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Name 4 main purposes of texts
Inform
Instruct
Persuade
Entertain
Features of Inform texts
Contain facts
Structured clearly
Presentational features
Clear intended audience
Specialist or technical terms
Serious tone
3rd person
Features of instruct texts
Chronological or numbered sections
Bullet points or headings
Imperatives
Second person
Straightforward lexis
Subject specific lexis
Features of persuasive texts
Try to influence reader
First person
Emotive adjectives
Use facts & statistics
Connectives
Eye catching graphology
Features of entertain texts
Sophisticated language
Figurative language
Extensive vocabulary
Complex structures
Varied sentence types
Eye catching layout
Audience
The group of people that the text is aimed at.
How to work out the audience
Style-formal or informal?
Content-general or specific?
Lexis-complex or simple?
Tone-Serious or lighthearted?
12 different genres
Letters, reports, poems, stories, adverts, postcards, recipes, emails, cartoons, text messages, newspapers, articles
Author
MrsBooth
ID
212629
Card Set
Audience, Purpose, Genre
Description
Cards to revise APG for AS English Language AQA B
Updated
2013-04-10T12:28:27Z
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