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NOn fiction text Samuel Pepy's - Coggle Diagram
NOn fiction text Samuel Pepy's
audience-initially written for himself-later historians
mode written-diary
context:
wealthy + upper class,educated and literate. 2nd tragedy
Pepy's close with the king self consciousness
-Pepy's upper class
include context within intro
register-formal
media res start
archaic language quick pace
pragmatics-"mitchell and Sarah on the bridge
"so down with my heart full" syntax word order quick pace could reflect the rush he was in but also the lack of literary advancement and education-also reflects the mode a diary.
"mighty" semantic field of destruction
"lord what can i do" monosyllabic tone child like tone:instinctive and raw emotion.
"lord what can i do? I am spent:" monosylabic tone childlike instictive and raw emotion
"soon as dined" gramatically incorrect,utterance fricative language
"fine flame" fricative fire growing
River full of lighters-juxtaposition
Growth of fire shown through language juxtaposition of water and wind:emphasis of fire
First person-personal opinion imformative
People interested in the fire of london audience
more urgent and chaotic towards the end
lacks clarity at points
Pepys diary not intended for the public audience
precise about events and times
pepys extended sentences-containing many clauses linked by "and" and separted by semi colons-give the impression of spontaneous reporting and immediacy reflecting thought processes " in the moment"
Archaic lexis throughout to the modern reader
Switches between past tense and present tense-