FOREGROUNDING.ppt

FOREGROUNDING  FOREGROUNDING 1 analysing texts for the foregrounded elements = theme  Process Place the mixture in the oven after five minutes. Time After five minutes, place the mixture in the oven. Human We placed the mixture in the oven after five minutes. Non human The mixture was placed in the oven after five minutes. FOREGROUNDING 2. The relationship between Text purpose and theme. The kinds of elements that can be foregrounded Read this text:Isabelle Allende was born in Peru of Chilean parents and now lives in California. She worked as a journalist before writing the internationally acclaimed best selling novel The House of Spirits. Since then she has published the equally highly acclaimed Eva Luna and the Infinite Plan which won the Independent Foreign Fiction Award. What is the text about?What is the purpose of the text?What information do you expect to find in such a text? The sentence and clause starters: Isabelle Allende was born in Peru of Chilean parents and now lives in California. She worked as a journalist before writing the internationally acclaimed best selling novel The House of Spirits. Since then she has published the equally highly acclaimed Eva Luna and the Infinite Plan which won the Independent Foreign Fiction Award. What do you notice about the starting points (the foregrounded elements or theme) of the clauses? What happens if the theme changes? Isabelle Allende was born in Peru of Chilean parents and now lives in California. She worked as a journalist before writing the internationally acclaimed best selling novel The House of Spirits. Since then she has published the equally highly acclaimed Eva Luna and the Infinite Plan which won the Independent Foreign Fiction Award. Mode Foregrounding is an element of Mode Mode is the ‘how’, the information about the textual element of a Text. Mode in Text in Context deals with the range of spoken, written and multi