Article Planning

Article Planning Sheet- Article 1- Is War the Answer?

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

Article target audience: Hardcore 16-25 gamers

	Planning Comments
article genre (purpose, type)	An informative look at the impact of first person war based shooters on the games industry. This will be in both positive and negative lights. It will include looks at repetitive formulas and restrictive gameplay mainly.
Narrative voice (1st, 2nd or 3rd person)	Mixed voice article with parts in first person describing personal experiences, 2nd person direction at readers and some 3rd person sections.
Register (informal/formal, colloquial, dialect, taboo words?)	Formal article with some colloquial lexis to avoid sounding too intimidating. There will be no real use of dialect and taboo will not be used.
Stylistics (repetition, strong verbs, adjectives, alliteration, similes, metaphors, sentencing, rhythm)	High adjective use with reference to war based vocabulary and repetition of dreary gameplay. There may be use of alliteration and metaphors linking with imagery.
Tone of address (hectoring, sarcastic, ‘matey’, ironic, etc)	There will be some sarcastic point but it will mainly be a general formal and informative tone with so irony used to illustrate points.
Structure and pace (discourse structure, logical paragraphing, connectives, conclusion)	The article will be six columns that cover about a third of the page height, with several paragraphs covering a range of topics. Sub heading illustrating what the paragraphs contain shall break these.

Article 2: Pre-Order Nightmares

	Planning Comments
article genre (purpose, type)	This is an opinionative and warning based article on the dangers of modern pre-ordering. This will have to be clearly branded as an opinion or I face being accused of slander.
Narrative voice (1st, 2nd or 3rd person)	This again is a mixed voice article, featuring first person personal experiences and 2nd person audience directed language. There will be mainly 3rd person referring to company and game names.
Register (informal/formal, colloquial, dialect, taboo words?)	This will be a formal article that sticks with a serious tone. It is intended to warn and shock over the shady practices of the industry. There will be no taboo language and the introduction will be summarising the article.
Stylistics (repetition, strong verbs, adjectives, alliteration, similes, metaphors, sentencing, rhythm)	There is a strong repetition of the point that this is a warning article and will alert the audience to the issues with marketing. The lexis is direct and won’t make use of metaphors or similes.  There may be some gamer jargon and specialist vocabulary.
Tone of address (hectoring, sarcastic, ‘matey’, ironic, etc)	There will be sarcasm but the tone will mainly be one of shock and warning. There may be some irony but I intend to keep the article serious.
Structure and pace (discourse structure, logical paragraphing, connectives, conclusion)	This is a six-column article with paragraphs dedicated to examples, warning and practices. It is a relatively slow paced article with heavy language use and only one central image.

	Planning Comments
article genre (purpose, type)	This is a review of a popular game on the market right now. It is a celebration of as great game produced by a great company. This is a generic review to fulfil gaming magazine conventions.
Narrative voice (1st, 2nd or 3rd person)	3rd and 1st person as it is mainly a general overview of the game mechanics and features with snippets of personal response.
Register (informal/formal, colloquial, dialect, taboo words?)	Much more informal and colloquial than previous articles with a lot of gaming jargon but still no taboo language.
Stylistics (repetition, strong verbs, adjectives, alliteration, similes, metaphors, sentencing, rhythm)	Possible alliteration and strong adjective use. Minor use of metaphors but no rhythm as such. The article will flow from one topic to next covering all aspects of the game.
Tone of address (hectoring, sarcastic, ‘matey’, ironic, etc)	This will be a highly positive article. There will be slight negativity here and there but mostly positive coverage of the game.
Structure and pace (discourse structure, logical paragraphing, connectives, conclusion)	This is another 6 column article broken by images and quotes with a small breakout box highlighting the main positives and the main negatives. A further box will be used for the main review score. There will be separate paragraphs for each reviewed section.