Genre Conventions

Article: Charlie Brooker and Ian Birrell

Use of headlines, headings and subheadings. Use of bylines. Use of statistics. A sense of audience. Rhetorical devices. Quotations. Clearly structured argument.

1 of 10

Autobiography/Biography: Oscar Wilde and Maya Angelou

Use of the first person. Contextual elements and purpose. Usually written in past tense. Figurative language. A personal/emotive tone. Use of deixis. A liner structure.

2 of 10

Diary/Memoir: Young Radio Operator and Alan Bennett

Usually written in chronological order. A reflective tone. A clear sense of audience. Shifts in tone/register. Phatic subject matter. Memoirs may include figurative lang.

3 of 10

Digital Text: PastMasters Podcast and George Scott

Digital texts = Ellipsis, ellision, discourse markers, false starts, hedging. Podcast = Elliptical phrasing, informal register, rhetorical devices, adj pairing. Blog = Often short in length, normally informal register, direct address, colloquial lang

4 of 10

Interview: Diana/Bashir and Obama/Leno

Range of Q&A structures. Adjacency pairs. Varying register. Spontaneous lang features (repetition, overlapping, false starts). Rhetorical devices.

5 of 10

RadioDrama/Screenplay: Kings Speech (Siedler) and Peru (Viner)

Screenplays = Rely on visuals. Use of sluglines. Use of stage directions. Use of dialogue and monologue. RadioDramas = Rely on delivery of script and sound effects. Lang appropriate to audience. Use of voice and music. Use of aural signposting.

6 of 10

Reportage: Tsunami (Rainier) and Earthquake (Read)

Share similarities with articles. Supported with opinions and impressions of reporter. Use of the first person. Changes in register. Varying sentence types/lengths. Chronological structuring. Use of discourse markers.

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Review: Anna Whitwham and Martin Hoyle

Highly subjective. A clear structure, often linear. Sometimes a precis of the plot. Intertextual references. A mixture of registers. Lang and lit features. Rhetorical features.

8 of 10

Speech: JFK and Colonel Tim Collins

Rhetorical devices. Figurative lang. Use of discourse markers. Use of synecdoche. Use of repetition for emphasis. Changes in register. Rhetorical devices.

9 of 10

Travelogue: D.H. Lawrence and Paul Theroux

A narrative/linear structure set out in clear paragraphing. A reflective tone. Commentary on methods of travel. Comparative lang. Semantic fields. Intercultural referencing. Evocative lang that appeals to the 5 senses.

10 of 10

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