Session 2

Thursday 6th October 2011

Writing Styles

Writing styles are to involve a person looking to persuade or interest people into going to an event or to maybe consider going. 

Todays lesson we had to read through two general audience articles. 

The first article was information about Brunel's SS Great Britain, the whole concept of writing was very factual and it was really boring and doesn't involve the reader. The the style is very annoying as there is no paragraphs. This article also has irrelevant information at the start about prices "A open daily throughout the year,1 april 23 Oct.... admission £10.95 adult" isn't exactly what you want to read about until you've been interested. There is also informal text written at the end ""Pretty much a must-see, then" which is possibly the worst sign off to an article because it's the same as saying ; it was alright. The text really puts you off the whole event.

Abergavenny Food Festival

This article is very informal which is a review on how the food festival was at Abergavenny. There is no introduction to how the article starts ;its almost that the reader has just said how have I got here. The writing is very casual as if your friend was speaking to you like for example the words i have found "Bonkersness , foodistas, dog-on-a string" almost shows the person may have not cared for this article. There is also another quote thats very bad "some interesting clashes of culture" the word clashes is almost referencing people will be angry about it and shows a very harsh light, especially ending with this in the sentence.

I then went to a computer to look at another review about the St Pauls Carnival. This article is a preview of this great event and gets you very interested with it as a whole. They start with a great sentence "St Pauls Carnival is quite simply the jewel in Bristol" a great and visual introduction from the last two articles. It then says about the history and the development of how it's grown throughout the years. A very friendly style of writing that everyone can understand.