Revision Summary for GAPS

1. Revision Summary

2. GENRE
Means the form of your text
Examples:
Newsletter
- bold heading
- presentation devices i.e. boxes, pictures, captions etc.
Letter
- address at top of paper
- date
- start with 'Dear...'
- sign ' Yours...'

3. AUDIENCE
Who will be reading your text ?
adapt your text to be suitable for different audiences by:
- Using the right vocabulary
- using the right words and expressions
- if writing a magazine article choose a suitable publication
Identifying GAPS
Genre : what type of text should you be writing?

4. PURPOSE
Signal your purpose by:
- explaining why you are writing you letter in the opening sentence
- explaining what your article is about in the intro paragraph
- stating what your newsletter is aiming to do in a bold headline
Purpose of a text could be to :
persuade
explain
describe
inform

5. STYLE
Style can be either
INFORMAL or FORMAL
and the tone of the text could be for example;
chatty
detailed
serious
personal
emotional .....

6. G.A.P.S
Genre : what type of text should you be writing?
Audience : who will be reading your text ?
Purpose : the purpose of your text, i.e. to convince
Style : your chosen writing style i.e. informal
Adapted from Prezi.com

7. This shows that its informal as its a form of
‘expletive language’ because she’s putting
her middle finger up to the audience. This
is a form of swearing.
From looking at the picture is immediately
gives away the genre of the magazine.
Which portrays ‘Rock’.
The way she is dressed is also informal
as the title ‘Bad Girl For Life!’ fits with
the image