What might have been written but wasn’t!

1. What might have been written but wasn’t! WHY?

2. Reading involves: • What the writer intended • What the reader encodes

3. The discreet door shut with a click. • Semantic – diction, choice of words, diction • Syntactic – the arrangement of words in a sentence • Graphological – the way the words are written (Capitals, punctuation, italics etc.) • Figurative – a layer of meaning added onto the literal meaning

4. The discreet door shut with a click. • Why didn’t Mansefield say: • The discreet door shut with a bang • She rushed from the shop, hat in hand. • As the clock struck twelve, Cinderella remembered what her fairy godmother had told her.

5. The discreet door shut with a click. • Semantic • The discreet door closed with a click. • There was a click as the discreet door shut. • The discreet door was shut with a click. • The door discreetly shut with a click.

6. The discreet door shut with a click. • Syntactic • With a click the discreet door shut. • The discreet door clicked shut.

7. The discreet door shut with a click. • Phonological (sound)

8. The discreet door shut with a click. • Graphological • The discreet door shut – with a click. • With a click, the discreet door shut.

9. The discreet door shut with a click. • Figurative • Identify four language features in this sentence.