My first style model is a dramatic monologue titled The Not So Perfect Child and it is written by D.M Larson and was featured in the published play, Secrets of My Soul.
The piece follows a girl who is struggling with her self esteem and believes that she is unimportant compared to her sister. The piece has little character evolution except for the transition from anger to sadness. It also uses ‘old’ language and words are ordered in a way we would not now order them.
The piece uses no stage direction in terms of movement, but it does, however, have stage directions in relation to emotion and voice. The piece is 323 words, which is much lower than my desired word count (500-900 words)
My piece will be between 900 and 1500 words, and will be about a teenage girl struggling with a relationship (either romantic or familial). Like the style model, there will be little character evolution, however there may be an understanding for the character.
I will be using stage directions to show both movement and emotion, as if it were a script for a play or movie.
My second style model are a series of diary entries from The Diary of Anne Frank. The excerpts i have chosen give an overview of the entire situation over an extended period of time. I find the diary entry interesting because it is not the author writing/talking to themself instead it is the author trying to make anyone listen.
My diary entry will also be between 900 and 1500 words and will be separated into several separate entries.
I have now decided in instead doing a short story, which is simialar to a monologue, and a debate article. I have decided on a debate article as a diary entry is very similar to a short story and a monologue because of the language used. Whereas doing a short story I can use more imaginative and descriptive language and to contrast, in my article I will use more formal, factual and subject specific lexis.
My style model for my short story will still be The Not So Perfect Child written by D.M Larson as it has a similar theme. However, my style model for my debate article will be a piece about the introduction of Coke Life.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/newsbysector/retailandconsumer/11050410/Taste-Test-does-Coca-Cola-Life-taste-better-than-regular-Coke.html
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