AS LL- PRODUCTION QUESTION FORMATS

Here are some general formats and key features for the production task question. These are quite popular formats so it will be good getting into the habbit ofm reading examples of different kinds of writing.

Click here for a link to the Guardian online. This website is full of different kinds of writing formats.

FORMAT	KEY FEATURES	AUDIENCE PURPOSE REGISTER
Letter	Salutation - greeting Main body – declaratives, may use interrogatives as a way of presenting a relationship Concluding comment	Could be personal /formal Could be persuasive / informative/entertaining / instructional Could be general / specific group / named
Diary	·         Personal writing / extended diary may be journal Probably simple lexis, may contain non standard grammar Will use descriptive, reflective, declaratives ·         May use imperatives and exclamatives	·         Usually private and confidential ·         Informal register – may use short hand ·         Audience is personal Probably to inform / entertain / advise /instruct / reflection on past experience or episode. Maybe used to express anger and feel better
Script	·         Include two contrasting speakers – duologue – one main speaker and one minor speaker – minor speaker function to trigger the main speaker’s discourse. Offer questions. Short exclamatives that needs a response. could be just one speaker – monologue. ·         The duologue should contain a thesis and a counter idea. ·         Use appropriate layout. Name of speaker, followed by spoken text. Should use minimal stage directions – maximum of two.	·         Will be informative / entertaining / could be persuasive, exclamative or imperative