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Choosing the text type

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le type de texte

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le type de texte

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the text type — the form you must write (blog, lettre, article…)

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« le type de texte le plus approprié »

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the rubric instruction: use the MOST APPROPRIATE form for the audience and purpose — chosen from the three offered.

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les conventions

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the conventions / features that mark out a text type (title, greeting, accroche…).

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Quelles conventions pour un blog ?

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Un titre accrocheur, on s'adresse au lecteur, un ton personnel, une signature/un appel à l'action ; registre semi-formel.

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Quelles conventions pour une lettre formelle ?

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Madame, Monsieur ; le vouvoiement (« vous ») ; une formule de politesse comme « Veuillez agréer… » ; registre formel.

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Quelles conventions pour un article ?

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Un titre, un chapeau/une accroche, des intertitres ; registre semi-formel, propre à un journal ou une revue.

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Quelles conventions pour un journal intime ?

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Une date, « Cher journal », un « je » intime à la première personne ; registre informel et personnel.

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textes personnels

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personal text types: le blog, le journal intime, le courriel (à un ami).

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textes professionnels

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professional text types: la lettre formelle, le rapport, la proposition.

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textes des médias

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mass-media text types: l'article, la critique, l'interview, le discours, le dépliant.

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What are the four moves for the text type?

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Read the public & but → Choose the most appropriate form → Recall its conventions & register → Frame the opening & closing.

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Why not write a generic essay in Paper 1?

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The rubric asks for the most appropriate text type; a generic essay misses its conventions and loses Criterion C.

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How do you decide the register for a text type?

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From the form and its reader: a formal letter uses « vous », a blog is semi-formal, a diary is informal and personal.

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Which criterion does the right text type protect?

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Criterion C (Conceptual) — the conventions, format and register of the chosen form.

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