Understanding Different Genres

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What are some key features of an article's structure?

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Articles often have clear paragraphing with a cohesive structure. They use headlines, subheadings, and bylines, and may include visuals, tables, and graphs. They also tend to have an introduction, development, and a conclusion or summary.

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How does an article cater to its audience?

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Articles use a direct or indirect address to engage with the audience. The tone can vary between formal or informal, and rhetorical devices are often used to persuade, inform, or convince the reader.

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What are common narrative techniques used in autobiographies and biographies?

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Autobiographies and biographies often use a first-person perspective, a retrospective account in the past tense, and may have a chronological structure. They describe events, people, and places with a personal or emotional tone, incorporating figurative language and referencing historical, social, and political contexts.

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How is the audience awareness handled in autobiographies and biographies?

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The awareness of the audience is often reflected through the use of first-person pronouns, where the writer either presents their personal experiences or the life of the subject to engage readers. The tone and structure are intended to maintain engagement, often with an emotional or reflective tone.

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What are the typical structural features of diaries and memoirs?

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Diaries typically include entries organized by date, with a reflective tone in past tense. Memoirs, however, are more narrative-driven, using figurative language and structured around specific themes or events in the writer’s life.

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How do diaries and memoirs vary in tone and audience engagement?

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Diaries usually maintain an informal tone with abbreviations and shorthand for personal reflection, often for private or semi-public consumption. Memoirs, however, may use more literary devices like metaphors or similes to create a narrative that appeals to a wider audience.

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What are the common conventions of a blog post?

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Blog posts often follow a diary-like structure with short entries. They can be linked thematically or stand-alone. Blogs frequently include visuals, media, and links to other sources. They also use direct address to engage readers, with personal pronouns and informal, colloquial language.

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How do blogs maintain engagement with their audience?

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Blogs maintain engagement through the use of conversational tone, colloquial language, and personal anecdotes. There’s often self-referential language and a sense of spontaneity.

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What language features are typical in podcasts?

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Podcasts often feature spontaneous spoken language with informal registers, varying tones, and intonation. They may also include rhetorical devices, question types, adjacency pairs (turn-taking), and elliptical phrasing.

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How is content structured in podcasts?

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Podcasts generally have framing devices and exchanges between participants. They rely on both transactional and referential language, with pauses, interruptions, and varying sentence structures to maintain the conversation flow.