1) the mode of this text is written language, as it is an online conversation from 'chat room of the week'. However some of the people in this conversation use spoken language this could be as a result of them using Electronic language which means that the boundaries between spoken and written language blurred.
2) This text is very informal in comparison to the extract from Derren Brown's novel, tricks of the mind. The Derren Brown's extract was also informal when compared to Tony Blair's speech as it used many discourse markers, imperative verbs and personal pronouns such as 'your' to give the effect of spoken language as it seems the readers are included. Many of the speakers in the chat room extract is deficient in punctuation apart from 'Host_chris2' who uses standard English with no abbreviation or slang whatsoever.
3) Extract C is context dependent, this is seen in the line 'bigger than Cherie and the conman?' Said by capitalistpiglet. This is context dependent because the reader would have to know who or what 'Cherie and the conman' is to understand the concept of what is being said.
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