoric?reference?to?the?pudding

·?which?cannot?be?omitted?because?it?is?the?subject?of?the?clause

·?that?cannot?be?used?instead?of?which

Relative?clause

·?Non-defining

·?Gives?extra/non-essential/additional?information?about?the?pudding

·?Comma?precedes?the?clause

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…I?think …(lines 74-76)

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Relative?pronoun

·?Ellipsis?/?omission?of?that?/which?because?it?is?the?objet?of?the?verb

·?Anaphoric?reference?to?the?first?thing

Relative?clause

·?Defining

·?Gives?essential?information?about?/?specifies?The?first?thing

·?No?comma?is?used