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Non-fiction Analysis - Coggle Diagram

- - - - Text B uses lexical choices which help to create an informal register
      - Text A lexical choices show a more formal register
    - - Formal register that is reflective of his position as a member of the royal family
  - - - Often show off an informal register ("couldn't, I'm")
  - - - In Text B, lexical choices have been determined by the fact that she is American
      - Text A lexical choices are perhaps influenced by Scott's military background and the fact he is an experienced explorer
        He uses jargon ("primus") and abbreviations when recording the weather ("gale from W.S.W and S.W")
    - - Use of jargon "empire" and "God save the King" reflect semantic field of duty and resignation
  - - - Text A offers moments of hope ("ill fortune presses, but better may come.")
      - Text A offers a sense of the challenge being insurmountable at times ("no human being could face it.")
      - Text A draws attention to human error ("Like an ass I mixed a small spoonful of curry powder.")
      - Text A shows how their actions are dictated by the weather ("The weather doesn't give us a chance.")
      - In Text A, when Scott realises they will not return home, he discusses his death as "natural" and seems at peace with it
      - At the end of Text A, hope seems to disappear ("I do not think we can hope for any better things now.")
      - In Text A, there is a message of perseverance, even in their final moments ("We shall stick it out to the end.")
      - Text B describes the moment the earthquake struck as something from which survival is impossible because of its magnitude and the power of nature ("a big chunk, the size of a car ... it roared like a rocket taking off ... I couldn't breathe.")
      - Text B shows a sense of resignation and acceptance towards death ("I felt at peace.")
      - In Text B, there is a sense of regret of embarking on the challenge ("What was I doing on Everest?")
      - In Text B, the speaker suggests that the motive behind this trip was to push herself outside of her comfort zone ("What forced me out of my comfort zone.") and to tackle something "beyond myself"
      - In Text B, the speaker embraces the "impossibility" of a situation even if other people think it is unrealistic ("people stared at me in disbelief")
      - In Text B, there is a sense that the speaker doesn't want to look weak in front of others ("without looking like a chicken or coward")
    - - Semantic field of obsession in "greedy" and "think of no one but me" to express his desire for her
      - Use of imperatives and modal verbs, the feeling he describes is somewhat controlling over her
  - - - Example from 2024 paper
        
        In Text B, Safari uses
  - - - "The women I love" - lexical choice of "love" creates sympathy from the audience - the simplicity humanises him and makes his decision more relatable to the audience who would typically be angry/upset at his abdication
    - - Keats' begs his fiancee, who is the sole reader of the letter, to "promise me you will not for some time, till I get better." - she should not go out and enjoy her life while he was ill, and the emotive language and connotations surrounding the word "better" would undoubtedly make her feel guilty for doing so
- - - - Connotes emotional desperation and physical fragility
      - Repeated 'B' and 'P' sounds in "Breast pin" and "proofs" lend an explosive, jagged quality to his prose
      - Keats' phonology is disrupted by frequent caesura - symbolising his "feverish" state"
  - - - "single step" and "settled" to create a fluid, authoritative prosody
      - Edward's speech relies on a balanced, rhythmic delivery designed to sooth a "seismic" public audience
- - - - Text A contains features typical of a diary entry
        
        Starting with a date or even time of day based on meals ("Lunch")
        
        Use of first person and references to his own feelings ("My right foot has gone")
        
        Language sometimes seems more in note-form with subjects missing ("Had to stop marching")
        
        Omission of verbs ("Sledge dreadfully heavy")
        
        Omission of determiners ("I was proud possessor of best feet")
      - Text B contains a wide range of linguistic features typical of a crafted speech
        
        Rhetorical questions
        
        Direct address ("to give you a better perspective")
        
        Similes ("Like a rocket taking off")
        
        Humour ("I would wear a heavy jacket at 25 degrees Celcius")
        
        Reflects it is an oral text
  - - - In Text A, there are some figurative features, such as personification ("ill fortune presses")
      - Similes ("Like an ass")
  - - - Text B contains several adverbials of time ("On April 25th")
  - - - In Text B, Safari uses a question-and-answer style of speaking to show a one-sided conversation ("What forced me out of my comfort zone? I was in a seminar.")
- - - - Some spellings reveal the 1912 context, such as the hyphenation of some words ...
        "to-day"
        "to-morrow"
    - - "Primus"
      - "N.W., force 4, temp. -35"
      - "I do not think we can hope for any better things now"
      - "The end cannot be far"
    - - "Four years ago, I wasn't a mountain climber. I was an electrical engineer working for a large American corporation in California
- - - - "For God's sake look after our people."
      - The others are still confident of getting through
    - - "in the studio"
      - "Climb your Everest."