Diary Conventions

Question 1

Diary Convention

Answer 1

See glimpse of the writer’s more private thoughts and feelings

Question 2

Diary Convention

Answer 2

Explore reasons and motives for having in a particular way or feeling particular emotions

Question 3

Diary Convention

Answer 3

Witness characters and events from the point of view of the narrator when written in first person (e.g. ‘I’)

Question 4

Diary Convention

Answer 4

Date (if you choose to include it)

Question 5

Diary Convention

Answer 5

Informal language (remember–you are your own audience)

Question 6

Diary Convention

Answer 6

Typically written in present tense but utilizing flashbacks for describing previous events