Maria's+own+Commentary+Guide,+hope+it+will+help

 **Common link ** Type of text Intended purpose Main message/theme  **Text Analysis ** How does the author use and organize language to achieve his purpose and communicate his message? Cite examples for supporting.  **Introduction: ** State the title, author, date written, genre , content and purpose.  Summarize content of each text in one sentence. State the common link.  Introduce which element of difference and similarities you are going to comment . Make a generalized point about how the two texts deal with the same theme but in a different way but try to add an element of originality.  <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.5pt; mso-font-kerning: 0pt;"> **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.5pt; mso-font-kerning: 0pt;">Example : ** <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.5pt; mso-font-kerning: 0pt;">The theme in both texts is similar; they both discuss XXX. However, the texts' positions regarding this theme are very different and so is the way they are expressed. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.5pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">The COMMON LINK of text 1(a) and 1(b) seem to be similar to a certain extent. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.5pt; mso-font-kerning: 0pt;">Text la is an article taken from XXX, published on (DATE). It deals with the topic of XXX. Text lb also deals with the subject of XXX, however, unlike text la, it deals with XXX. Being a (TEXT TYPE), the text is (DESCRIPTIVE WORDS) and the author, XXX, contrasts the XXX. Both texts therefore share the common theme of XXX. Being of different genres they clearly do not share the same focus and deal with the subject matter in contrasting ways. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.5pt; mso-font-kerning: 0pt;"> **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.5pt; mso-font-kerning: 0pt;">Body of commentary: **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.5pt; mso-font-kerning: 0pt;">Compare and contrast the two texts. Must show how the language is used to communicate and explain the effect the themes of the text. Point - Quotation- Comment. Is one more effective than the other? Why? Was it effectively conveyed to the audience? To end on a short conclusion. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.5pt; mso-font-kerning: 0pt;"> **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.5pt; mso-font-kerning: 0pt;">Example: **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.5pt; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">The author conveys the idea of XXX when he refers to XXX as "XXX" and this use of FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE) emphasizes the XXX. This sharply contrasts with the XXX in text B which is described as "XXX ". Here the atmosphere is completely different and we see  **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.5pt; mso-font-kerning: 0pt;">Example of incorporating quotations into your writing:  **  <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.5pt; mso-font-kerning: 0pt;">The rhetorical SENTENSE/PHRASE/QUESTION "XXX" opens the article in an effective way, REASONS. This contrasts sharply with the more XXX language of `TEXT 2' which XXX'. These WORD CHOICE/FIGURATIVE LANUGAGE give us a good idea of XXX. **<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.5pt; mso-font-kerning: 0pt;">Example of Body paragraph (structure) ** <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.5pt; mso-font-kerning: 0pt;">The first text is GENRE and therefore its purpose is to XXX. It expresses the XXX. The writer expresses this XXX thanks to the structure and form of the text. The title is very well chosen, we immediately understand the theme of the text and are interested to read on. The sentences in the text are DESCRIBE, making it easily read and much livelier. The short paragraphs and the question-answer format makes the XXX much more interesting. **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.5pt; mso-font-kerning: 0pt;">Conclusion example ** <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.5pt; mso-font-kerning: 0pt;">To conclude, the (GENRE) and (GENRE) successfully deal with the subject of XXX but in  <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.5pt; mso-font-kerning: 0pt;">very different ways. TEXT 1’s aim was to XXX. It successfully does this through its XXX. On the other hand, TEXT 2 shows us the XXX but, like `TEXT 1', refers to a XXX. This evokes emotion in the reader as it deals with the XXX. Both texts are therefore successful in their aims of informing and entertaining a wide readership. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.5pt; mso-font-kerning: 0pt;"> **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.5pt; mso-font-kerning: 0pt;">Words and phrases for writing about a text ** __<span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-font-kerning: 0pt;">The purpose __ <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-font-kerning: 0pt;">to inform <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-font-kerning: 0pt;"> to explain <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-font-kerning: 0pt;">to persuade (the reader) that … <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-font-kerning: 0pt;"> to argue that ...   <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-font-kerning: 0pt;"> to entertain <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-font-kerning: 0pt;"> to express (sorrow, joy, anger etc) <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 宋体; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">宣传 <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-font-kerning: 0pt;"> __<span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-font-kerning: 0pt;">The text __ <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-font-kerning: 0pt;">is aimed at … <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-font-kerning: 0pt;">is directed at … <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-font-kerning: 0pt;">targets … __<span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-font-kerning: 0pt;">The author __ <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-font-kerning: 0pt;">describes / depicts / portrays / illustrates … <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-font-kerning: 0pt;">argues that … <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-font-kerning: 0pt;">suggests that … <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-font-kerning: 0pt;">demonstrates that … <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-font-kerning: 0pt;">recalls … <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-font-kerning: 0pt;">compares … **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.5pt; mso-font-kerning: 0pt;">Elements that have effect on purpose ** __<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.5pt; mso-font-kerning: 0pt;">Figurative or rhetorical device __ __<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.5pt; mso-font-kerning: 0pt;">Intended audience __ __<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.5pt; mso-font-kerning: 0pt;">Sound(poem) __ __<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.5pt; mso-font-kerning: 0pt;">Perspective __ __<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.5pt; mso-font-kerning: 0pt;">Structure (how are ideas organized) __ <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.5pt;">Chronologically <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.5pt;">Classification <span style="font-size: 8pt; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">INTO LINES <span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">, <span style="font-size: 8pt; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">PARAGRAPHS <span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">, <span style="font-size: 8pt; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">STANZAS <span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">, <span style="font-size: 8pt; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">COLUMNS <span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">; <span style="font-size: 8pt; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">USE OF <span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">( <span style="font-size: 8pt; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">SUB <span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">) <span style="font-size: 8pt; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">HEADINGS <span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">; <span style="font-size: 8pt; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">USE OF VISUAL ILLUSTRATION <span style="font-size: 8pt; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">DIALOGUE <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';"> <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">moves from general to particular <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">has a question – answer structure __<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.5pt; mso-font-kerning: 0pt;">Setting (time,situation,place) __ __<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.5pt; mso-font-kerning: 0pt;">Tone __ <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">jubilant, joyful, exuberant, excited, enthusiastic, dramatic dark, sombre, melancholy, gloomy, bleak, solemn, earnest, serious playful, flippant, tongue-in-cheek, good-humoured, whimsical satirical, mocking, sarcastic, ironic, cynical, irreverent angry, bitter, harsh, impersonal, dispassionate, cold personal, intimate, emotional, lyrical, poignant, sentimental, warm calm, philosophical, reflective, gentle, mellow, tranquil formal, stately __<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">Sentences __ <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">Parallel formal short, concise long, complex forceful, emphatic loose, rambling <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.5pt; mso-font-kerning: 0pt;"> __<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.5pt; mso-font-kerning: 0pt;">Word choice __ <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-font-kerning: 0pt;">simple, plain, colloquial, informal elevated, literary, poetic, formal concrete, precise, sensuous figurative, idiomatic technical, pedantic vulgar, earthy, homely <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-font-kerning: 0pt;">Standard English Non-Standard English, a regional dialect __<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.5pt; mso-font-kerning: 0pt;">Imagery __ <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-font-kerning: 0pt;">vivid <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-font-kerning: 0pt;">memorable <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-font-kerning: 0pt;">very effective (WHY?) <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-font-kerning: 0pt;">sensuous <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-font-kerning: 0pt;">witty <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-font-kerning: 0pt;">humorous <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-font-kerning: 0pt;">startling <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-font-kerning: 0pt;">resonant <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-font-kerning: 0pt;">unusual <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-font-kerning: 0pt;">suggests that … <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-font-kerning: 0pt;">implies that … <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-font-kerning: 0pt;">conveys … (an emotion, idea etc.) <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-font-kerning: 0pt;">captures (an idea etc.) <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-font-kerning: 0pt;">symbolizes … <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-font-kerning: 0pt;">represents … <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-font-kerning: 0pt;">alludes to … <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-font-kerning: 0pt;">has connotations of … <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-font-kerning: 0pt;">compares *** to ...   __<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.5pt; mso-font-kerning: 0pt;">Text type __ <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.5pt; mso-font-kerning: 0pt;">
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.5pt;">Comparative commentary prewriting sheet **