LOH +LYDIA4+              TAN+YING+HUI4+        LEE+ISAAC4                 +SILAS+YEO+4+          WEE +RYAN4


 * __Text 1- A visit to the shrine__**

Silas - I think the first text is a presentation at she/he always refers to her/his friends as he/she/my and refers herself/himself as I. She also doesn't tell his/her name. Silas - I also think that the author made it for pupils as it is quite informal. Ying hui- I think it is a diary as it specifies a date. It is organised according to the flow of events too. I agree with you that it is informal. Ying hui- I now think that it is a blog because at the bottom, it specifies a website which it was taken from and it also says that it is a blog. Ying hui- This blog is written in first person voice and uses past tense (opened, laughed). Ying hui- The audience are the people that read the blog. Ying hui- The writer's tone is friendly (thank God, just like the old days). Ryan- I think the purpose of this text is to tell other people what is happening in Iran daily as it says at the bottom of the text that it was written by a group of journalists and is updated daily..
 * __Text 2- A visit to the dentist__**

Ying hui- I think this is a story made for children as the words used are quite easy to understand. Ying hui- As Mr Grosse mentioned, this is also a recount. But, I think that it may be a story too. Ying hui- This is also in first person voice and in past tense (sat, arrived). Ying hui- This text is formal (did not). It is also organised according to the flow of the events. Ying hui- Actually, this may be a composition, judging by the length of it. In that case, the audience would most likely be the person marking it. Ying hui- The audience may be teachers, and if published, students, children and even adults.


 * __Text 3- The greatest day in a shoe's life__**

Ying hui- This may be a story as it is fairly long compared to "A visit to the dentist". It is definitely a composition as it states clearly at the bottom that a girl from RGPS wrote it. It is in first person voice just that the thing narrating the story is a shoe. It is also in past tense (woke, was). It is also organised according to the flow of events. Ying hui- I think it is targeted to children although probably not too young as there are some difficult words (picturesque, groping). Ying hui- This text has the words "did not" and did'nt" so I do not know if it is formal or informal.


 * __Text 4- The adventures of Huckleberry Finn__**

Ryan- I think this text is in past tense (was, said) and is in a first person's voice (the author uses I to refer to one of the characters). Ying hui- I think this text is informal (don't, warn't) and uses broken English. Ying hui- This is an extract from the book "The adventures of Huckleberry Finn". Since it is taken from a book, we can then know that the audience will definitely be readers. __**Similarities**__

Ying hui- All of the four texts are in past tense and first person voice. Ying hui- They are all organised based on the flow of events.


 * __Differences__**

Ying hui- As Mr Grosse mentioned, the first two are personal recounts while the last two are stories. Ying hui- The first and last texts are informal while the third and fourth are formal.