Writing Conventions to Explore, Imagine, Entertain
Possible Text Types
Explore
Imagine
Entertain
Can you discuss thoughts, feelings,
issues or events through writing?
Can you create a different world
through writing?
Can you capture the interest of
the reader and make them laugh?
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Word Level
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Sentence Level
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Text Level
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Diaries, letters
Newspaper editorials /
feature articles
Discursive essays
Modal verbs to express
possibility, e.g. could, might
Causal connectives, e.g.
consequently, therefore
Conditional sentences, e.g. If
…, then…
Choice of person and tense
as appropriate
Formal or informal as
appropriate
Linked paragraphs
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Narratives
Poems
Figurative language, e.g.
metaphor, simile,
personification
‘Power’ verbs, e.g. ‘crept’
instead of ‘walked’
Variety of sentence length,
e.g. short sentences for pace
Punctuation used for effect
Choice of person and tense
as appropriate
Stanzas or paragraphs
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Travel writing
Biography
Parody
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Colloquial / jargon
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Rhetorical questions
Choice of person and tense
as appropriate
Linked paragraphs
Humorous tone