Nonfiction and transactional texts

What text type is this?

• Magazine

• Information text

• Advert

• Review

What is the purpose of this text type?

• Persuade

• Entertain

• Inform

• Advise

What features of form should an informational text have?

• Long paragraphs and limited colour

• Only images

• A blend of images, subheadings and short text

• Columns and headlines

What is this text type?

• Magazine

• Leaflet

• Advert

• Newspaper

What is the purpose of a magazine?

• Only entertain

• Only inform

• Mostly inform with a little entertain

• Mostly entertain with a little inform

Magazine language should aim to be...

• Formal and clear

• Emotional

• Interesting and mysterious

• Informal and fun but clear and informative

Speeches should aim to...

• Deliver a serious message

• Capture the emotion or intellect of the audience

• make you laugh

• Make you angry

Speeches should use some of the following language:

• Complex sentences and vocabulary

• Confusing ideas

• Rhetorical language like rule of three, repetition, emotive language

• Short sentences, imperatives and personal adress

The purpose of a letter is mainly to...

• to express your creativity

• Communicate needs or opinions clearly

• Stay in touch with friends

• Roll up and put in a bottle and throw in the sea

Letters should have the following:

• Scented paper

• Fancy hand writing

• Top and tail (addresses, date, appropriate greeting and sign-off)

• Explanation of why you are writing, short paragraphs