Writing Different Text Types

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1. +pening: /ddress your letter to ear the na!e or #ob title of the person you ha&e been ased to

write to, then start a new line for the opening paragraph. /lthough it is a good idea to put dates and

addresses on for!al letters, and to sign the! appropriately, these are not reuired in the exa!.

2. aragraph 1: -ntrodu$tion 4 hy are you writing6 7i&e the general ai! and !ini!u! infor!ation

only, e.g. I am writingto complain, apply, request, disagree, and an indi$ation of what you areresponding to e.g. a re$ent holiday or a letter in last wee8s newspaper". Example: Following last

weeks story about immigration, I am writing to complain about te tone o! te article".

3. aragraph 2: etails of the situation 4 7i&e pre&ious history of e&ent or your ba$ground or

experien$e. ay what happened exactlyif you are !aing a $o!plaint, or fo$us dire$tly on the text

you are arguing with. *his se$tion should in$lude spe$ifi$ data su$h as na!es, dates, fa$ts and

details."

%. aragraph 3: 9urther de&elop!ent 4 7i&e further support to your $lai! or reuest. u!!arise the

$urrent situation and why you should be gi&en $onsideration e.g. other proble!s whi$h o$$urred

with your holiday a$$o!!odation, how well you fulfil the #ob reuire!ents"

5. 9inal paragraph: 9uture a$tion 4 ay what you wish to happen next e.g. that you loo forward to

being $alled for inter&iew or expe$t to re$ei&e so!e $o!pensation as soon as possible. uggest,

fir!ly but politely, what !ay happen if you do not re$ei&e a response to a $o!plaint."

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/ diary is a personal re$ord of things that ha&e happened to the writer. -t $an alsore$ord the writer=s thoughts or feelings.

>ey features:

4 rite in the first person =-=

4 ate at the top

4 Clear paragraphs with topi$ senten$es

4 7i&e a $lear sense of the writer=s personality and explain their feelings and

$hanging e!otions


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4 9o$us on ey !o!ents or in$idents in their world

4 ro&ide a sense of ti!e and seuen$e use ti!e $onne$ti&es: finally, afterwards,

earlier, later that day..."

4 ?aried un$tuation

4 ?aried enten$e types

@+AB/L: ore fo$us on the external, ob#e$ti&e and fa$tual.

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4 ?aried pun$tuation for effe$t... /re you with !e6 - said are you with !e67oodF"4 Bange of senten$e lengths4 Bepetition is useful to !ae sure your listeners re!e!ber4 /naphori$ phrases - ha&e a drea!H. - ha&e a drea!"

4 Bhetori$al uestions4 Bule of three

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*rite an inter!ie in the same ay as a script. +se the exactphrases gi!en in the #ullet points. ou can add little extra romthe inter!ieer to ma&e the text seem real, #ut not too much.

o -ut the spea&er in (-/T(0 01TT1"S

o +se the frst person.

o +se a ne line hene!er a di2erent person tal&s.o 0anguage should #e relaxed, ith a##re!iations $dont,

cant%.

0ample/3T1"4/1*1": an you descri#e hat happened to you duringthe earth5ua&e and hat you did immediately aterards6


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/3T1"4/1*1": / see. *hat are the needs o your people at the

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5 WRITING A NEWSAER REORT!ARTI"LE*+ *-: tru$ture for u$$ess

Gow to stru$ture a newspaper arti$le:

1. / $at$hy headline that $aptures the !ain the!e of the story. *G- -LL B+;/;L< ;I 7-?I ;

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