Textual_features

Textual features Monday, 26 March 2018 8:40 AM Introduction Hook • 3 to 4 lines • Illustration: paint a picture (‘Imagine…’) • Anecdote: your personal story • Balanced: ‘there have been many debates…’ • Quote: ___________________ once said, “….” • Use of statistics, interesting fact (‘Did you know…?’) • Rhetorical questions • Controversy: usually an overgeneralisation (stereotype/something extreme followed by ‘is that really true?’) Definition • Important; gives your essay a scope and meaning [ *nogeneralisation/ bias] • Be more specific; X simple dictionary explanation of theword, should be explained with the context of the essaytopic and in line with explanation (3 body para points) Background Information • 3 to 4 lines • Talks about the current state of the issue ( what are peoplesaying ) • Reasons why this issue needs to addressed • Impacts of the issue • Should coincide with your stand - positive if you support,negative if you don’t • Time-Space continuum Time: past to present Space: different countries/ cultures Thesis statement • Parallelism: two or more phrases in a sentence that havethe same grammatical structure • [topic] is [opinion] because [argument 1], [a2] and [a3] Abortion should be legalised, do you agree? How can I define abortion such that it doesnot seem like a bad thing? Example for thesis Studying in groups should be highlyencouraged [stand/opinion] as it enablesstudents to make clarifications and build onone another's knowledge (point 1), developsocial skills (point 2) and foster strongerfriendships (point 3). EXAMPLE Statistics In 2013, there were 26254 marriagesand 7527 divorcees in Singapore Rhetorical Questions Have you ever wondered the secrets ofmarried couples who have beentogether for a long time? Quotes "I love being married. It's so great tofind that one special person you wantto annoy for the rest of your life" - RitaRudner

Body paragraph • Point • Logic flow - elaboration • 2 FREDA Facts : pieces of information about circumstance thatexist or events that have occurred Eg Singapore is both a country and a state Research : attempt to find out in a systematically andscientific manner; survey/ study [more preferred] Eg Singapore scored 6.739 in the “happy index “ ofthe World Happiness Report 2016, which waspublished by the Sustainable Development SolutionsNetwork for the United Nations Examples : an occurrence of something Descriptions : to visually present a person, place ,event or an action so that the reader may picture Anecdotes : short, free-standing tale narrating anincident (not recommended) • Link (to point and thesis) Conclusion • Summary of points (try not to restate) • After thoughts • Future action that can be taken