voices anthology: texts glossary

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news stories and journalism. aims to be informative. Broad category
article
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written about the life of a person by that person. subjective, confessional, retrospective and anecdotal. awareness of audience
autobiography
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written about the life of a person by someone else. selects and organises material to present subject in a certain way. many characteristics of fiction
biography
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personal documents adopting confessional tone. record events. feelings and emotions. sometimes aware of audience, other times not.
diary/memoir
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personal online journal. commentary on particular issue. intimate focus on readers.
blog
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horizontal media form. engage in conversations with others
podcast
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facts and statements elicited from one another. provide opportunity to comment on each other
interview
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represented in performance. varied functions. focus on voices of characters
radio drama / screenplay
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first hand account or an event. Variety of sources,
reportage
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critical, often personal. often humerous. shared knowledge
review
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inform, influence, motivate or entertain. lexis, structure and spoken language features.
speech
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experiences of a traveller. broad range of styles and genres
travelogue
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written about the life of a person by that person. subjective, confessional, retrospective and anecdotal. awareness of audience

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autobiography

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written about the life of a person by someone else. selects and organises material to present subject in a certain way. many characteristics of fiction

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personal documents adopting confessional tone. record events. feelings and emotions. sometimes aware of audience, other times not.

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personal online journal. commentary on particular issue. intimate focus on readers.

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