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English Summary: Text Types + Conventions of EachPersonal Writing:
Diary:
Conventions/Allows a reader to:
1. See writers private thoughts & feelings.
2. Explore reasons & motives for behaviour in a particular way or feeling
particular emotions.
3. Witness characters & events from the POV of the narrator when written in first
person.
4. Present Simple= form which expresses current action or situation (He walks
slowly).
5. Present Perfect= usually expresses things that have recently occurred (He
has left the house).
6. A shift between Present Perfect & Present Simple causes effect as it tells very
recent or ongoing events, or just after they happened.
7. Date.
8. Conversational tone (usually).
9. Sentences not conforming to grammatical conventions, expressing quick
change of thoughts & ideas.
Blogs:
Conventions:
1. Accessed online (websites, apps or well-known social media platforms).
Designed for specific audiences.
2. Often vehicles for giving advice, or selling & promoting ideas or products.
3. Use interactive features (hyperlinks).
4. Often feature a greater degree of audio or sound.
5. Utilise specialised technical lexia or jargon (technical or over-complicated
language used in specific fields) when targeted at a core interest.
6. Time specific.
7. Conversational tone/chatty.
8. Personal.
9. Title.
10. Rhetorical question: directed at the reader to include them in the blog and
make it more personal. Make the reader feel their opinion is heard.
11. Direct speech directed at the reader, creates a connection with the reader.
Autobiography & Memoirs:
Conventions:
1. Usually written in first person.
2. Focus on key dates/facts.
3. Record significant moments or experiences, these might be anecdotes (a
brief, concise account of a funny or interesting moment in someone’s life).
4. Describe significant places or settings in the writer’s life.
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, 5. Reflect on people who have been important to the writer, or who have
influenced their lives.
6. Lists of Three= a device with a rhythmic impact, often used in persuasive
texts. Used to create a sense of everything the writer does.
7. Similar sounding word patterns used to create writers' repetitive obsession.
8. Short sentences & repeated lexis used to express limited progress.
9. Usually written in the past tense, but may include current reflections.
10. Autobiography = Factual.
11. Memoir = Emotional/Lyrical
12. Rhetorical Questions.
13. Metaphors.
14. Parallelisms: to let reader know futilities of her actions
15. Repeated grammatical structure - to highlight efforts
16. Catharsis= when you do something as a form of healing, used to express
writes feelings and thoughts
Seek to answer questions like:
1. Who am I?
2. Where do I come from?
3. What were my ancestors like?
4. Why am I like I am?
5. How did I get to where I am today?
Writing to Review:
Review:
Conventions:
1. Provide an overview of the “key facts” of the experience.
2. Convey the writer’s expertise or knowledge of the fields.
3. Express an opinion about experience or material, through the use of
language, form & structure (vivid imagery, positive/negative adjectives).
4. Make comparisons with related texts or performances, sometimes using
exaggerated or humorous ideas.
5. Adopt informal, chatty language designed to engage with readers.
6. Chronological structure.
7. Jargon= specialist language.
8. Present tense: for immediacy and impact
9. Adjectives
10. Direct speech
11. Recommendation.
Writing to Comment:
Commentary Essays or Articles:
Conventions:
1. Tackle /explore ideas arising from newsworthy events or topical issues.
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