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Opening can be seen in the salutation Dear Mr Indian. The text is a form of personal letter so opening is usually placed in first line before
writer write main purpose of the letter. Orientation is provided in the first paragraph. It consists of general
statement and condolence statement. We can see general statement in sentence I have just learned of the death of Tommy, your beloved pet.
Condolence statement can be seen in sentence I share the grief that you are going through at this moment and convey my heartfelt condolences.
Personal comment is found in second paragraph. It provides athour’s comment to the death of Tommy, his friend’s beloved pet. We can see in
sentence Please do not hesitate to write and tell me if I can be of any help to you in this hour of sorrow.
Closing can be seen in the last sentece of the letter , Sincerely yours. As mentioned in a previos sentence, the text is a form personal of letter,
the author uses a closing phrase to end the letter.
4.4.4 Significance Lexico – grammatical Features
The text is a form of a letter. It uses a specific participant and use of personal pronouns to identify people. There are 3 participants, Mr Indian,
the addressee; Belle, the author and Tommy are being spoken. The pronouns are I, you and your.
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Based on the text above, there are 8 clauses. Mental processes occurs in 5 clauses, 2 material processes, relational process 1 . Mental process
becomes the dominant one. The example processes in this text are :
Mental process:
I have just learned the death of Tommy, your beloved pet I share the grief
that you are going through at this moment. Convey my hearthfelt condolences.
Please do not hesitate
Material process :
To write Tell me if ...
Relational Process
I can be of any help to you in this hour of sorrow The text uses noun phrases e.g., the death of Tommy, beloved pet,
the grief, this moment my hearthfelt, condolences, any help, this hour of sorrow.
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The tenses that occur in this text are : present perfect tense 1, present tense 6, present continuous tense 1. Present tense becomes the
dominant one. The examples of tenses that occur in this text are :
Present perfect tense :
I have just learned of the death of Tommy, your beloved pet.
Present Tense :
I share the grief that ... Convey my heartfelt condolences
Please do not hesitate to write
and tell me ... I can be of any help to you in this hour of sorrow.
Present Continuous Tense
You are going through at this moment Based on the analysis above this is a factual text, a kind of letter
that has specific generic structure because the text is a letter of condolence. The generic structure is opening orientation personal
comment clossing. The orientation of the text gives expressing sympathy. In personal comment the author persuade the addresse not to
be sad , she also offer a help. I can summerise that the text is form of condolence letter.
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Text 5 p.75
4.5.1 Analysis of Text 5. Register analysis of text 5 is as follow:
Field : An instruction should be obeyed by persons in a hotel. The instructions are when checking out and in the case of fire.
Tenor : Hotel manager and readers or person who lives or rents in the hotel.
Mode :The text is written to be read with no elements of spoken language
ROOM
1036 When Checking Out :
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Check out by 12.00 noon
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Be sure to take all your personal belongings
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Leave your keys at the front desk
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Ask for the bill and pay at cashier’s desk In Case of Fire :
• Go to the nearest FIRE ALARM box and pull the alarm. Fire extinguishers are available next to each fire alarm box.
• Follow the signs to the nearest EMERGENCY EXIT in the
hotel royal taipei
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4.5.2 Communicative Purpose of the Text
