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English writing - Text Types
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Mind Map on English writing - Text Types, created by Beth Maynard on 05/01/2014.
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English writing - Text Types
Letter
Dear Sir/Madam = Yours faithfully
Dear (Name) = Yours sincerely
Your address on the right, theirs on the left
Date goes under your address
To end an informal letter = "Best wishes"
Report
Impersonal style
Non-emotive
Split into clear sections
Sub-headings
Factual style
Finish with concluding recommendations
What can be improved?
Brackets for extra information
First paragraph is an overview
LIE - Just be reasonably realistic
Balanced view
Mostly in present tense
Conclusion can be short but should make a clear point
Review
Clear title of what is being reviewed
Back up opinions with examples from the film
Refer to other films/genres/directors/actors
Finish with a star rating
Touches of humour for entertainment
Final paragraph sums up views
Would you recommend?
Technical vocab
Speech
First person to address the listeners
Personal pronouns
Connectives to logically order points
Rhetorical questions
Sometimes answer it for effect
Short paragraph can give the central point
Highly opinionated
Repetition of key phrases can be memorable
Lists of three
To adults = "Good afternoon ladies and gentlemen"
To teenagers/children = "Fellow peers"
End with "Thank you for listening"
Leaflet
Box and caption where a picture would go
More than one image to show consistency
Chatty style
Eye-catching headline
Techniques
Connectives to link ideas
Sections with separate headings
Article
Short, eye-catching headline
Quotes from sources and experts
Anecdotes
Link conclusion to introduction
First paragraph introduces main ideas
Emotive vocab
Finish strongly
Travelogue
Topic sentence to introduce the paragraph
Balance of opinion
Mix of opinion and information
Adverbs to give depth
Second person
Range of sentence structures
Connectives
Positive and negative juxtaposition
Strong adjectives
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