https://padlet.com/lucy_reynolds/w92e88dxx1dx Paper 2 Section A - Unseen prose en-us 2016-12-06 07:50:54 UTC 2025-09-29 14:45:27 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.com/lucy_reynolds/w92e88dxx1dx/wish/141972187 Prince Albert's use of the honourific 'gentlemen' demonstrates that the primary audience of the speech would be men as at the time, in society men were regarded more than women despite having a female monarch and the third person pronoun 'he' is used which shows how he is directing his speech to men as the exhibition may have been mainly men who contributed as they had higher status in society and it may have been thought that they were the people who would move society forward, not women.]]> 2016-12-06 11:31:36 UTC https://padlet.com/lucy_reynolds/w92e88dxx1dx/wish/141972187 https://padlet.com/lucy_reynolds/w92e88dxx1dx/wish/141972200 Through the speech, religious connotations can be found through out to influence his audience as in the Victorian era many led a religious life, 'His reason being created after the image of God'. The possessive pronoun 'his' refers to Prince Albert's intended audience: mankind. By suggesting all men are ]]> 2016-12-06 11:31:39 UTC https://padlet.com/lucy_reynolds/w92e88dxx1dx/wish/141972200 https://padlet.com/lucy_reynolds/w92e88dxx1dx/wish/141972259 The speech by Prince Albert which uses archaic and low frequency lexis was written then spoken during the Victorian Era would have had a British audience and is directed at men as seen by the noun, honourific and direct address of "Gentleman" shows how women were oppressed and were dictated by gender roles as men were seen as the dominant gender despite the fact that Queen Victoria was on the throne she was still told what to do and say by men who worked with her. The purpose and use of the low register is used to inform the audience about the progression of the Victorian era. It also has the purpose to entertain and persuade as seen by the semantical field of religion "God", "Almighty governs his creation" and "divine instrument" the use of the biblical reference "God" is used as most people during the Victorian times were religious and opposed science so using these binary oppositions as one further unites the British public listening so everyone can take an interest in the progression of mankind. The use of the multi clausal sentences and syntax adds to the sense of formality but also gives it a sense of rhythm to engage the audience of that time however a modern day audience would not need religious connotations as not as many people are religious. 

The use of the plosives of "purposes, and the power of production" gives the speech a powerful tone and has connotations of hope and progression likewise the use of the first person possessive pronouns of "our" throughout lets the audience feel involved and gives the audience hope that they too can be involved in the progression of the Victorian era and they too can strive for the best.]]> 2016-12-06 11:32:00 UTC https://padlet.com/lucy_reynolds/w92e88dxx1dx/wish/141972259 https://padlet.com/lucy_reynolds/w92e88dxx1dx/wish/141972308 Throughout this speech, the lexis used is low frequency and the use of polysyllabic words throughout due to the audience of posh upper class men as the pronoun 'he' and the honorific noun 'Gentlemen' are used instead of both genders being included as men were the dominant gender in the Victorian Era, despite a woman being on the throne. 

]]> 2016-12-06 11:32:17 UTC https://padlet.com/lucy_reynolds/w92e88dxx1dx/wish/141972308 https://padlet.com/lucy_reynolds/w92e88dxx1dx/wish/141972322 The speech of H.R.]]> 2016-12-06 11:32:23 UTC https://padlet.com/lucy_reynolds/w92e88dxx1dx/wish/141972322 https://padlet.com/lucy_reynolds/w92e88dxx1dx/wish/141972350 Throughout the speech, a powerful tone is presented to the reader through the use of plosives in 'best for our purposes, and the power of production']]> 2016-12-06 11:32:33 UTC https://padlet.com/lucy_reynolds/w92e88dxx1dx/wish/141972350 https://padlet.com/lucy_reynolds/w92e88dxx1dx/wish/141972394 Prince Albert uses a semantic field s]]> 2016-12-06 11:32:46 UTC https://padlet.com/lucy_reynolds/w92e88dxx1dx/wish/141972394 https://padlet.com/lucy_reynolds/w92e88dxx1dx/wish/141972421 Prince Albert uses a semantic field of creation in his speech drawn ]]> 2016-12-06 11:33:01 UTC https://padlet.com/lucy_reynolds/w92e88dxx1dx/wish/141972421 https://padlet.com/lucy_reynolds/w92e88dxx1dx/wish/141972489 Prince Albert uses the honorific of 'gentlemen' in order to denote the audience in which she is targeting her speech at. The direct address could connote the gender equality of the Victorian time, where males were seen as of higher importance, despite a woman being on the throne when it was written. He also uses low frequency lexis throughout the speech, for example the use of the adjectives 'divine' and 'almighty.' This suggests the secondary audience which Albert is targeting, that of the upper class British public. Furthermore within the speech, Albert uses plosive alliteration when he says 'the power of production,' this could emphasise his pride for the country of Britain and the progression of industry and man kind at the time. ]]> 2016-12-06 11:33:36 UTC https://padlet.com/lucy_reynolds/w92e88dxx1dx/wish/141972489 https://padlet.com/lucy_reynolds/w92e88dxx1dx/wish/141972546 Prince Albert uses dental alliteration to hold the attention of the audience, as the written text was originally a speech at The Lord Mayor's Banquet 'a true test' portrays that technology has developed as a result of the industrial revolution. Also the oxymoron 'a living picture' implies the speech was directed to men from The Great Exhibition in order to show partnerships and unity, as a result of globalisation. Since the adjective 'living' is symbolic of growth. In the Victorian era men were the most influential gender, however at the time Queen Victoria held England's throne. As a result the secondary audience would be historians interested in the monarchy. ]]> 2016-12-06 11:34:05 UTC https://padlet.com/lucy_reynolds/w92e88dxx1dx/wish/141972546 https://padlet.com/lucy_reynolds/w92e88dxx1dx/wish/141972557 Prince Albert uses semantic field of creation throughout his speech, drawn from a lexis of development and technology. For example, the dynamic verb 'power', the abstract noun 'industry' and the concrete noun 'property' all add together to create a futuristic tone. Therefore, showing that Prince Albert appreciates the progression of mankind. The use of this semantic field implies that the progression of mankind through the rapid creation of technology is seen as useful to Prince Albert, as he believes that this technological advance will be beneficial to the whole of the community. He backs this up by using yet another semantic field; of collectivity, drawn from a lexis of community. He uses collective nouns 'we' and 'our' and the abstract noun 'unity' to highlight his belief that everyone should follow the journey of technology. A contemporary, primary audience would agree with Prince Albert and they could possibly be inspired by his enthusiasm regarding the strive towards technology and the future. 

Prince Albert employs the honourific 'Gentlemen' to ]]> 2016-12-06 11:34:10 UTC https://padlet.com/lucy_reynolds/w92e88dxx1dx/wish/141972557 https://padlet.com/lucy_reynolds/w92e88dxx1dx/wish/141972665 The speech delivered by Prince Albert at the Lord Mayors Banquet in the city of London in 1849 ]]> 2016-12-06 11:34:53 UTC https://padlet.com/lucy_reynolds/w92e88dxx1dx/wish/141972665 https://padlet.com/lucy_reynolds/w92e88dxx1dx/wish/141972736 The speech by Prince Albert ]]> 2016-12-06 11:35:22 UTC https://padlet.com/lucy_reynolds/w92e88dxx1dx/wish/141972736 https://padlet.com/lucy_reynolds/w92e88dxx1dx/wish/141972834 Prince Albert uses a semantic field of construction in his speech drawn from a lexis of technology and development. He uses the dynamic verb 'power', the stative verb 'knowledge' and the abstract noun 'industry' to create a sense of voice of progression in order to inform the audience about the development of society. Furthermore, the use of hendiadys within his speech in 'great and sacred mission' implies that the technological advancement within this era is key to bringing 'unity' within society. The use of this abstract noun is repeated within the speech to create a sense of voice of intergration and cohesion; Prince Albert is emphasising the importance of solidarity in the evolution of industry and technology. 

Prince Albert uses mesadiplosis in his speech with ]]> 2016-12-06 11:36:14 UTC https://padlet.com/lucy_reynolds/w92e88dxx1dx/wish/141972834 https://padlet.com/lucy_reynolds/w92e88dxx1dx/wish/141972883 Throughout the speech a powerful tone is presented to the reader through the use of plosives in 'best for our purposes and the power of production.' This creates a harsh, persuasive tone to the reader in order to clarify his point to society which also highlights Prince Alberts status and influence on society. The use of the second person plural possessive pronoun 'our' highlights how the prince aims to speak to society as a whole making his audience feel important and creating a sense of togetherness in order to make them listen to his speech and listen to the importance of what he is clarifying to his audience. Furthermore, low frequency lexis is used throughout highlighting his status and high class background compared to the audience he is likely to be addressing. The use of non standard capitalisation in 'His' shows how men were the most powerful and prominent gender in society during the Victorian era.




]]> 2016-12-06 11:36:34 UTC https://padlet.com/lucy_reynolds/w92e88dxx1dx/wish/141972883 https://padlet.com/lucy_reynolds/w92e88dxx1dx/wish/141973037 The speech by Prince Albert is an informative spoken text in October 1849. In the text Prince Albert uses plosives in his text "best for our purposes, and the powers of production are Intrusted to the stimulus of competition and capital" the use of plosives gives a sense of rhyth to the speech. The key verb "Intrusted" accentuates assigning a responsibility to someone creating a sense of hope. The use of alliteration "competition and capital" articulate ]]> 2016-12-06 11:38:01 UTC https://padlet.com/lucy_reynolds/w92e88dxx1dx/wish/141973037 https://padlet.com/lucy_reynolds/w92e88dxx1dx/wish/141973336 The semantic field of religion used throughout the speech shows how important religion was in this era, especially when the speaker refers to God ad 'His' the non standard capitalisation makes this a vocative and also shows more than men had more power as he refers to a religious thought as a male.]]> 2016-12-06 11:40:35 UTC https://padlet.com/lucy_reynolds/w92e88dxx1dx/wish/141973336 https://padlet.com/lucy_reynolds/w92e88dxx1dx/wish/142233711 Prince Albert uses first person plural pronouns to express his feelings of unity within western civilisation within his 1849 speech at The Lord Mayor's Banquet. "We have only to choose what is the cheapest and best for our purposes". The use of the first person possessive noun phrase "our purposes" highlights Prince Alberts sense of collectiveness and emphasises his belief that the progression of mankind requires cooperation in order to work towards shared achievement of furthering "universal knowledge". ]]> 2016-12-07 09:50:05 UTC https://padlet.com/lucy_reynolds/w92e88dxx1dx/wish/142233711 https://padlet.com/lucy_reynolds/w92e88dxx1dx/wish/142233745 Within the speech by Prince Albert (1849) he uses future tense throughout to reveal his feelings towards the development of mankind. "All nations will be able to direct their further exertions." The use of the adverb "further" connotes that he believes the world can develop even further and evolve to be even better than it already is. It also suggests that he wants all different nations to come together and rejoice in the distance mankind has come to be where they were at this time. The purpose of the text is to inform and almost persuade the "gentlemen" in the audience to be happy about the great exhibition, therefore by using this future tense, it makes the audience feel almost empowered and that this will help society evolve even more than it already has. ]]> 2016-12-07 09:50:08 UTC https://padlet.com/lucy_reynolds/w92e88dxx1dx/wish/142233745 https://padlet.com/lucy_reynolds/w92e88dxx1dx/wish/142233746 Prince Albert uses the metaphor 'even by the power of lightening' to demonstrate the advancement in technology in the industrial revolution. The word 'lightening' which represents electricity has connotations of rapidness and momentum which the British people demonstrated in the exhibition of 1851 which Prince Albert refers to at the end of the text. This can be seen as Prince Albert displaying his feelings to the progression of not only Britain but the rest of the world which is later celebrated at the Exhibition. Furthermore the honorific 'gentlemen' suggests that the most important men (such as the Aristocracy, politicians and other members of the Royal Family) in the country would only be present at this speech. However the text is multi modal and so Prince Albert's audience would be widened extensively with the publication in the 'Illustrated London News'. In addition the honorific 'gentlemen' also suggests the social status of women in the Victorian period implying that no females were present at the speech. ]]> 2016-12-07 09:50:08 UTC https://padlet.com/lucy_reynolds/w92e88dxx1dx/wish/142233746 https://padlet.com/lucy_reynolds/w92e88dxx1dx/wish/142233816 Use of collective 1st person pronoun, "we," to the effect of appealing to the audience with a sense of unity - this fits in with genre conventions of a speech as he is engaging the audience by making them feel included. This also links in with his point that the whole of mankind is progressing together collectively.  He engages the audience further with the use of dental alliteration, "true test" as this adds emphatic stress to the point he is making about technological advancement and progression. The use of the superlative, "the greatest mental energies," is used to the effect of an exaggerative tone and to maximise the progress to his audience.]]> 2016-12-07 09:50:31 UTC https://padlet.com/lucy_reynolds/w92e88dxx1dx/wish/142233816 https://padlet.com/lucy_reynolds/w92e88dxx1dx/wish/142233946 Within the speech, Prince Albert employs the use of superlatives to emphasise his passion towards the Exhibition of 1851, which was the showcase of all that was great within the world and science and industry, this includes 'greatest mental energies' and 'best for our purposes'  to portray that the idea being proposed is unlike any other in order to persuade the solely male audience - identified through the direct address of 'gentlemen' - to donate towards the construction of the Crystal Palace and realise the true nature of human progression which is occurring during the Victorian Era. Moreover, the inclusion of hendiadys in ' great and sacred'  creates the semantics of powerful language and adds dramatic emphasis to the work to encapsulate the audience's interest in the subject matter.]]> 2016-12-07 09:50:54 UTC https://padlet.com/lucy_reynolds/w92e88dxx1dx/wish/142233946 https://padlet.com/lucy_reynolds/w92e88dxx1dx/wish/142233975 Prince Albert's use of an honourific when saying 'gentlemen' immediately establishes the intended audience of the speech and transcript as the upperclass male population. This would've been common in the 19th century, due to the oppression of women and also, how the power of society was in the hands of men  This is emphasised by the use of low frequency lexis when saying 'individual exertion' and 'ordained', which portrays the assumed education of the audience of aristocracy, who in the 19th century would've been the main audience of the transcript, due to the lack of education of the lower class, which meant the upper class of society were the only readers of the transcript, which Prince Albert adapts his language to.]]> 2016-12-07 09:51:05 UTC https://padlet.com/lucy_reynolds/w92e88dxx1dx/wish/142233975 https://padlet.com/lucy_reynolds/w92e88dxx1dx/wish/142233983 Within Prince Albert's speech taken from The Lord Mayor's banquet of October 1849 Albert uses the technique assonance in "every educated person" of which gives the text a softer tone. However, this is contrasted by the use of plosive alliteration in "the powers of production" which then gives the text a harsher and bolder tone. Due to this Prince Albert's speech appears to progress and develop. Thereby this may mimic the progression throughout the speech as he attempts to persuade he's audiance of high class males to donate inorder  for him to create the Crystal Palace. ]]> 2016-12-07 09:51:07 UTC https://padlet.com/lucy_reynolds/w92e88dxx1dx/wish/142233983 https://padlet.com/lucy_reynolds/w92e88dxx1dx/wish/142234019 The personal pronouns used in the text throughout including 'his' the masculine possessive pronoun of 'he' which connotates  how the primary audience is directly male aristocracy, which is ironic for the Victorian era which is ruled by a female monarch even though this speech emphasises the empowerment of mankind and the ignorance in regards to women and their power. In addition, the capitalised orthography of 'His creation' creates the pronoun to become somewhat of a noun as he is having a religious allusion to God and stating his being as a concrete noun. At the time, religion would have held a heavy burden on people's lives and influenced their decisions greatly meaning his feelings on the progression of mankind are expressed greatly through religious connotations.]]> 2016-12-07 09:51:16 UTC https://padlet.com/lucy_reynolds/w92e88dxx1dx/wish/142234019 https://padlet.com/lucy_reynolds/w92e88dxx1dx/wish/142234038
Prince Albert makes use of hendiadys within his speech when he says 'great and sacred'. This adds dramatic emphasis on the importance of the mission  he is talking about and how men have to fulfill their role within society. Furthermore, a semantic field of religion is created throughout which i]]> 2016-12-07 09:51:23 UTC https://padlet.com/lucy_reynolds/w92e88dxx1dx/wish/142234038 https://padlet.com/lucy_reynolds/w92e88dxx1dx/wish/349163083 2019-04-06 15:48:34 UTC https://padlet.com/lucy_reynolds/w92e88dxx1dx/wish/349163083 https://padlet.com/lucy_reynolds/w92e88dxx1dx/wish/349170012 2019-04-06 17:08:06 UTC https://padlet.com/lucy_reynolds/w92e88dxx1dx/wish/349170012 https://padlet.com/lucy_reynolds/w92e88dxx1dx/wish/1419566778 2021-04-15 05:13:29 UTC https://padlet.com/lucy_reynolds/w92e88dxx1dx/wish/1419566778