Genre Conventions- English Lang/Lit Anthology

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AS level English (Anthology) Flashcards on Genre Conventions- English Lang/Lit Anthology, created by Grace Fawcitt on 22/05/2017.
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Genre Conventions ----------------------------------------------------
Article Headings and subheadings, by-lines, clear paragraphs, rhetorical devices, intro+ conclusion, may include tabs if online
Autobiography Awareness of audience, use of 1st person, writing in a retrospective manner, figurative language, personal tone, linear structure, chapters per event
Diary Set out under dates, chronological, memoirs often chaptered by date ranges, reflective tone, past tense, memoirs for publication, diaries more personal, use of figurative language in memoirs, memoirs are a narrative
Blog Series of entries like a diary, short paragraphs, visual media, informal register, tabs, direct address, colloquial language
Podcast Spontaneous speech, informal register, rhetorical devices, dialogue exchange, transactional language, elliptical phrasing
Interview Different question types, linked statements, adjacency pairs, varying register, intro+ conclusion, spontaneity
Radio Drama Appropriate language for audience, language to create entertainment, stage directions for production team, title, music/SFX,
Screenplay Description of action (stage directions), dialogue and monologue, characters names in capitals+ central
Reportage Headings and subheadings, 1st person, register changes, varied sentence length, drafting/editing, facts, chronological, discourse markers, figurative language,
Review Title, headings/subheadings, quotations, intro-development, summary, intertextual references, biographical info, mixed registers, commentary on work, engaging language features, clear paragraphing
Speech Rhetorical devices, figurative language, intro-development-conclusion, repetition, tripling, pronouns suggesting unity, discourse markers
Travelogue Narrative, clear paragraphing, reflective tone, commentary on travel, comparative language, evocative language,
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