It should have the following: • names of the owner of the Will • date when the Will was made • money, properties and possessions • beneficiaries • executor (friend, member of the family, lawyer).
Literary and media texts
Word count for media texts: the word count of the body of the dialogue, review, newspaper article and magazine article should generally be the same as that of longer transactional texts.
Constitution and policy A set of fundamental principles or rules that governs an organisation, e.g. country, burial
society, youth organisation, stokvel or soccer club. • Rules need to be agreed by parties involved. • Rules are binding. • They can be amended. • Format should include the name of the
organisation or institution, membership, terms of references, date of adoption, signature, etc.
Personal recount
To tell about a personal experience. • Orientation: scene setting or establishing context, e.g. It was in the school holidays ...
• An account of the events that took place, often in chronological order, e.g. I went to Tumelo’s place … Then …
• Some additional detail about each event, e.g. He was surprised to see me.
• Reorientation – a closing statement that may include elaboration, e.g. I hope I can spend more time with Tumelo. We had fun.
• Usually written in the past tense. • Told in first or third person. • Time connectives are used, e.g. First, then,
next, afterwards, just before that, at last, meanwhile.
• Tends to focus on individual or group participants.
• Can be informal in style.
Dialogue • Reflect a conversation between two or more people.
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• Record exchanges as they occur, directly from the speaker’s point of view.
• Write the names of the characters on the left side of the page.
• Use a colon after the name of the character who is speaking.
• Use a new line to indicate each new speaker. • Advise characters (or readers) on how to speak
or present the action given in brackets before the words are spoken.
• Sketch a scenario before writing.
Review Reviews seldom follow a set pattern. They do not have to cover any specific aspects of the book, film or CD. Good reviews attempt to be fair but honest; bad reviews are merely a personal outpouring of subjective views. Humour is not uncommon in
reviews; for some reviewers it is their trade mark. • Reflect an individual’s response to a work of art, film, book, occasion, etc.
• Project his/her “judgement” to the work presented.
• The reader of the review does not have to agree with the reviewer.
• Two reviewers may respond differently to the same text.
• Give relevant facts, for example, the name of the author/producer/artist, the title of the book/work, the name of the publisher or production company, as well as the price (where applicable).
Poetry text • Write about observations and experiences: • Human beings • Nature • Social issues • Technology, etc.
• Follow a structure: • Title • Verses
• Use poetic language. • Allow poetic license, e.g. ignore punctuations or language structures.
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