Below is a table containing the main ways of comparing and contrasting the three texts
FEATURE
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DETAIL
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COMMENT
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EXAMPLE
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Audience
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Who is the target audience?
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For example: public, private, general, exclusive
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Purpose
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Primary
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What is the dominating purpose of the text? Be general
But also be specific
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For example: inform, question, instruct, exclaim
For example: advise, order, proclaim, interrogate
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Secondary
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All texts have more than one purpose. Identify a secondary general purpose and then be specific.
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See above
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Genre
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Writing style
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Identify the different genres of writing within each text
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For example: descriptive, dialogue, narrative, anecdotal
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Writing technique
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Identify the different language and literary features used in each text. Ensure that for each text you identify literary and linguistic features
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For example: linguistic – grammar, syntax, lexis, register
For example: literary – imagery, phonology, rhetoric
For example: spoken features - fluency and non fluency features
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Theme
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Presentation
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Comment on the presentation of the theme that links the three texts together. Focus on similarities and or differences
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Identify comparative characteristics - abstract/concrete, general/specific
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Attitude
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Comment on the underpinning attitudes, values, assumptions the narrator adopts towards the theme.
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For example: sympathetic, unsympathetic, angry, tolerant
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