Article Plan - 1

Article Planning Sheet – ‘Wat are the write rules?’

Plan the language use of the primary code of your article in the box below.

Article target audience:

	Planning Comments
article genre (purpose, type)	All of my magazine articles are of a literary genre. The purpose of my first article, however, will be to inform my audience, thoroughly, about grammatical issues that could hinder their progress as young writers. The article, being in the informative genre has a purpose to be as informative as possible while maintaining the attention of the audience; it will be incredibly difficult to inform the audience about the issues within grammar if they cannot focus their attention on my article from when it begins to when it ends.
Narrative voice  (1st, 2nd or 3rd person)	I am not choosing to limit my writing whatsoever by specifically choosing just one narrative voice. By using 1st, 2nd and 3d person, I would be able refer to myself and my own experiences, then while using 2nd person, I would be able to include the audience with my article, giving it a more personal feel. Then, with 3rd person, I could refer to others. In addition to this, there is less chance of my audience growing bored because there are more things being included in my article rather than just myself or another. By selecting only one or two of these narrative voices, I would be limiting who and to what I can refer. It would also be beneficial to my writing skill and myself as I would be experimenting with these narrative voices.
Register (informal/formal, colloquial, dialect, taboo words?)	Because I will be using colloquial language such as written prosodic features for example, the register will be informal. This is because the article would feel a lot more like a conversation between myself and the reader, creating a friendly relationship. This will create a more level footing and tenor between me and the audience, whereas a formal register would mean that I am heightening myself above the audience. The reason I am choosing to take this approach is because this article shall be my main feature article which means my audience are more likely to read that article first (especially since it appears before the others). I would not wish for my audience to find my writing disagreeable as it would encourage them to refrain from reading further. Lexical taboo will not be included anywhere in my article, as I must ensure that (with my audience being local) I do not offend any readers.
Stylistics (repetition, strong verbs, adjectives, alliteration, similes, metaphors, sentencing, rhythm)	I understand that the use of rhetorical devices can be the key to intensifying the effect of language on the audience. I will be using rhotic repetition in my title for my 1st article, and readers – for what ever reason – love the rhythm in repetition. However, I will be using some more advanced techniques of rhetoric such as powerful isocolons (pens, paper, and problems) that even uses repetition in itself and is an example of tricolon, a type of isocolon. I will even use hendiadys – example, ‘take yourself to the serene library’ would then become ‘take yourself to the serenity and the library’. Enallage would also be an effective technique as it would allow me to illustrate what I mean by ‘grammatical curiosities’.  Another advanced literary technique I could use would be synaesthesia where I would fuse two senses to create a new perception of things – ‘the dry smell of the books…’. I could also make intertextual allusions to other writers to prove to my readers that it’s perfectly alright to steal the work of other writers. These techniques will work especially well with my first article as I am taking my audience on an imaginative journey and they can learn about these techniques in the process.
Tone of address (hectoring, sarcastic, ‘matey’, ironic, etc)	For my first article, I intend on using sarcasm because it would be useful to the audience if I was displayed my attitudes to the issues raised in the article. However, as previously mentioned, my article may be something of a hassle because this is an issue that may confuse juvenile writers. Therefore, I will be using a humorous tone of voice to lighten the mood and hopefully make the article easier for the young writer to read. My target audience may discover that they find it far easier to get into an article if they are reading with a far less serious tone of address. Any colloquialisms used will hopefully help the tone of address to lower, as I hope to establish a casual relationship with my reader.
Structure and pace (discourse structure, logical paragraphing, connectives, conclusion)	The structure of the discourse will begin with a brief introduction, one that doesn’t waste too much time concerning itself with the trivial. Next, I will talk about what the issues of grammar actually are, and then move the reader on to actual adventure through language, where I will be incorporating the words of curiosity into my actual story. The conclusion to the story and article will then take place after this. In my conclusion, however, my finishing sentence will pose a question to the reader, for I understand that it is always good to leave the reader with a thought - this thought will be whether they chose to take the path to conventional writing, or whether they might like to use more artistic methods. The question posed shall be - 'So, what'll it be?' The sections will determine the paragraph length – the introduction will be a paragraph, and then the main section will be another with different parts, and thus each of these ‘parts’ will then be a paragraph. The conclusion will be my final paragraph. Even if they were longer, on the other hand, my paragraphing would not be a problem because my audience should enjoy reading larger paragraphs of text, or at least find no trouble or discomfort in doing so.