BRITTON

• How many writing modes did Britton suggest there are?

  three
• what are Britton’s writing modes?

  expressive

  poetic

  transactional
• what is the expressive mode?

  first to develop, resembles speech

  uses first person and content usually based on personal preferences
• what is the poetic mode?

  develops gradually as requires skill in crafting and shaping language

  Phonological features such as rhyme, rhythm and alliteration as well as descriptive devices such as adjectives and similes are common
• what is the transactional stage?

  develops last, once children finally disassociated speech from writing. In style of academic essays as used in a more impersonal style and tone. Third person is used to create detached tone. Formal sentence structures and graphological features used to signpost sections and ideas. Tend to have chronological structure