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DIARY ENTRY
WHAT IS IT?

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Personal account about what your DID, SAW OR

FELT (1st person). RECENT.
Contains THOUGHTS, FEELINGS, REFLECTIONS.

PRIVATE.
As if to a very close friend (YOU referring to the
diary).

Date and headline.

Not necessary to have a chronological structure.
Frequently organized around the opinions/thoughts
rather than around the events.
What a day this has been!!/ Ive never felt so
embarrassed!. Snappy/catchy headlines.
Spontaneous, fresh writing but using basic rules of
paragraphing: TOPIC SENTENCE and CLEAR
FOCUS.
You can write LISTS and use bullet points.
CLOSING: a final thought, an open sentence, a
question.

Date and headline.

NARRATIVE: events, celebrations, etc.
THESIS-DRIVEN: opinions, arguments and conclusions
(PARAGRAPHS).
You can write LISTS and use bullet points.
Pictures, drawings and links (classroom practice).
REFLECTION: you want to communicate something:
opinions, feelings.

FIRST PERSON perspective to refer to possibly

fictitious events RECENTLY happened.
Reflect PERSONALITY and MOOD of the diarywriter.
Past simple, present tenses and some futures.

PHRASES: I wonder, suppose, think, imagine,

guess, hope, doubt.
GRAMMAR: conditionals, reported speech.
REGISTER: informal but not too much slang (polite
swearing).

An online DIARY or TOPIC BASED (about an issue youre

interested in/have passion for).
A CLEAR point of view. Make your opinion known.
People who share your interests or ideas. Always bear in mind
its PUBLIC.
Address your audience.
Use informal, personal language.

(see diary entry)

All tenses and connectors.

Chatty, informal, imaginative language.
ENGAGING style and voice (youre trying to attract your
audience to be followers).
Report conversations (indirect speech).