Activity 19

a) What do you think the function is?
The purpose of this extract is to persuade. This extract implies that people all around the world spend so much money on little things. This also shows how people feel about something they really want.
B) When you read to the end of the text, what do you think the function is?
I think the function is still to persuade but it's also informing (Liberia). The extract describes the teenage girls as 'country's bloody civil war' to make the teenage girls sound desperate for a pair of fashionable shoes. The phrase 'explore the world' could suggest that people all around the world want their hands on these fashionable shoes.
C) Do you think it is effective? How would it achieve its purpose and for whom?
I think this extract is effective because it shows how teenage girls feel about certain things. The extract would achieve its purpose because it makes people think before they buy expensive stuff.

2). 
The purpose of this text is to inform. The use of short sentences suggests how important this extract is and how it gets straight to the point "stilettos...save up?...kill for them?...explore the world". The audience is educated, middle- class people who have money. You can see this from credit cards and expensive shoes from a high-class shop. The use of interrogative sentence structures makes the audience re-read the whole extract again. The use of the structure in this extract is effective because it's short and snappy and makes the audience carry on reading.

Dramatic Monologue

Dear Bill:

          I didn't make any sandwiches for you.            because I didn't want to
          You need to make one yourself.             like you do for others

          On the stove is the tea-pot but-
          not enough tea leaves for you to make tea            you need to buy some
               
          There is plenty of bread in the bread-box and butter and eggs.           I poisoned them all
          Your work mate- kept on calling you..   I wish you could spend more time with me 

          Goodbye. Floss.        bye forever

Activity 40

Extract A- the main character is a women who has done something wrong and it is affecting her future.
Extract B- the main character is a women who wants to become a doctor but doesn't have enough qualifications.
Extract C- this is about a doctor who's working in a overcrowded surgery and it's very busy. You can see this from the use of ellipsis and short sentences.
Extract D- a doctor who has a positive look of life.
Extract E- perspective of the doctors wife as she believes that the patients go first and she's left alone.  
Extract F- this is from the perspective of the patient who visits the doctors often. You can see this from "it's becoming more like my local church than a doctors surgery".
Extract G- this is about a independent receptionist who wants to have a home visit but the doctor can't come due to him being ill. The underline meaning could be that patients excuses are silly.

I think extract B (a women who wants to become a doctor but doesn't have enough qualifications) has the most effective opening because the main character gets straight to the point.

Plain English Campaign

I think the Plain English Campaign is aimed at the people who have bad speaking and writing skills. This is shown by the sub-heading 'Fighting for crystal-clear communication since 1979'. For example, at a University interview you may use 'jargon' because this will make you sound more cleaver due to using complicated language.


Overall, I think that the Plain English Campaign shows us that writing and speaking is really important within the society.