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Language B SL Text Types Help Cheat Sheet : (Make It Appealing)

This document provides a cheat sheet for different language B SL text types including blogs/diary entries, speeches/talks/debates, official reports, reviews, instructions/guidelines, formal letters, emails, interviews, news reports, articles, brochures/leaflets. For each text type, it lists key elements and provides tips on structure, language, and audience to help students understand the expectations and requirements for different assignments. The cheat sheet acts as a concise reference guide for common IB language B text types.

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Language B SL Text Types Help Cheat Sheet : (Make It Appealing)

This document provides a cheat sheet for different language B SL text types including blogs/diary entries, speeches/talks/debates, official reports, reviews, instructions/guidelines, formal letters, emails, interviews, news reports, articles, brochures/leaflets. For each text type, it lists key elements and provides tips on structure, language, and audience to help students understand the expectations and requirements for different assignments. The cheat sheet acts as a concise reference guide for common IB language B text types.

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Language B SL Text Types Help Cheat Sheet 

BLOG* / DIARY ENTRY SPEECH/ TALK / DEBATE OFFICIAL REPORT


* Make clear that you are speaking to an audience
* Have an eye-catching headline* (make it appealing) * Formal to Semi-formal, not informal (be mindful * Formal register
* Make your opinion known of who is your audience) * Addressed to specific
* Write how you speak, not so formal * Can ask rhetorical questions person/group
* Lists are okay *Use persuasive techniques. Repetition is okay * Clear structure (outline,
* Remember to write for your AUDIENCE, do not but do not overdo it. numbers, subheadings)
repeat unnecessarily * * Catch attention and captivate and tell purpose @ *Avoid personal pronouns like
* You can mention the reader* start /hook “I” and “we”
* Include a URL.* * Can be entertaining or persuasive * Clear and precise language,
* A “comments” section is okay as well. Even add * Introduction, body, conclusion not a lot of filler words that aren’t
comments. The more it looks like a blog, the better. * Cohesive devises + metaphors welcome, needed.
contrast, parallel structures * Give information
*Include a Call to Action in your conclusion
*Include Ethos, Pathos and/ or Logos
REVIEW

* Can be formal, semi or informal. INSTRUCTIONS / GUIDELINES


FORMAL LETTER
* Title
* Organized well, either in clearly themed * Semi-formal
paragraphs or with subheadings if necessary. * Think logically, start small or basic, what’s the * Should sound formal and
* Consider what is being reviewed, who is the minimum amount of info the audience needs? Add fancy
audience? important details. Make it easy to understand. * Include date, address,
* Include various aspects of the work being * Explain why to do something if needed. greeting, closing,
reviewed, but do not get carried away. Focus on the * Heading and title are important * Express your ideas with clear
most developed. * Clear organizational structure (numbers or bullet language and without getting
* What’s good, what’s bad, why? points, steps, etc.) lost in too much information
* Commands, “should” * Clever phrases are welcome,
* Paper can look like a list. but don’t get too funny (who is
the audience?)
E-MAIL INTERVIEW

* Can be semi-formal or informal * Can have different registers depending on the topic
*Use proper verbiage depending on receiver of the interview, person, and audience
* Be fun to read or at least interesting *Well-formed questions, not all BROCHURE / LEAFLET
* Written to a specific person or group *Thought-out and developed answers * Write for audience, formal
* Greeting, closing * Different question modality “Should, are, isn’t it, or informal?
*Format it to look like an e-mail with a subject, How is…” * Headings
sender and e-mail addresses * A good transition between topics * Commands or advice
* A body paragraph with main ideas, separate * A closing to audience * Rhetorical questions
paragraphs as needed * Could be a transcript or article depending on * Bullet points okay
* Small talk is acceptable/brief not too long or prompt. * Borders, boxes, use of
overly / unnecessarily wordy space are okay
* “Contact us” information is
NEWS REPORT okay
ARTICLE
* Formal- be informative! * Clearly stated purpose
* semi-formal to formal * Should read easy, with a
*Informational content, not a lot of filler
* Include author’s name good intro and possibly end
* Give details in order as they happened
* A good title with a call to action
* Talk in past tense/reported speech (** unless
* Good intro and conclusion *Be clear about what you are
it’s happening NOW!) ex. ‘Breaking News…!, This
* Magazine style: quotes, opinions,, short stories ok advertising/promoting/etc…
just in…!’
* Can be funny, who is audience? *Location information
*Headline/byline
* Give background information if the readers might
need it. * Who, what, when, where, why, how

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