non - fiction texts

non - fiction texts

1. genre

   • type of text. e.g narrative|autobiography|webpage|newspaper

2. audience

   • age
     • complexity of language
   • knowledge
   • opinions
   • gender

3. purpose

   • inform, explain, describe, argue| persuade, entertain, advise

4. context

   • ituations where text is produced| read

5. tone

   • mood is expressed
     • how is text addressing the audience

6. presentation

   • format
     • images
       • titles

7. lexis

   • word| vocab
     • connotations
       • colloquial:
         • jargon

8. method:

   • how does it achieve its purpose?
     • what literary| linguistic devices have been used
       • e.g similes|alliteration|onomatopoeia|rhetorical questions|opinions|exaggeration|contrast|irony

9. punctuation

   • why has it been used and why is it effective
     • unusual use?
       • exclamation
         • suggest surprise?
         • suggest excitement?