Opinion based article from the Guardian

The Guardian

http://www.theguardian.com/film/2016/jan/18/judd-apatow-attack-hollywood-the-martian-golden-globes-critics-choice-awards

Form

This is a newspaper article from the Guardian.

Purpose

Its purpose is to give viewers an insight into what film director Judd Apatow thinks about the recent controversy at the 2016 Golden Globe awards, when The Martian won best comedy.

Audience

The audience is anyone who is interested in film and cinema.

Dan Clayton's English language blog

This is a blog from an A-Level language student, take a look!

http://englishlangsfx.blogspot.co.uk/

http://www.theguardian.com/science/2015/aug/27/quiz-do-you-know-your-bants-from-your-manspreading?CMP=share_btn_link

Test your knowledge on the modern day slang our younger generation uses daily in today's society!

http://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2015/nov/28/how-to-talk-to-anyone-the-experts-guide

This article expresses how we talk to different people under different contexts.

The conversation...

 http://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/ng-interactive/2015/nov/28/the-conversation-that-changed-my-life
 This article talks about how technology is taking over modern day speech and language, within different scenarios.

Power in Language

• Politeness features - typically female
• Face needs - positive and negative
• FPAC - Form, Purpose, Audience, Context
• Converge and Diverge - male and female - status elevation