Styles of Writing
This type of writing informs an audience of a topic, often using facts and statistics.
Informative Texts
Provide 2 features of an informative text.
What is the purpose of an imaginative text?
- To entertain, enlighten, stimulate, challenge, disturb, or transport the reader.
- To tell a story / narrative.
What type of text does the following quote belong to?
"On April 14th, 1912, the Titantic struck an iceberg in the Atlantic Ocean. Due to the fact that there were only 20 lifeboats on the entire ship, and over 2000 people aboard, approximately 1500 lives were lost."
Informative
Can you imagine a world without hunger?
Rhetorical Question
What type of writing tells a story using language devices to engage an audience?
Imaginative Texts
Provide 3 techniques that can be used in an imaginative text.
Simile, Hyperbole, Imagery, Metaphor, Onomatopoeia, Personification etc.
What is the purpose of a persuasive text?
- To argue, justify, defend an opinion or idea.
- To convince a reader of a point of view.
What type of text does the following quote belong to?
"This then is what the ANC is fighting. Our struggle is a truly national one. It is a struggle of the African people, inspired by our own suffering and our own experience. It is a struggle for the right to live."
Persuasive
Her smile was as bright as the sun
simile
This type of writing attempts to convince an audience about a specific topic or idea.
Persuasive Texts
What are the 3 elements of the Rhetorical Triangle [hint: they focus on facts, emotions and credibility].
Ethos, Pathos and Logos.
What is the purpose of a discursive text?
- To present different sides of an issue without advocating for one or the other; to present a bird’s eye view; to compare, contrast, explore, discuss, assess, analyse, and evaluate.
What type of text does the following quote belong to?
"He perked up, leaning forward in his leather chair instead of casually sitting back as he usually did. "You don't have to know. That's the point of the exercise. To explore. For example, you could start with something like, 'Today is going to be an amazing day, and here's why.' Then go from there."
Imaginative
The wind whispered through the trees
Personification
What style of writing encourages you to think about and comment on the choices a composer makes?
Reflective Text
What are some things you must do in a reflective composition?
Use evidence to support your ideas, use reflective tone, use a mixture of first person and critical language, assess the takeaways from the text etc.
What is the purpose of an informative text?
- To inform an audience about a topic or issue.
- To provide insight on a topic.
- To provide facts and statistics so a reader can make their own judgement.
What type of text does the following quote belong to?
"My initial reaction and answer to my own question was a no. I believed, and still do believe, that the president is not much more than a figurehead. My original reasoning behind the question was that the president is just a puppet commanded by the board backing each president."
Reflective
I've been waiting for you for a thousand years
Hyperpole
What type of writing discusses one or more topics, and encourages you to think about the topic being explained?
Discursive Text
What tone and voice can be used in a discursive text?
Voice: personal or impersonal, anecdotal or serious
Tone: playful, humorous, serious, considered
What is the purpose of a reflective text?
- To muse, contemplate, dwell on in order to deepen understanding; focus on articulating learning that has occurred in relation to experience; can consider changes; requires time and distance from the experience.
What type of text does the following quote belong to?
"It is argued nowadays on whether teenagers, who go to school, should be wearing a uniform. There are many advantages but also some disadvantages to consider."
Discursive
Time is a thief that steals our moments
metaphor