Link To Lesson: Grammar

http://ed.ted.com/on/BKYwjkkg#discussion

Link to lesson: Taboo language

http://ed.ted.com/on/J8K2Y1qP#watch

Frameworks for style models

Frameworks

- Lexis

·         HFL, LFL –High frequency/Low Frequency

·         Formal/Informal register.

·         Tone (specialist audience)

·         Jargon

·         Lexical fields [Semantic field]

·         Expectations

·         Sociolect = Language associated with certain group.

·         Adjective/Verb/Noun, etc. IDENTIFY THE WORD.

-Grammar

·         Structure

·         Sentences (Complex, simple, compound)

·         Complex syntax has a MAIN CLAUSE. SUBORDINATE CLAUSE.

·         Subordinate clause is dependent on main clause.

·         COMPOUND SENTENCES ARE TWO MAIN CLAUSES JOINED BY AN ‘AND’ OR ‘BUT’.

·         Minor syntax. One word.

·         Sentence types: Imperative, Declarative, Explanative, Interrogative.

·         Tenses change the structure of words.

·         Present simple: Factual!

·         Disguise opinion as fact

·         Morphology: HOW WORDS ARE STRUCTURED!!! (I.e. Home + Less = Homeless. Noun into adjective).

·         Universal prefixes and suffixes, i.e. add “un” to an adjective (i.e. helpful becomes unhelpful).

- Graphology

·         Font!

·         Imagery? Size of imagery?

·         How does it look?

·         Name.

·         Expect certain things from a certain source.

10 News Articles

http://i.stuff.co.nz/entertainment/film/film-reviews/88962930/movie-review-split--mcavoy-divides-and-conquers-the-screen

https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2017/jan/29/five-things-i-learned-on-the-womens-march-protesting-against-donald-trump

http://www.nme.com/news/music/bastilles-dan-smith-speaks-joined-anti-donald-trump-protest-week-1965612

http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/music-festivals/7669875/firefly-festival-the-weeknd-muse-twenty-one-pilots-bob-dylan-headlining

http://www.thebookseller.com/news/new-patrick-ness-novel-announced-364111

http://www.avclub.com/article/if-you-didnt-love-la-la-land-are-you-dead-inside-249018

http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/reviews/bastille-tour-dates-tickets-london-wild-world-dan-smith-a7393051.html

http://www.rocksound.tv/news/read/twenty-one-pilots-to-fans-you-guys-won-us-a-grammy

http://www.audienceseverywhere.net/a-series-of-unfortunate-events-is-a-very-funny-drama/

http://www.bristolpost.co.uk/thousands-of-protesters-take-to-the-streets-of-bristol-to-opposetrump-ban-on-muslims-entering-the-us/story-30111600-detail/story.html