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Charlie Brooker 1.1 audience

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  • Guardian readers
  • middle-class left-leaning politics
  • fans of Brooker
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Charlie Brooker 1.1 purpose

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micro-purpose: response to the satirical publication by Private Eye which claimed he’d asked to have the comments turned off under his online articles

  • to satirise social media negativity, technology and misogyny
  • provide social commentary, inform and entertain
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Charlie Brooker 1.1 tone

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  • expressive
  • argumentative/condemnatory
  • sardonic
  • conversational/informal
  • self-depracating
  • hyperbolic
  • veracious
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Ian Birrell 1.2 audience

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  • reader of the Independent/i
  • educated liberal/left-leaning politics
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Ian Birrell 1.2 purpose

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  • recognise recent legalisation of gay marriage
  • understand necessity for equality
  • educate readers on injustice that disabled people face
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Ian Birrell 1.2 tone

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  • inclusivity
  • frustration/anger at injustice
  • formal
  • editorial (no backup of data)
  • emotive
  • conflicted
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Oscar Wilde 2.1 audience

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  • primary audience of his lover Lord Alfred Douglas
  • secondary audience of educated fans of Wilde’s writing and history
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Oscar Wilde 2.1 purpose

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  • reflect on his life with his lover, life before prison and his experience of Reading Gaol
  • explore the meaning of identity and how he was ostracised because of his sexuality
  • criticise Victorian society’s repression of identity
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Oscar Wilde 2.1 tone

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  • anger/bitterness/injustice
  • philosophical
  • euphemistic
  • yearning
  • authentic
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Maya Angelou 2.2 audience

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  • global audience, American in particular
  • aimed at a black and female audience as it embraces her own experience and culture especially during the civil rights movement
  • fans of Angelou
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Maya Angelou 2.2 purpose

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  • to emphasise the importance of that moment with her mother in her life
  • to inform the reader of that part of her life against a backdrop of racial tension
  • to engage and inspire her audience
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Maya Angelou 2.2 tone

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  • anecdotal
  • idiomatic, juxtaposes the formal lexis surrounding her mother to suggest distance
  • sarcastic
  • nostalgic
  • feminist
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Alan Bennett 3.1 audience

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  • established author so upper-class educated audience
  • fans of his writing
  • older due to historical cultural references
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Alan Bennett 3.1 purpose

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  • reflect on his life
  • entertain
  • discuss the bereavement of his friend Richard Griffiths
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Alan Bennett 3.1 tone

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  • anecdotal
  • conversational
  • humorous/sarcastic/witty
  • engaging
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Sapper B. Neyland 3.2 audience

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  • interested in or studying history of the military, war and the human aspect of war
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Sapper B. Neyland 3.2 purpose

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  • educate and inform readers of the danger of war
  • discuss the effects of war and trauma on young soldiers
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Sapper B. Neyland 3.2 tone

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  • patriotic
  • jovial/childish
  • naive
  • retrospective
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George Scott 4.1 audience

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  • both amateur and professional cyclists
  • members of RoadCyclingUK
  • interested in cycling/adventure holidays abroad
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George Scott 4.1 purpose

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  • evaluate his experience and inform readers about the bike ride
  • entertain by explaining the ride in a hyperbolic manner
  • engage and relate to readers
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George Scott 4.1 tone

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  • informative
  • colloquial/conversational
  • authentic
  • specialised
  • positive
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Past Masters 4.2 audience

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  • interested in conspiracy theories, history and pop-culture
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Past Masters 4.2 purpose

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  • entertain
  • inform
  • Jo aims to persuade us of the existence of UFOs
  • Bob aims to provide a sceptical perspective and disprove/challenge Jo
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Past Masters 4.2 tone

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  • conversational/informal
  • rhetorical
  • enthusiastic vs sceptical
  • pseudoscientific
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Diana 5.1 audience
- royalists - fans of Diana - fans of Bashir - primary domestic UK audience, secondary global audience - the royal family
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Diana 5.1 purpose
- allows Diana to present her narrative and defend herself - evoke emotion and sympathy - criticise the royal family
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Diana 5.1 tone
- authentic - formal - maternal - sympathetic vs. interrogative - conversational - innocent - uncomfortable
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Obama 5.2 audience
- primary American studio audience, secondary nationwide audience - viewers of Leno's show - left-wing democratic supporters - educated in world politics
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Obama 5.2 purpose
- for political and social gain, emphasises the human aspect of Obama - engage and entertain, late night TV - ease worries about embassies - Leno aims to flatter Obama and emphasise his personality
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Obama 5.2 tone
- confident - conversational/colloquial - professional/bureaucratic - americanised - self-deprecating/satirical - authentic - interrogative
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David Seidler 6.1 audience
- the actors, director, producers and technicians - cinema audience - royal family history fans - fans of Seidler's films - fans of the actors e.g. Colin Firth - people with speech impediments
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David Seidler 6.1 purpose
- entertain - engage interest in the character/story - to fictionalise aspects of the royal family, create the climax of the film using tension - inform and educate of George VI's struggle to overcome personal struggles - explore their power relationship
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David Seidler 6.1 tone
- Lionel is assertive, dismissive, witty, informal, authoritative, knowledgeable - Bertie is uncomfortable, frustrated, humiliated, in disbelief, combative
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Andrew Viner 6.2 audience
- fans of radio dramas - the performers, directors, technicians - intimate layout for audience of one - often middle-upper class
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Andrew Viner 6.2 purpose
- to entertain - create humour - convey relationship issues, dishonesty and explore working life
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Andrew Viner 6.2 tone
- comical - informal/colloquial - pathos - positive vs. dismissive/litotic
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Chris Rainier 7.1 audience
- interested in geography - Nat Geo readers - fans of Rainier - educated - American/Western
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Chris Rainier 7.1 purpose
- convey and intensify the sense horror caused by the tsunami - educate and inform of the aftermath - engage readers - focus on struggles of moving forward after natural disasters
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Chris Rainier 7.1 tone
- apathetic - detached - patronising/dehumanising - grateful - factual/veracious - educated/professional
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Jessica Read 7.2 audience
- domestic UK - readers of the Guardian, politically left-leaning - interested in scuba diving/adventure holiday
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Jessica Read 7.2 purpose
- share unique experience of surviving earthquake at it's epicentre - entertain and evoke emotion - celebrate natural world - present sense of risk
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Jessica Read 7.2 tone
- personal - expertise - reflective - conversational - descriptive/evocative - passionate/appreciative
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Flemmich Webb 8.1 audience
- fans of boxing - readers of the Independent - interested in arts, sport and literature - middle class, educated - regular readers of Webb
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Flemmich Webb 8.1 purpose
- critical appraisal - inform and evaluate whether the book was good/bad - persuade reader to read the novel - capture themes in the novel
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Flemmich Webb 8.1 tone
- intelligent/evaluative/expertise - formal - authentic/trustworthy - positive - emulative - engaging
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Martin Hoyle 8.2 audience
- educated, upper-class, wealthy - readers of FT Weekend - those already watching the show - interested crime dramas and Scandi Noir
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Martin Hoyle 8.2 purpose
- critical appraisal - persuade readers to watch the programme - inform readers of key themes, characters and what his view of it is - entertain readers with his own descriptions
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Martin Hoyle 8.2 tone
- balances formal and colloquial - polysyllabic, expert/educated - persuasive - light-hearted/positive - engaging/descriptive - jovial/celebratory - introspective
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John F. Kennedy 9.1 audience
- primary audience of 1960s US citizens - international audience - Russia and countries involved in Cold War
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John F. Kennedy 9.1 purpose
- inaugural address - present himself as a leader in a Cold War context - build rapport with US public and politicians/countries
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John F. Kennedy 9.1 tone
- authoritative/emphatic - powerful - professional - formal - heightened - sympathetic
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Colonel Tim Collins 9.2 audience
- primary audience of soldiers - secondary audience of politicians, historians and journalists
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Colonel Tim Collins 9.2 purpose
- to motivate, unify and prepare for war - show the world why the UK and US invaded Iraq - to reassure and engage soldiers - to threaten Saddam Hussein
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Colonel Tim Collins 9.2 tone
- imperative - emphatic - serious - formal - reassuring - euphemistic/metaphorical
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D.H. Lawrence 10.1 audience
- the middle/upper-class who could travel - those who can't afford to travel abroad - fans of D.H. Lawrence - mature and educated or interested in other cultures
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D.H. Lawrence 10.1 purpose
- inform - entertain - convey strong sense of place - convey the expanse of the world and travel
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D.H. Lawrence 10.1 tone
- passionate - awe-struck - conversational - engaging - rhetorical - enthusiastic/optimistic - spiritual
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Paul Theroux 10.2 audience
- interested in travelling - fans of Paul Theroux - fans of literature/Samuel Beckett - educated - international or Western audience
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Paul Theroux 10.2 purpose
- to inform on his experience of Paris - convey the bleakness of the area - entertain with humour and sarcasm
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Paul Theroux 10.2 tone
- sardonic - intelligent - hyperbolic - humorous - engaging - disillusioned - realistic

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