Language and Power

The purpose of this text is to tell audiences taking the exam the rules. The top sentence is in bold to indicates authority and power that the dates cannot be changed. The word ‘must’ is in bold so that it stands out and shows power, this word is a modal verb and it is used to show certainty. The words ‘Warning to Candidates’ is in a bigger font so any one who is a candidate knows that this piece of texted is directed to them.

 The numbers on the sides show that it is organised and also makes it easier to read because you know that it is in order, the bullet points also show organisation. There are many graphological features to seperature the text and make it less boring they show pictures of mobile phones and bags to indicate you are not allowed these in the exam, as this text is aimed at students taking the exam and they may not read it when there is a large boring chunk of text so using images.

There are many impreritive sentences used in this piece of text for example ‘you must not become involved in any unfair or dishonest practise in any part of the examation’ this sentences tells the reader a command and then goes to explain other rules after this sentence.

The larger text in bold is placed at the bottom to let the 2nd audience know that they need to placed around the school or building to make people aware.

Questionnaire

Anaylysis of questionnaire;
For question one everyone participating responded that they had an Essex accent, as I mainly asked my friends and they happened to have always lived in Essex. Question two also had the same answer ticked on each sheet, I asked a few people why they chose the first box and they said because they saw the words 'Queens English' so they knew that it would be the more professional accents as the other accents may be too heard for people to understand if you are not from the same region. The response to this question was even, 5 people said yes 5 people said no a few of their reasons for this was because of times when they would call companies and they would not be able to understand what the person is saying because of their accent, this would then lead to frustration because they couldn't get the information they needed and felt it was too rude to ask to speak to someone else. Working class was the most chosen answer for question 4, I felt like this was chosen because stereotypically Essex accents are associated with plumbers and building and they are working class jobs. Because everyone who took the questionnaire had an Essex accent there answers to the next question was working class. For question 6 there was mixed responses 3 people said it shouldn't affect if you get a job or not but 7 people said it could affect whether you get a job because depending on which region you are in some people may not understand you, the example given by many people was working on customer service if a employer doesn't understand you a customer most probably wont either.