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WriteagoodbyemessagetoBarackObama

On the campaign trail, he promised hope and change; in the White House, he discovered the

limits of that message. Through the trials and disappointments, though, Barack Obama

succeeded on issues that eluded presidents past – his eponymous healthcare victory is perhaps

the most high-profile example.

His successor, Donald Trump, is the fire to Obama’s ice-cold calm, tweeting 140 characters

in the time it takes the current Oval Office occupant to compose a reply in his measured

delivery. As novelist Tobias Wolff wrote: “Me, I’m already nostalgic for Obama.”

We want to hear from you as Obama’s time in office comes to a close.

What was the speech that sold you on voting for him? What are the moments you wish he

had handled differently? The victories that made you proud to call him your president?

We’d like you to write your reply as a letter to Obama, either using the form below or via

GuardianWitness. A selection of your responses will be included in upcoming coverage

around the end of Obama’s presidency.

You can upload your replies or images through GuardianWitness by clicking the “Contribute

with GuardianWitness” button above. You can also use the GuardianWitness smartphone app

or the Guardian app and search for “GuardianWitness assignments”.

GuardianWitness is the home of readers’ content on the Guardian. Contribute your video,

pictures and stories, and browse news, reviews and creations submitted by others. Posts will

be reviewed prior to publication on GuardianWitness, and the best pieces will be featured on

the Guardian site.

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Concordance Check

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MI Score: For Collocation Analysis

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Frequency of Preposition: Co-occurrence Count

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How Feel behaves with Nostalgic

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Collins Online Dictionary

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Original Layout from The Guardian

Appendix: 8

Ideational Analysis

ParticipantRoles:Agent: Actor,Initiator,Senser,Sayer,IdentifierandCarrierAffected:Scope,Adjunct,Phenomenon,Goal,IdentifiedandVerbiage

Process: Material,Mental,Verbal,BehaviouralandRelationalCircumstance

Sentence 1: On the campaign trail [Circumstance], he [Participant: Sayer] promised

[Process: Verbal] hope and change [Verbiage]; in the White House

[Circumstance], he [Particitpant: Actor] discovered [Process: Material] the

limits of that message [Goal].

Sentence 2: Through the trials and disappointments [Circumstance], though, Barack Obama

[Participant: Actor] succeeded [Process: Material] on issues that eluded

presidents past [Goal] – his eponymous healthcare victory [participant: Non-

human: Carrier] is [Process: Relational] perhaps the most high-profile example

[Attribute].

Sentence 3: His successor, Donald Trump [Participant: Actor], is the fire to Obama’s ice-

cold calm, tweeting [Process: Material] 140 characters [Goal] in the time it

takes the current Oval Office occupant [Circumstance] to compose [Process:

Material] a reply in his measured delivery [Goal].

Sentence 4: As novelist Tobias Wolff [Participant: Sayer] wrote [Process: Verbal]: [Quote]

“Me, I [Participant: Carrier] ’m [Process: Relational] already [Circumstantial]

nostalgic for Obama [Attribute].”

Sentence 5: We [Participant: Sensor] want to hear [Process: Mental] from you

[Phenomenon] as Obama’s time in office [Participant: Inanimate: Actor] comes

[Process: Material] to a close [Goal].

Sentence 6: What [Identified] was [Process: Relational] the speech [Participant: Identifier]

that sold [Process: Material] you on voting for him [Goal]?

Sentence 7: What [Identified] are [Process: Relational] the moments [Identifier] you

[Participant: Sensor] wish [Process: Mental] [Phenomenon] he [Participant:

Actor] had handled [ Process: Material] differently [Circumstance]?

Sentence8: The victories that [Participant: Initiator] made [ Process: Material] you

[Participant: Actor] proud to call him your president [Goal]?

Sentence9: We [Participant: Initiator: Sensor] ’d like [Process: Mental] you [Participant:

Actor] to write [Process: Material] your reply as a letter to Obama [Goal],

either using the form below or via GuardianWitness [Circumstance].

Sentence10:A selection of your responses [Participant: Goal] will be included [Process:

Material] in upcoming coverage around the end of Obama’s presidency

[Circumstance].

Appendix: 9

Interpersonal Analysis

Appraisal Theory: Attitude, Engagement and Graduation

1. Attitude: Affect Judgement and Appreciation

A. Affect:

1. The victories that made you proud [Happiness: Cheer] to call him your

president?

B. Judgement

2. His successor, Donald Trump, is the fire [Social Esteem: Normality:

Negative: Criticize] to Obama’s ice-cold calm [Social Esteem: Normality:

Positive: Admire]

C. Appreciation

3. …his eponymous healthcare victory [Invoked Appreciation: Reaction] is

perhaps the most high-profile [Reaction: Quality ] example.

4. As novelist Tobias Wolff wrote: “Me, I’m already nostalgic [Reaction:

Impact] for Obama

5. … in the time it takes the current Oval Office occupant to compose a reply in his

measured delivery [Composition: Complexity]

6. What are the moments you wish he had handled differently? [ Composition:

Balance]

7. A selection of your responses will be included in upcoming [Reaction:

Quality] coverage around the end of Obama’s presidency.

8. …and the best [Reaction: Quality] pieces will be featured on the Guardian site

Engagement

Monogloss: Bare Assertion

• On the campaign trail, he promised hope and change; in the White House, he

discovered the limits of that message.

• A selection of your responses will be included in upcoming coverage around the end

of Obama’s presidency

• Posts will be reviewed prior to publication on Guardian Witness, and the best pieces

will be featured on the Guardian site.

Heterogloss

a. Through the trials and disappointments, though, Barack Obama succeeded on issues

that eluded presidents past – his eponymous healthcare victory is perhaps the most

high-profile example. [Contract-Disclaim-Counter]

b. his eponymous healthcare victory is perhaps the most high-profile example.

[Expand-Entertain]

c. What was the speech that sold you on voting for him? [Expand-Entertain]

d. What are the moments you wish he had handled differently? Expand-Entertain]

e. The victories that made you proud to call him your president? [Expand-

Entertain]

f. As novelist Tobias Wolff wrote: “Me, I’m already nostalgic for Obama.”

[Contract-Proclaim-Endorse]

Graduation

• … his eponymous healthcare victory is perhaps the most high-profile example.

• His successor, Donald Trump, is the fire to Obama’s ice-cold calm,…

• …and the best pieces will be featured on the Guardian site.

Appendix: 10

Textual Analysis Sen# Cl# Theme Clause

Topical/Existential Inter

personal

Textual

Marked Unmarked

1 1a On the campaign trail,

<c 1a>On the campaign trail, he

promised hope and change; <c 1b>in

the White House, he discovered the

limits of that message.

1b in the White House,

2 2a

Through the trials and

disappointments

though <c 2a>Through the trials and

disappointments, though, Barack

Obama succeeded on issues <c 2b>that

eluded presidents past < c 2c>his

eponymous healthcare victory is

perhaps the most high-profile example.

2b

that

2c his eponymous

healthcare

victory

3 3a

His successor, <c 3a>His successor, Donald Trump, is

the fire to Obama’s ice-cold calm,

tweeting 140 characters <c 3b> in the

time it takes the current Oval Office

occupant to compose a reply in his

measured delivery.

3b in the time

4 4a

novelist Tobias

Wolff

As <c 4a>As novelist Tobias Wolff wrote:

<c 4b>“Me, I’m already nostalgic for

Obama.” 4b Me

5 5a

We

as <c 5a>We want to hear from you <c

5b>as Obama’s time in office comes to

a close.

5b

Obama’s time

in office

6 6a

What

<c 6a>What was the speech <c 6b> that

sold you on voting for him?

6b that

7 7a

What <c 7a>What are the moments <7b> you

wish <7c> he had handled differently?

7b

7c

You

he

8 8 The victories that <c 8>The victories that made you proud

to call him your president?

9 9 we <c 9>We’d like you to write your reply

as a letter to Obama, either using the

form below or via GuardianWitness.

10 10a

Posts

and <c 10> Posts will be reviewed prior to

publication on GuardianWitness, <c

11>and the best pieces will be featured

on the Guardian site.

10b the best pieces

Appendix :11

Thematic progression Across Sentences and Clauses

On the campaign trail, he promised hope and change; in the White House, he discovered the

limits of that message. Through the trials and disappointments, though, Barack Obama

succeeded on issues that eluded presidents past – his eponymous healthcare victory is perhaps

the most high-profile example. (Linear pattern)

His successor, Donald Trump, is the fire to Obama’s ice-cold calm, tweeting 140 characters

in the time it takes the current Oval Office occupant to compose a reply in his measured

delivery. As novelist Tobias Wolff wrote: “Me, I’m already nostalgic for Obama.”

We want to hear from you as Obama’s time in office comes to a close.

What was the speech that sold you on voting for him? What are the moments you wish he

had handled differently? The victories that made you proud to call him your president?

We’d like you to write your reply as a letter to Obama, either using the form below or via

GuardianWitness. A selection of your responses will be included in upcoming coverage

around the end of Obama’s presidency. (Constant Pattern)

You can upload your replies or images through GuardianWitness by clicking the “Contribute

with GuardianWitness” button above. You can also use the GuardianWitness smartphone app

or the Guardian app and search for “GuardianWitness assignments”. (Constant pattern)

GuardianWitness is the home of readers’ content on the Guardian. Contribute your video,

pictures and stories, and browse news, reviews and creations submitted by others. Posts will

be reviewed prior to publication on GuardianWitness, and the best pieces will be featured on

the Guardian site.

Appendix: 12 LogicalMeaningOn the campaign trail, he promised hope and change; in the White House, he

discovered the limits of that message. <Through the trials and disappointments,

though>1, <Barack Obama succeeded on issues that eluded presidents past>x2 hypotactic

enhancement – his eponymous healthcare victory is perhaps the most high-profile example.

<His successor, Donald Trump, is the fire to Obama’s ice-cold calm,> 1 < tweeting 140

characters in the time it takes the current Oval Office occupant to compose a reply in

his measured delivery>+2 paratactic extension <As novelist Tobias Wolff wrote:>1 <“Me,

I’m already nostalgic for Obama.” >”2

<We want to hear from you>a <as Obama’s time in office comes to a close.> xb What was

the speech that sold you on voting for him? What are the moments you wish he had handled

differently? The victories that made you proud to call him your president?

We’d like you to write your reply as a letter to Obama, either using the form below or via

GuardianWitness. A selection of your responses will be included in upcoming coverage

around the end of Obama’s presidency.

You can upload your replies or images through Guardian Witness by clicking the “Contribute

with GuardianWitness” button above. <You can also use the Guardian Witness

smartphone app or the Guardian app>1 <and search for “GuardianWitness

assignments” >+2 paratactic extension.

GuardianWitness is the home of readers’ content on the Guardian. <Contribute your video,

pictures and stories,>1 <and browse news, reviews and creations submitted by others>+2

paratactic extension. <Adding some new information Posts will be reviewed prior to

publication on GuardianWitness,> 1 <and the best pieces will be featured on the

Guardian site> +2 paratactic extension.