The WHAT and the HOW – Understanding techniques and how to use them Speech Poetry/Song Lyrics  Rhetorical questions  Imagery – similes, metaphor, personification and symbolism  Use of second person  Tone  Emotive language  Sound – alliteration, assonance, onomatopoeia, consonance,  Imagery sibilance, plosive and fricative sounds  Tone  Structure and form  Expression – pause, emphasis  Punctuation  Sentence structure: truncated, exclamatory, compound,  Rhythm and rhyme declarative…  Theme  Persuasive language  Repetition  Repetition  Juxtaposition and contrast  Irony Newspaper/Magazine Articles Narrative  Headline: Puns  Structure  Factual details  Narrative voice  Comments  Figurative language  Active verbs and active voice  Tone  Graphics  First or third person  Eye witness accounts  Symbolism  Dialogue and characterisation Cartoons/Graphics On-line Texts  Vectors  Hyperlinks  Layout  Graphics  Caricature  Inverted text  Language  Non-linear presentation  Symbolism  Navigation tools  Angles and shots: close-up, cantered (Dutch tilt)  Logos  Tone  Short chunks of written text  Iconography  Icons  Positioning, size, composition, rule of thirds  Menus  Use of written text

List of Tones

Felicitous Cynical Apprehensive Hostile Joyous Passionless Intimate Malevolent Subdued Impersonal Whimsical Spiteful Dejected Cold Reflective Wrathful Despondent Jocose Remorseful Paradoxical Dispirited Jovial Factual Satiric Sad Genial Pedantic Pacificatory Downcast Vivacious Reverent Placatory Gentle Vindictive Audacious Blithe Listless Salacious Simpering Convivial Peaceable Contrite Indecisive Elated Excited Dismal Irresolute Jocular Fulfilled Glum Obscure Judicious Angry Sombre Obtrusive Staid Frenzied Illogical Vulgar Prudent Dour Ironic Crass Balmy Dreary Irresolute Garish Appeasing Lurid Threatening Gaudy Comforting Excessive Provocative Rebellious Disarming Abrasive Persuasive Affectionate Somniferous Vehement Sarcastic Infatuated Anxious Inordinate Disdainful Enraged Nostalgic Comic Condescending Envenomed Regretful Sobered Bantering Irate Wistful Temperate Amused Barbarous Obsessive Lively Elegiac Brutal Compulsive Unnerved Disappointed Savage Accusatory Indifferent Urgent Severe Disdainful Inflamed

Exercise on Text Types and the writing task If you are asked to write in a text type, you need to be aware of: Audience: Purpose: Form: Language Task Purpose Structure Opening features Speech Compose a speech that is to be delivered on the topic: “Technology is taking us away from nature and jeopardising our relationships.”

Feature Compose a feature article on article the topic: “Heroes of the 21st Century.”

Letter Compose a letter to the local council alerting their attention to an issue that impacts on teenagers.

Transcript Transcript of the interview between a reporter and a person who has experienced an incredible or traumatic situation.