anthology

• Charlie Brooker - too much talk for one planet: why im reducing my work emission


  genre: satirical opinion piece

  mode: newspaper article

  audience: guardian readers/fans of brooker

  purpose: express opinion, inform, entertain, satire (criticise or expose?)

  voice: sardonic, wry, exasperated, discontented, scornful, cynical, self-deprecating, contemptuous, mordacious, snide

  themes: pollution, word emission, criticism of other authors, ironic, offensive lang

  context: English satirist, broadcaster
• Ian birrell: as gay people celebrate, the treatment of the disabled just gets worse 


  genre: formal, persuasive, biased, informative, opinion

  mode: online newspaper article

  audience: readers of 'I', fans of birrell, disabled people, interest in politics/society, conservatism supporter

  purpose: raise awareness, inform, educate

  voice: accusatory, dismissive, discontent, credible, disappointment

  themes: discrimination, treatment of minority groups, LGBTQ, disabled people

  context: he has a disabled daughter biased af
• Alan Bennett - what I did in 2013 


  genre: comedy, cynicism, anecdotal

  mode: diary/memoir

  audience: Bennett fans, enjoy satire, people interested in history

  purpose: to reflect, to entertain, share life experiences, satire

  voice: humorous, colloquial, descriptive, offensive, insensitive, cynical

  themes: English heritage, Yorkshire, the media, mockery of death

  creates humour through lexical set of crime - through self-deprecation/litotes
• eye witness account written by a young radio operator in ww1 


  genre: war literature

  mode: memoir edited for publication

  audience: interest in war, historians, himself

  purpose: exposing depravity of war, reflective, reality of war

  voice: retrospective, immature, dutiful, childish

  themes: war, duty, religion
• George Scott: a ride of two halves 


  genre: informative, persuasive

  mode: blog

  audience: cycling enthusiasts, readers of RoadCycling uk

  purpose: to entertain, reflect on experience

  voice: exhilarating, hyperbolic, passionate, knowledgable, informal, perserverence, glorified adventure

  themes: cycling, nature, Spain, geographical
• past masters podcast 'the truth is in here: ufos at the national archives

  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, competitive, dismissive, sensationalised

  themes: paranormal, aliens, historical, war, mystery
• Diana interview with bashir 


  genre: contemporary journalism

  mode: interview

  audience: broad - British public, royal family fans, historians

  purpose: to inform, educate, gain insight into Dianas life, provide her a voice, separate public role and private life

  voice: hedges, politeness, circumlocution, formal, confidence, blunt

  themes: royalty, marriage, divorce, family, public view
• jay leno interview with Obama

  genre: journalism/ tv interview

  mode: tv broadcast

  audience: American public, political interest, fans of the tonight show, interest in American politics

  purpose: to learn more about president and relate to him, entertain

  voice: relatable, humanising himself, self-deprecating, authoritative, presidential, colloquial, personal and political identity, charming, presidential

  themes: anecdotal, nostalgia, bureaucratic, political, geographical
• kings speech 


  genre: royal/historical

  mode: script (for performance)

  audience: fans of film/royal family, fans of David seidler (playwright)

  purpose: entertain/educate, inspire others with speech impediment, raise awareness, to be used by actors/directors

  voice: politeness principle, awkwardness, formal/informal conflict, disrespect, humour, adjacency pairs

  themes: speech therapy, royalty, power, impoliteness, stichomythia
• when I lived in Peru

  genre: drama, realism

  mode: radio drama

  audience: radio listeners, Andrew finer fans

  purpose: to entertain

  voice: interrogative, conversational, amusing, celebratory

  themes: work, power dynamic, redundancy, promotions
• Jessica read - I survived an earthquake while scuba diving 


  genre: adventure, first hand experience

  mode: reportage

  audience: guardian readers, read fans, scuba diving, interest in world affairs like earthquakes

  purpose: to entertain/educate, share experience, awareness of danger, encourage readers to reflect on lives

  voice: personal, anecdotal, detached, emotional, poetic, factual, anxious, self-reflective, sense of humility in face of nature

  themes: scuba diving, adventure, nature, danger
• review of boxer handsome, Anna whitwham


  genre: book review

  mode: Anna whitwham fans, people who want to read it, sports fans, readers

  voice: intellectual

  themes: boxing
• the bridge review, Martin Hoyle

  genre: review

  audience: Martin Hoyle fans, people who want to watch it, fans of show

  purpose: to inform, critical appraisal to watch

  voice: hyperbolic, colloquial

  themes: film, crime, psychology
• jfk's inaugural address speech

  genre: spoken speech, not spontaneous

  audience: us citizens/international, global audience of the time

  purpose: American faith as new president, to show the world and us his leadership, to publicly and legally sign in the us executive gov, to take office to make a statement of the aims and objectivities of the new administration - establish himself as president

  voice: unites usa 'we' 'our'

  themes: military, religion, america
• Tim collins iraq speech

  genre: speech, semi-spontaneous

  audience: primary - soldiers. later on to historians, politicians, journalists

  purpose: motivate, unify, encourage, inspire

  voice: dignified, controlled, imperative, emotive, intensifies, reassurance, authoritative, realism, underlying sombre tone

  themes: war, biblical reference, history
• sea and Sardinia d.h. Lawrence

  genre: travelogue

  audience: those who couldn't afford travel, fans of Lawrence

  purpose: inform, entertain, share experiences

  voice: descriptive, sibilance used, calm, philosophical, lyrical, poetic, emotive, contemplative, cathartic, existential, reflective

  themes: sea, travel
• riding the iron rooster Paul Theroux 


  genre: travelogue

  audience: readers of travel writing, fans of Theroux, planning to go Paris, travellers who are especially from america

  purpose: inform, entertain

  voice: critical, humorous, contemptuous, deglamorises, derogatory

  themes: Paris, depression, architecture, exophoric literary references