Analysis of text- agreement between college and students

Analysis of text- Agreement between college and students.

The purpose of this text is to inform the students that attend the college the expectations and behaviour from the college and what’s expected of them. The text educates the students about the college’s facilities and what it has to offer as a whole. Throughout the first paragraph direct address is used by pronouns such as ‘you’ this informs the reader that it’s addressed to them and as readers we can see that the text is aimed at potential students and particularly new students. This is also made clearer in the subheading as it uses ‘you’ there also.

The way in which the title is formatted on the page in bold, block capitals in the centre of the page tells us that it’s one of the most important aspects of the page and the writer wants the reader to be drawn to this to begin with so the reader knows what they’re reading. Underneath this headline written in italics is a short summary of what the whole text is about, this is good for the readers that may not have a lot of time to read the whole text and want an insight about the text before they read it on a later date. It’s written in italics as it isn’t the most important piece of writing on the page therefore the readers don’t need to read it first or even read it at all. Placed below this is a list of bullet points explaining to the readers all about what the college will provide them, The use of bullet points mean that they are able to be set out in an orderly fashion and presentable so the information is clear and easy to read and understand. Below this section of the text it is written off by the director of sixth form, this gives the impression that the text was direct to you and all from the head of sixth form so it’s more reliant.

 After this section in the text there is a set of bullet points used again for the text to be set out in a way that’s easy to understand which is headed ,WHAT WE ASK OF YOU IN ORDER TO ENSURE YOUR OWN DEVELOPMENT AND SUCCESS’. This emphasises that the text is aimed at the readers and it applies to the students that attend the college. The font is a common fontl and plain therefore showing the importance and formality of the heading. This is formal so the students know that it’s an important part of the text so they know exactly what rules they need to follow at the college.

The college agreements follows a traditional structure. It is arguable that the most important information in this statement is that provided of the college about what they can offer for their students as this is a main reason as to why many would choose to enrol. Then comes the part which shows to the readers what the college expect of students should they choose to take on a course here leading us to the end of the agreement where the students signs for their commitment and formally agree that they would follow the colleges rules on behaviour.  The statements from the college are the ‘beginning of the story’ that set the scene and give background information which if the audience like what they read, they will continue on. The resolution of the text is where the student signs, if they like what they see they would then show their mutual agreement by signing off the agreement.

Within the text we are met with many different noun phrases. An example of a noun phrase would be; ‘agreement between the college and students’. In this phrase, the first word ‘agreement’ is the head word as it is a noun what explains what this text is. This is then accompanied by a preposition ‘between’ as this shows the relation between the nouns within the sentence, ‘college’ and ‘Students' ’. As we go on to read the student agreement, we reach a verb phrase ‘please read this carefully’. ‘Please’ is the auxiliary verb in the phrase as it shows the main meaning of the sentence.  The main verb in the phrase ‘read’. The adverb ‘carefully’ which gives the perspective students information about how to address this text. This is an mperative sentence and structure as it instructs and adding the word ‘please’ makes it more soft and not so harsh in the interrogative sentence. ‘The’ is the determiner which is followed by the noun ‘college’ and the pronoun ‘its’ leading to the noun ‘staff’. This is also a declarative sentence as it is ‘telling’ the reader rather than asking questions or demanding.