Article Planning Sheet- The Style of Evolution

Article Planning Sheet- Style Evolution

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

Article target audience:

	Planning Comments
article genre (purpose, type)	The purpose will be to entertain my readers because I want to show them all these different styles and make them laugh as they may think it was ridiculous how their parents and grandparents dressed. I also want to inform them by advising them how to gain the styles I explore in the articles and also perhaps referencing films and music artists that they may like to watch and listen to. The article will be a Round up type as I am collecting different periods together to create my article and a human interest as I will chronologically organise my periods which is a convention of this type of article.
Narrative voice (1st, 2nd or 3rd person)	My article will be written in 3rd person as it will be quite informative and I cannot really write in 1st person because I haven’t lived in this decades so can’t offer my first hand opinion of it. I will be doing 2nd person in my breakout box as I want to create a personal relationship with my audience so they are more likely to listen to my advice on how to recreate the looks and creates a more friendly tone.
Register (informal/formal, colloquial, dialect, taboo words?)	The register will be informal because I am aiming for a young target audience and a formal register may intimidate my readers and therefore will not read my article. I may include some colloquial terms to appeal to the younger side of my audience and make the article and more personal as I am writing in their dialect but I have to take in mind the older side of my audience and my secondary audience so I will only include a few colloquial terms so they can still read the majority of my article and still get the same amount of information from it. I will not be including taboo words as it does not fit in with the genre particularly and also will not suit my secondary audience as it may offend them.
Stylistics (repetition, strong verbs, adjectives, alliteration, similes, metaphors, sentencing, rhythm)	I will be using a lot of adjectives throughout my article because the main point of my article is to describe these periods so I need to paint as realistic and vivid an image as possible because obviously my readers weren’t there so I need to make it seem like they were through my description.  I will also use alliteration in my sub headings as it reads more catchy and entertaining as it makes the article more fun to read and doesn’t bore my reader. I will be using similes to tie situations back in history with today to make it more relevant to my audience and they will gain a better understanding of what it was like. I will have short sentences because I want it to read at a fast pace and doesn’t weigh my reader down with lots of information in one sentence which may lead them to switch off.
Tone of address (hectoring, sarcastic, ‘matey’, ironic, etc)	The tone of address will be friendly particularly in the breakout box because I want to create a personal relationship with my readers like I am personally disclosing all these tips to recreate these styles like friends would.  I also want the tone to be humorous as I want to make my readers laugh as they are reading the article so they more likely to read on and absorb the information and tell their friends what they have learnt which is the aim of the article.
Structure and pace (discourse structure, logical paragraphing, connectives, conclusion)	The structure will be a paragraph for each decade ranging from the 40’s to 00’s so it is easily structured and the audience can read whichever decade they like without the reading the whole article if they chose to. The article will chronologically organised as that it more logical and makes more sense for the reader as it won’t confuse them as I jump from decade to decade. I will also have a breakout box for each decade so I can offer tips for each one and they can easily link to what decade’s fashions they want to achieve.