Letter Analysis - Mr Clifford

Analysis on Agreement Homework

The agreement was written from a collage to their students. The agreement’s purpose is to show what the collage and staff expect from their students, and what the students should expect from their teachers and collage. The audience of the writing has a primary target audience which are the students attending, then the secondary audience of the agreement is the parents of the students who will know what their children will be getting from the collage. The tone of the agreement is very formal as it is an important document as the form of the text is a contract.

The agreement uses graphology which is the study of written and printed symbols and of writing systems. An example of the graphlogical features in the agreement is the bullet points. They are used in this document as it helps to shorten the main points keeping it very concise. This benefits as it helps to keep the attention of the audience which is students. Another example of graphology being used in this agreement is the form at the bottom which is for students to sign is they have read the terms and conditions which proves the form of the writing. The sentence ‘PLEASE READ THIS CAREFULLY’ is underlined and in bold as it is a very important feature that has to be read. This is an imperative.

The overall semantic field is used in this text. This is the grouping of words used in the agreement. This is appropriate for the text as the purpose of the text. Mostly all the words used come under the semantic field of education. Some examples are study, teachers, homework, class, students, study and teaching.

The lexis is similar throughout making the agreement very personal. 1^st and 2^nd person is used. You and your is from what the collage expect from the students and show them the expectations they have for the students. On the other hand in the second half of the agreement, it is written in 1^st person. This is because it is what the students are agreeing to. An example of this is ‘I, the student’. The agreement also commonly uses noun phrases which create the agreement to feel more heart felt and caring. This is such as ‘genuine concern’.

The grammar of the writing commonly uses noun phrases which help to modify the noun. An example of this is ‘appropriate teaching’. This noun phrase shows that their teaching at the school is okay and acceptable teaching. Another noun phrase used is ‘genuine concern’. This helps to modify the noun as it shows the large extent of concern they have for their students.