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Types Of Text Flashcards

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Brochure/guide de recommandations

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Gives advice or spreads awareness or asking for help
Two or three columns

Essentials

  • catchy title
  • good intro
  • subtitles
  • clear and user friendly
  • structured, use link words
  • facts and proof
  • ask questions to engage audience
  • contact details
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Article

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Give info about something
Neutral or subjective perspective
Formal language (depends on target audience)

Essentials

  • Main title
  • date
  • name of journalist
  • subheadings
  • examples/proofs
  • brief intro
  • pictures with captions
  • invented quotations
  • conditional tenses to expose unverified facts
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Contact details

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Pour de renseignements contactez le numero vert suivant 08-50-00-64

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Critique de film/livre

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Identify audience and target it
Describe characters/plot/effects/style 
Mention writer/director/actors 
Express opinions 
Indicate ratings 
References to other books and films
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Le discours

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Speech written to be said 
Structured and clear 
Presents facts and convince the audience 
Address and engage the audience 
Introduce yourself 
Catchy intro 
Repetition 
Examples
Involve yourself 
Sharp conclusion
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Editorial

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Type of newspaper or magazine article
Published at beginning of magazine by representative figure
Journalist gives their opinion
Summary of what is being covered in the publication
Structured

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Interview

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Written in the form of a question and answer session which has taken place between two people
Target audience and person being interviewed will affect the types of questions asked
Personal anecdote
Introduction before beginning the interview

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Journal intime

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Diary or personal writing to express feelings
Always have a date
Informal language
Conclude with a salutation (goodnight to your journal)

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I have had enough

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J’en ai marre!

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It’s enough

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Ca suffit!

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Why does it always have to be me?/happen to me?

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Pourquoi ca tombe toujours sur moi?

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He/she/it gets on my nerves

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Il/Elle/ca m’enerve

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Can’t they leave me alone?

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Ils ne peuvent pas me lacher les baskets?

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13
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They annoy me.

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Ils m’agacent

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I can’t bear it anymore

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I can’t bear it anymore

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I still can’t believe it!

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Je n’en reviens toujours pas!

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16
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I am extremely happy!

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Je suis trop content

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17
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What a mess!

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Quelle galere!

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Can’t she mind her own business?

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Elle ne peut pas se meter de ses oignons?

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Lettre formelle

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Name and address of sender 
Name and address of destination 
Object of letter
Place and date
salutation 
Formule de politesse
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Formulae de politesse

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  • Je vous prie d’agreer, Madame, l’expression de mes sentiments distingues.
  • Je vous prie d’agreer, Madame, mes cordiales salutations
  • veuillez recevoir, Madame, l’assurance de am consideration distinguee.
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Lettre informelle

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Informal language 
Utilize tu
Transition words 
Personal experiences
Wishes, hopes, dreams
Salutation 
Les prises de conge 
Language argotiques
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Salutations

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Cher
Coucou
Salut
Bonjour

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Prises de conges

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A plus/bientot/la prochaine
Grosses bises
Je t’embrasse

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I think about you often

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Je pense souvent a toi.

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What a surprise/joy/pleasure to receive your letter!

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Quells surprise/joie/planks or de recevoir ta lettre

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I am happy to know that you want to visit me soon!

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Je suis contente de savoir que tu viendras me visiter bientot!

27
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Thank you for your email!

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Merci pour ton courriel!

28
Q

You are not going to believe this story!

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Tu ne vas jamais croire cette histoire.

29
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I had a bizarre experience.

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J’ai eu une experience bizarre.

30
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Le blog

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Personal language used like journal intime.
Emotions and opinions
Meant to be read by others, so perhaps not as revealing and personal as a diary
Reverse chronological order
Entires must be dated.

31
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From now on

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Desormais

32
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Nowadays

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A present

33
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As soon as

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Des que/ aussitot que

34
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Suddenly

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Soudain

35
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All of a sudden

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Tout a coup

36
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However

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Cependant/toutefois

37
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Nevertheless

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Neanmoins

38
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On the other side

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D’autre part

39
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Besides

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Par ailleurs

40
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Although

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Bien que (+ subjunctive)

41
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On the other hand

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En revanche

42
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Equally

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Egalement

43
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Not only

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Non seulement

44
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Thus

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Ainsi

45
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In other words

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En d’autres termes

46
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Indeed

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En effet

47
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This is the reason why

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C’est la raison pour laquelle

48
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As a result

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Par consequent

49
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Therefore

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Donc

50
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As a result

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Du coup/de ce fait/de sorte que + sub

51
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In order to

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Pour + infinitive

52
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With the intention of

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Dans le but de

53
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So that

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De maniere a ce que + subj/de facon a

54
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In my opinion

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A mon avis

55
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According to

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Selon

56
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As far as….is concerned

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En ce qui concerne

57
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In that respect

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A cet egard

58
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In this case

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Dans ce cas

59
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In brief

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En bref

60
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Overall

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En somme/Somme toute

61
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To summarise

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En resume

62
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Earlier

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Plus tot

63
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First of all

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Tout d’abord

64
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Firstly

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D’abord

65
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To conclude

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Pour conclude/en conclusion

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