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What is a blog?
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An informal, personal piece written online — like a public diary or a friend talking to you.
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What is a blog's purpose?
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To share experience or opinion, entertain, and connect with followers.
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Who is a blog's audience?
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Followers and casual online readers — often young, treated like friends.
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What is informal register?
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Relaxed, everyday language, like friendly speech.
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What is a fragment?
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An incomplete sentence used for effect.
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What is self-deprecation?
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Gently making fun of yourself.
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Name three blog techniques.
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Any of: direct address, fragments, humour/self-deprecation, honesty, a closing nudge to comment.
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Why are a blog's slang and fragments deliberate?
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They build a friendly, trustworthy, real-sounding voice.
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What does a blog's informal voice achieve?
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It makes the writer relatable and trustworthy — and so persuasive.
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What is a closing nudge in a blog?
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A warm call to engage ('tell me in the comments') that builds community.
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