Below are 4 discourse data. Study each.

Then answer the questions that

follow.

DATA 1

1. Is the meaning clear?

2. What do you think
a. the writer intended to say?
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b. the reader understood from what is being written?

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DATA 2

DATA 2a

DATA 2b

Lets say the question asked by both the lecturer (DATA 2a) and the young
man (Data 2b) is Do you have a pen?
1. What do you think the intentions are?
a. The lecturers intention is
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b. The young mans intention is
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2. What are the factors that help you to guess their intentions?
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DATA 3

Data 3a

Data 3b

1. Who do you think these writers intend to portray themselves as? (You
can have more than one answer for each data)
a. Data 3a
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b. Data 3b
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2. What are the factors that help you to come to these conclusions?
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DATA 4

1. What is the message of the advertisement?

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2. How is the message being conveyed?
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