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Exam revision: What to include in Letters, Speeches and Articles

Type of text How to start How to end Devices to use Conventions to include
Letter Formal: Formal: 1. Alliteration (for emphasis) 1. Address (Top right corner)
Unknown sex: Dear Sir or Unknown name: Yours faithfully, 2. Repetition (for emphasis) 2. Date (Top right corner, under
Madam, Known name: Yours sincerely, 3. Power of three (to make a address with line space between
Unknown male: Dear Sir, powerful point) address and date
Unknown female: Dear Madam, Semi formal: Kind regards, 4. Simile 3. Comma after ‘Dear ***,’
Known: Dear Mr / Mrs / Dr. / 5. Metaphor 4. Comma after ‘Yours sincerely,
Prof. Informal: Best wishes, / faithfully, / Best wishes, / Kind
regards,
Informal: Hello / Hi Peter, 5. 1st para – explain purpose
6. Statistics and facts (if
relevant to question)
Speech 1. Powerful statistic or fact 1. Powerful statistic or fact 1. Hypophora 1. Rhetorical devices (see
2. Rhetorical question 2. Key word (e.g., Focus) A question which you answer previous column)
3. Actual question to audience 3. Quote or words of wisdom (Can we win? Yes, we can!) 2. Engaging beginning
4. Anecdote (v. brief, relevant 2. Anaphora 3. Memorable end
story) (Short phrase repeated at 4. Statistics / facts
beginning of each sentence or
clause three or more times,
e.g., ‘I had a dream that…’)
3. Power of three
4. Personal Pronoun
(we, us, our, you)
5. Rhetorical question
6. Repetition
7. Alliteration
8. Metaphor
9. Simile
Article 1. Powerful statistic or fact 1. Powerful statistic or fact 1. Rhetorical question 1. Literary devices (see previous
2. Rhetorical question 2. Something memorable 2. Hypophora column)
3. “Imagine...” 3. One action reader can do A question which you answer 2. Engaging beginning
(Can we win? Yes, we can!) 3. Memorable end
3. Power of three 4. Statistics / facts
(things or phrases) 5. Quotation by expert (state
4. Repetition their title and organisation or
5. Alliteration university, and if research was
6. Metaphor done, what was researched?)
7. Simile
8. Hyperbole (exaggeration)

Top Tips
1. Always consider the Audience, Register (formal, semi-formal, informal) and Purpose of your text based on the question provided.
2. Always plan your text, paragraph by paragraph.
3. Use a clear topic for each paragraph.
4. Develop each topic using details.
5. Pay attention to best way to start and end your text type.
6. Use required conventions for your text type.
7. Use literary / rhetorical devices
8. Use discourse markers (however, therefore, additionally, significantly, in particular…).
9. Use a range of powerful vocabulary.
10. Always check your work very carefully for errors afterwards – allow time for this.

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