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Text Types and Conventions

Tabloid

• Characteristics: Short, informal, snappy sentences, colloquial language.
• Literary Devices: Hyperbole, innuendos, fast-paced shifts in ideas.

Broadsheet

• Characteristics: Large, formal articles focusing on authenticity and sophistication.
• Literary Devices: Describes political or relevant events/ideas/people.

Infographic

• Characteristics: Minimalistic imagery, data, charts, graphs.
• Purpose: Easy understanding through data and statistics.
• Elements: Colors, contrast, font, icons, text copy.

Cartoon

• Purpose: Reflects public opinion using caricatures and phrases.
• Graphical Devices: Used to portray policies or people humorously.

Graphic Novel

• Format: Single, mature, and complex story with serious themes.

Article

• Format: Written compositions usually on nonfiction topics.
• Elements: Pullquote, Standfirst, Headlines, Subheadings, Quotations, Facts.

Speech

• Purpose: Persuasion, information, entertainment.
• Elements: Diction, Intonation, Register, Repetition, Clarity.

Blog

• Format: Informative, advisory, or entertaining website.
• Tone: Conversational, discursive, using personalized anecdotes and images.

Comic Strip

• Format: Sequence of panels conveying themes through graphics.

Editorial

• Purpose: Tackles recent events to formulate viewpoints.
• Style: Formal, persuasive, credible.

Op-Ed

• Format: Opinionated prose published opposite editorials.

Opinion Column

• Format: Opinionated article by a specific columnist.

Travel Writing

• Note: Not detailed in the transcript.

Book Review

• Note: Not detailed in the transcript.

Magazine Cover

• Description: Self-descriptive.
• Elements: Masthead, Central image, Frame, House Style, Main Coverline, Puff, Skyline.