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Transactional writing: examples and formats
- Course
- Transactional Writing
- Institution
- St Mary's School, Waverley, Johannesburg
Formats and examples of different transactional writings tested throughout high school.
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KJTransactional writing: examples and layout
Open Letter:
May be addressed to one person, a group but it never sent. Merely published in a public
domain. Make sure you take a firm stance of the issue so that you can inform the public.
In the first paragraph establish why you are writing. “I am deeply concerned that…”
Standard Bank’s open letter to ANC’s new president Cyril Ramaphosa
Dear Mr Ramaphosa
Standard Bank notes that the African National Congress has elected a new
leadership and National Executive Committee. We congratulate the new Top 6
and NEC members.
As the ANC is the governing party, the choices it makes are of great importance
for all South Africans. The ANC’s policy decisions and style of governance are
the most important influences on the performance of the South African
economy.
What the ANC decides now, and how it implements those decisions, will largely
determine whether more inclusive and more rapid growth will be possible – or
whether our economy will continue to stagnate.
As a leading contributor to the economic development of our country, Standard
Bank has a right and a duty to argue for policies and approaches to governance
that will reverse South Africa’s economic decline and that will foster the
conditions for much faster and more inclusive growth, more job creation, and
further transformation.
To set South Africa firmly on the path to prosperity, we require new large-scale
investments in infrastructure by both the public and private sectors. Major
reforms of our primary, secondary and vocational education systems, of the
health system, and of many local, provincial and national departments and
agencies are needed.
Standard Bank remains entirely confident in the strength of South Africa’s
democratic institutions and the future of the South African economy. We are
committed to supporting the transformation of South Africa into a more
equitable and prosperous society. We look forward to engaging with the new
ANC leadership on these and other policy matters and to continuing to play our
part in achieving inclusive and sustainable growth.
, KJ
Blog:
Name: “Little Voice”
Heading of the day: use the stimulus and question based
3 paragraphs
End: 3 blog comments (not in the world count)
1. Josie@8:34 ‘I agree’
2. Meg’soranges@9:56 ‘Lets come together to change this’
3. Mathew’sworld@10:01 ‘Get a life’
The Old Soul Trapped in a Teenage Body
06 May 2018
We are not helpless
I am a matric student and I read this article titled Are we Raising a Generation of Helpless
Kids? by Mickey Goodman, and I was shocked about some of the stories mentioned but I
do not think we have been raised as helpless children. In the article, it says that some
parents have become ‘helicopter’ parents. I do not have a mom that fights my battles for
me or argues with the teacher when I get bad mark, and for starters my mom has never
done my homework.
There is a statement mentioned by Tim Elmore, founder and president of Growing
Leaders and in the statement he says, “The problem is that if they don’t take risks early
on, they are fearful of every new endeavour later in life”. This really had me thinking, so, I
looked back at how I have been raised and I thought about all the chances my parents
have given to me to take a risk and I am a better person for that. The article goes on
about ‘where did we go wrong’ and ‘the uncomfortable solutions’ but I think that it comes
down to individual parenting styles. Some parents believe they need to hover around their
children when they are young and others let their children get on and learn themselves. I
have had parents barely get involved in my bad marks and failures. They have let me
learn and I have many friends that have had the same experienced.
I think we do have connections, our lives do not revolve around technological pen pals.
There are boundaries set and my parents are interested in my life, but they have taught
me how to be independent and a problem solver. Give the article I have talked about a
read and let me know your thoughts, but I really do believe, we are not a generation of
helpless kids.
- Kaity
Josie@8:34 ‘I agree’
Meg’soranges@9:56 ‘Interesting point of view!’
Mathew’sworld@10:01 ‘Get a life’
(18/20)
Editorial:
1. Never use a self reference rather ‘we, the people of South Africa, address …’
2. Spunky title that captures the central message.
3. ‘Surely’, ‘Certainly’, rhetorical questions.
4. CALL OF ARMS AT THE END ‘Its high time that …’
5. knowledgable tone
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