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Examining Texts

Examining Texts. Type, Audience and Purpose. What types of texts are there?. Prior Learning – Types of Text. As we have seen, there are many different types of text. Remember, anything that communicates information can be regarded as a text.

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Examining Texts

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  1. Examining Texts Type, Audience and Purpose

  2. What types of texts are there?

  3. Prior Learning – Types of Text • As we have seen, there are many different types of text. Remember, anything that communicates information can be regarded as a text. • Examples: newspaper report; magazine article; novel; short story; leaflet; email; drama script, etc.

  4. Our learning intentions are: • To recognise that differentTypesof text follow different rules (conventions). • To be able to identify the Audience that a particular text is aimed at. • To understand that the type of text chosen depends on the Purposeof the communication.

  5. Type, Audience and Purpose • Before writing or analysing any text, you must ask yourself the following questions. What type of text it is? Who is the audience? What is the purpose of the text? • There are a number of clues that can help us answer these questions and a number of rules/conventions we need to stick to when producing our own texts.

  6. Type • As we have seen, there are many different types of text. Remember, anything that communicates information can be regarded as a text. • We are going to focus on texts that rely predominantly on words. • Examples: newspaper report; magazine article; novel; short story; leaflet; email; drama script, etc.

  7. Audience • This refers to who the text is written for. • Examples of audience include: young children; teenagers; women interested in fashion; men interested in fitness educated adults; medical professionals. • The content of the writing must be geared towards appealing to the audiences expectations and desires.

  8. Purpose • This refers to what the piece of writing is trying to achieve. • Examples of purpose are more limited.These are: to entertain; to persuade; to convey information • A piece of writing can have more than one purpose. • Again, the content of the piece of writing will be specifically designed to make sure it meets the purpose (or purposes).

  9. Text 1. • Read the following text.“The world you live in is full of energy: light, heat, electricity and sounds are some of the forms that energy takes. Most energy comes from the Sun, which provides heat and light for plants to grow, to keep you warm and let you see.” 'The Usborne Book of Science'

  10. Now in pairs or small groups tackle the following task. • Try to identify the Type, Audience and Purpose. • Provide reasons for your decisions. • Write your answer on the grid provided

  11. Model Answer • This text is taken from a reference book (type) was written for young children (audience) to provide information (purpose) about energy. • The writer has matched the text to the audience and purpose by: • Using simple sentences. • Using words that most young children will be able to read and understand. • Addressing the reader directly by using the word "you".

  12. Excellent work! Well done! Now you are ready to analyse the following texts in the same way.Remember: • Try to identify the Type, Audience and Purpose. • Provide reasons for your decisions. • Write your answer on the grid provided

  13. Text 2 • Read the following example: • “Awryt neebz, yae gan doon the bevee fir sum bantz likeeeee!? Im at th sk8 prk wi Baz lol” • Identify the type, the audience and the purpose. • Again, provide reasons to support.

  14. Text 3 Monster: Frankenstein!Frankenstein: Demon –He springs at the Monster as if to kill him, but the Monster leaps lightly into the room and easily brushes him aside. Frankenstein falls, but jumps up again and grapples with him.Frankenstein: Murderer! You did this, didn’t you? You killed my brother. Monster! Vile thing!Monster: I am exactly what you made me Frankenstein.

  15. Text 4. 24 Oriel Road Kirkcaldy KY6 1PY Dear John, Just a quick note to say thanks for coming to my barbeque. Everyone seemed to have a wonderful time, despite the rain and midges. I hope your wife is feeling better. I can’t for the life of me work out how she could have got food poisoning so quickly. If only we had a toilet outside, eh? Hope to see you soon. Yours sincerely, Jean

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