archaic lexis used

lots of suffix ‘eth’

grammar and punctuation is different

the use of contractions is there in piece 2

piece two has pictures and text whereas piece one is printed (old fashioned print)

alliteration in both

fox is cunning throughout time

charactonym in both- reynart means strong in counsel and in fantastic mister fox its bunce boggis bean

Bex’s Genre Theory

Linguist Tony Bex stated that genres can be defined in two main ways

1- Linguistic conventions, The typical features of register that you would expect in that type of genre (e.g. sports reports have lots of active verbs and technical lexis)

ideological conventions- the attitudes and values that lie behind a text in this genre (e.g. a shampoo advert assumes that you want to look like the Hollywood star who is endorsing the product) Both of these conventions can change over time

Top tips for using this theory

If you are comparing to texts from the same or similar genre consider what aspects of the language and attitudes in the genre have changed or stayed similar