Transactional writing

• Label the format;

  Informal letter

  A) address

  B) date

  C) dear ...

  D) subject

  E) kind regards

  F) your name/sign off

  
• Label the format;

  diary entry

  A) date

  B) day/time

  C) Dear Diary/greetings

  D) rest of paragraph

  
• Label the format;

  Magazine article

  A) magazine company

  B) creative title

  C) sub titles

  D) your name/ author name

  E) the article

  
• What should you focus on?

  • Structure
• What should you focus on?

  • Structure
  • Purpose
  • Audience
  • Register
  • Voice
• What register do you use in a diary entry?

  Informal
• What register do you use in a magazine article?

  Formal
• What register do you use in an informal letter?

  Informal but not too informal