Anthology texts

Created by

millie e

Cards (20)

1.1 Charlie Brooker
Genre: Satirical opinion piece
Mode: Newspaper article
Audience: Guardian readers / fans of Brooker
Purpose: Express opinion, inform, entertain
Voice: Sardonic, wry, exasperated, discontented, scournful, cynical
Themes: Pollution, word emission, criticism of other authors, ironic, offensive language
Context: English satirist, broadcaster
1.2 Ian Birrell
Genre: Opinion, informative
Mode: Online article
Audience: readers of the 'i', fans of Birrell, disabled people
Purpose: to raise awareness, voice an opinion
Voice: accusatory, dismissive, discontent, credible, disappointment
Themes: Discrimination, treatment of minority groups, LGBTQ+, disabled people
Context: Author has a disabled daughter
2.1 Oscar Wilde
Genre: aestheticism, decadence, catharsis
Mode: Autobiography
Audeince: Primary - Fans of Wilde, homosexuals of the time, Secondary- Journalists, students, historians
Purpose: reflecting on imprisonment / life experience, raising awareness of the criminality of homosexuality
Voice: self-indulgent, descriptive
Themes: imprisonment, nature, sense of self
Context: imprisoned for homosexuality, playwright, "De Profundis" is latin for "From the Depths" - signifies his journey
2.2 Maya Angelou
Genre / Mode: autobiography
Audience: fans of angelou, autobiography fans
Purpose: To entertain, share life experience, inspire
Voice: comedic, metaphorical, nostaglic, indulgent, sensory, emotive, humorous
Themes: gustatory/ olfactory/ kinaesthetic imagery, nostalgia, family, love, food
Context: African American author
3.1 Alan Bennett
Genre: Comedy, cynicism, anecdotal
Mode: Diary/Memoir
Audience: Alan Bennett fans
Purpose: to reflect, to entertain
Voice: Humorous, colloquial, descriptive, offensive, insensitive, cynical
Themes: english heritage, yorkshire, the media, mockery of death
3.2 WWI Radio Operator
Genre: war literature
Mode: memoir edited for publication
Audience: Interest in war, historians(Secondary), himself
Purpose: exposing depravity of war, reflective
Voice: Retrospective, immature, dutiful, childish
Themes: war, duty, religion
4.1 a ride of two halves
genre: informative, persuasive
mode: blog
audience: cycling enthusiasts, readers of RoadCyclingUK
purpose: to entertain, relfect on experience
voice: exhilarating, hyperbolic, reflectant, perserverance
themes: cycling, nature, spain, geographical
4.2 ufo podcast
genre: conspiracy transcript
mode: audio podcast
audience: ufo enthusiasts, sci-fi / history podcast fans
purpose: to entertain, educate, inform, debate the paranormal
voice: informal, credible, conflicting, turntaking, adjacency pairs, sceptical
themes: paranormal, aliens, historical, war, mystery
5.1 princess diana interview
genre: contemporary journalism
mode: interview
audience: broad - british public, royal family fans, historians
purpose: to inform, educate, gain insight into diana's life, provide her a voice
voice: hedges, politeness, circumlocution, formal, confident, blunt
themes: royalty, marriage, divorce, family, public view
5.2 obama interview
genre: journalism / tv interview
mode: tv broadcast
audience: american public, political interest, fans of the tonight show
purpose: to learn about the president + relate to him
voice: relatable, humanising himself, self-depricating, authoritative, presidential
themes: anecdotal, nostalgia, bureaucratic, political, geographical
6.1 king's speech
genre: royal/historical
mode: script (for performance)
audience: fans of film / royal family, fans of david seidler
purpose: entertain / educate
voice: politeness principle, awkwardness, formal/informal conflict, disrespect, humour
themes: speech therapy, royalty, power, (im)politeness, stichomythia
6.2 when i lived in peru
genre: drama, realism
mode: radio drama
audience: radio listeners, andrew viner fans
purpose: to entertain
voice: interrogative, conversational, amusing, celebratory
themes: work, power dynamic, redundancy, promotions
7.1 tsunami eyewitness account
genre: reportage, first hand event
mode: reportage, online
audience: natural geographic readers, chris rainer fans
purpose: inform/educate, share experience, patriotic donation
voice: detached, blunt, boosts military, colloquial, patriotic, emotive
themes: natural disaster, survival, americanism, geographical, military, humanitarian issue
7.2 scuba diving earthquake
genre: adventure, first hand event
mode: reportage
audience: The Guardian readers, Read fans, scuba divers
purpose: to entertain/educate, share experience
voice: personal, anecdotal, detached, emotional, poetic, factual, anxious
themes: scuba diving, adventure, nature, danger
8.1 review on boxer handsome
genre / mode: book review
audience: anna whitwham fans, people who want to read boxer handsome
voice: intellectual,
themes: boxing
8.2 the bridge review
genre/mode: review
audience: martin hoyle fans, people who want to watch the bridge
purpose: to inform
voice: hyperbolic, colloquial
themes: film, crime, psychology
9.1 jfk's inaugural address
genre/mode: spoken speech, not spontaneous
audience: us citizens/international
purpose: american faith as new president, to show the world and the us his leadership
voice: unites usa, metaphorical, 'we' 'our',
themes: religion, military, america
9.2 iraq speech
genre/mode: speech, semi-spontaneous
audience: primary - soldiers, later - politicians, historians, journalists
purpose: motivate, unify, encourage, show why us/uk were right to invade iraq (in collins' opinion)
voice: dignified, controlled, imperative, emotive, intensifies
themes: war, biblical references, history
10.l sea and sardinia
genre/mode: travelogue
audience: those who couldnt afford to travel/ fans of lawrence
purpose: inform, entertain
voice: descriptive, sibilance used, calm, philisophical
themes: sea, travel,
10.2 riding the iron rooster paul theroux
genre: travelogue
audience: readers of travel writing / fans of theroux / planning to go paris
purpose: inform / entertain
voice: critical, humorous
themes: paris, depression, architecture, exophoric literary references,