Conversational analysis

In the conversation taken place, it is apparent that Person A is the more dominating speaker. We know this as they are use interrogative sentences. "Did you see what happened?" This shows that Person A is trying to investigate what has been going on and that their agenda is to find out the necessary information. Additionally, the person has been very concise with what they said, the speech isn't long winded which conveys that Person A had planned out their speech. From these points we are able to assume that Person A is someone authority, possibly a police officer.

As Person A has asked a question, Person B is inclined to respond, from this response we are able to identify a location. "It was not long turned dark. and we'd been down the alley there and back..and..um...then" The use of non-fluency fillers conveys that Person B is nervous and that they have been shaken up by the incident. However, this is a form of referential language as person B is providing information so that person A can understand the situation. Additionally, we can gather that the incident has happened in a rural state as Person B speaks of an alley way.

Person B is seen as the more submissive character as they haven't managed to maintain their composure when speaking to person A. "...Bloody flying he was...I turned around and there was this bloody great crash" The use of informal lexis in "Bloody" could show that Person B is being watchful about how they address person A, instead of using a strong taboo synonym, they have chosen to use a term that is less offensive, this could be due to the witness being in the presence of someone of high importance. Furthermore, we can assume who has control in the conversation by the way their dialogue is structured. Person A has strong, power structure in the way they speak whereas person B lacks that due to the hesitation.

A: "Could you see if anyone was hurt?"
B: "Like I say, it was dark and there was all that smoke"

B shows that they are hedging as by saying "Like I say" has weakened the strength of what information is being given.

Euphemisms + poem Analysis

Euphemisms-

"To let someone go"- This means a fellow work colleague has been fired or a break up in a relationship. This euphimistic phrase is commonly used when talking to someone  in a conversation to de-intensify the severity of the incident.

"Friendly fire"- This means that allied forces have killed one another or badly injured their allies. This is mainly used in news reports as it hides the carelessness of those involved. The euphemism makes the incident seem like a total accident and not a misscalculation. This enables for the reputation of the armed forces to remain intact. The adverb friendly conveys an accident, that what has happened has not been commited out of spite but as a lightheartedness.

"Senior Citizen"- This euphemism is another term for describing the elderly. This could be used in a political speech as it gives the older generation a sense of belonging. By calling them senior, gives the impression they have an importance in the society that the politician is looking to create.




Poem analysis-

This is a poem about a peach,

Who was juicy, ripe and fresh

It found its way to a beach

as it escpaed its netted mesh

 

In the sand it rolled about

having lots of fun and glee

before a sniffing snout picked him out,

and found its way back to me

 

 

 

In the poem I have used an A B A B rhyme scheme, I decided to use this as it makes the read of the poem flow with ease and as the target audience was a childrens poem, i didnt want to make the read too complicated. This was helped through my use of basic vocabulary which consisted of mainly monosyballic terms. Another technique I used to enhance the flow was by using the same number of words within each line. Each line consisted of between 6-7 words which all sounded similar, this is an example of assonance. Within the 2nd stanza of the poem 3rd line down, I used sibilance with "sniffing snout" this was to give the reader the sense that they could hear the sound of the sniffing.