My first grouping of texts is A and C , i have put these two texts in a group as i beleive there are liguistic reasons for their similarities.Graphalogically they are similar because both texts use coulour to entise the reader because both texts are seen physically , text A is seen in a magazine and text C is seen in a flyer sent by post so it is crucial they look synthetically pleasing.Also these texts both show that they are aimed at the same audience , adults , as text A say 'your kids' and text C is obviously aimed at adults because it is a flyer sent to home owners and the text talks about improving the home.Also it is similar for the fact they are both informative texts , although text A is more the purpose of warning readers and text C the purpose is more for the advertising to readers.Text A is in somewhat ways horrific as the word 'road' is like as if it is written in blood by a child to scare parents also it is evident that this is a warning text as the word 'if' is used at the begining of the text to show that it is conditional , so its saying 'if you do this ... this will happen' , this is done to really concern the readers in the hope they will take action.In text C imperatives are used to really convince customers to want to use ikea's services with words such as sit,lay,roll ... these are all used to make ikeas services sound more appealing.The register of both texts is standard english as these are texts that are presented on flyers and advertisements it needs to be understandable to succesefully inform readers.
My second grouping of texts is text B and text F , i have picked these two texts becaus i beleive there are a range of similiar linguistic methods used which i can identify.Simiarly the grammar is very a-like because both texts use short sentences , also the discourse structure is very similar because they are conversations with not much purpose but text B involves more questions.The register of both of the texts is spoken english because both texts are converations but text B is more formal due to the characters within the text , text F is between a mother and son so it is more personal and a very casual chat where as text B is quite formal due to words such as 'sir' which gives the impression that Balwick has a higher level of higherarchy as he is called 'sir' by Blackladder.Both texts are also similar because neither texts have much purpose other than to entertain.There are many similarities but there are some differences , text B is a actual script from a television series and text F is just a transcript with a conversation between a mother and her son. Both texts use phonology but use it in different ways , text F would say (laughs) where as text B would use stage directions such as "thats the scratching noise".
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