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Four boys are playing a computer game. One of the boys named Andrew is playing whilst the others are watching.

From text A It shows that ben is the most dominant out of the group as he tells the others many instructions using imperative nouns. An example of this would be from the sentence ‘OK now throw a light sabre through’. This shows that Ben is quite bossy and you can tell from the language he uses he is controlling and likes to be in charge.

Andrew is shown from the transcript to be rather argumentative as he disagrees with Ben when he says ‘No this is what I do every time I kill him’. The noun ‘No’ shows Andrew thinks he knows better than Ben. Also Andrew is very focused on the game as he is the main player so his attention drifts slightly; this is clear from the brief pauses used. For example ‘observe (.) now (.) way number one’ He seems to have a lot of knowledge on the game so he may have played it a few times before.

Carl and David are clearly the weaker speakers in the group as they do not add much conversation, they tend to be listen more rather than direct. David is shown to be laughing from the use of’ (laughs)’ this shows he may prefer to listen to the others play and could be less confident,  the fact he is laughs shows interest which means he is enjoying watching. David and Carl are both seen to be laughing again towards the end of the transcript which shows they are on the same wavelength and share a similar role of watching rather than getting too involved. David also says towards the end ‘Machine gun (.) the machine gun’ which once again shows he is concentrating on what’s happening and wants to help his friend.

Ben is clearly the most dominant of the four and Andrew listens to Ben however can also go against what ben is saying, this show’s they are both quite strong and confident characters. However David and Carl share the similarity of being less confident and influential to the game but enjoy observing the game.