Grouping texts

My first grouping of texts was A and C. Text A and text C share similarities. Text A is there to warn and inform adults about using a mobile phone whilst crossing a road. It makes them feel guilty that if they do use their phone while crossing the road they're kids will also. This is because it says 'If you use your mobile whilst crossing the road, your kids will copy you, which persuades them not to do it. The graphology for text A is affective on the audience in a way that it makes them feel bad because it brings their children into it. It reminds them how much they care for their children therefore is a better way to persuade adults not to do so. Text C is an ikea flyer sent by post and persuades people to buy their flooring. It would be grouped with text A because they're both there to persuade. The lexical choices used in the ikea flyer are; 'Sit' 'Lay down' and 'Roll over' which all relate to how you put the flooring together when you buy it. However these words can also relate to commands for a dog which creats a humorous affect on the audience, and also shows that they are instructed words. The words Sit, lay down and roll over are also imperative words which involve having to do something however in this case these words are implying that the process of buying the wooden flooring is so simple and 'lay down' shows they're trying to give that moment of relief to whoever is reading due to the reasonable prices. 

:Text A

:Text C

After grouping Text A and C together, we decided to group text B and D together due to their similarities; humour and entertainment. Text B is an extract from a script of Blackadder goes forth.  The way in which text B is written is a conversation between two soldiers at war.  The way Baldrick is represented in the script is that he can sometimes be annoying with the actions he does and therefore it makes him sound very simple minded. This makes Blackadder sound clever in comparison to Baldrick because the way Blackadder talks down to Baldrick in a sarcastic manner implies Blackadder is trying to be funny. This creates humour upon the audience. The sentence structure is very simple, in a way that they've been written as short as possible. It makes it easier for people to understand the humour in the text and makes it more entertaining to read. One worded sentences are also added to make an impact on the audience as Blackadder says the word; 'Shame' it sounds funny because he is making fun of Baldrick and is also being sarcastic. Text D is presented differently to text B in terms of graphology, however the two text have their similarities. Text D also  creates humor and entertainment towards the audience. Text D is an opening of a children's book called; 'Captain Prue and her Scurvy crew' Firstly this text is entertainment for children to read. The graphology for this text will catch the eyes of children especially as the picture at the bottom of the text shows 4 funny looking mythological monsters who also happen to be pirates. These type of stories usually tend to stereotypically target younger boys. The reason for this is because pirates and monsters are usually associated with the words; scary and gruesome and you get boys tend to take a liking to these kind of things. The text also creates humour upon the audience with some of the lexical and sentence choices made. The sentence; 'She made me take a bath!' Complained Niffy Ned. 'And it's taken me years to pong like this.' This implies humour because we as an audience know it's a normal thing to do to take a bath, and makes us wonder the monsters are probably not normal. These exclamation mark after; 'She made me take a bath!' Shows Niffy Ned is in shock he's been told what to do, and he also don't want to take a bath. It also shows he's being serious which creates irony upon the audience because to us this sentence sounds funny but Niffy Ned isn't joking. The name Niffy Ned also is humour because Niffy isn't a real name, it's made up and it's also alliteration so it makes it sound good.