SAMANTHA+TJONG5+           TEO+TARA5+         +LIM+SHENGYANG5+       TEO +SHAWN5+        WILSON+TAN5

Let's put our information like that:

Oh, and please change some of the information if any of you do not agree as I only put information discussed in the discussions.

Text 1 Purpose: I think the purpose of text 1 is to give a first hand account of the journalists experience in Iraq from the sentence:

" //"Inside Iraq" is a blog updated by Iraqi journalists working for McClatchy Newspapers. They are based in Baghdad and outlying provinces. These are firsthand accounts of their experiences. Their complete names are withheld for security purposes.//

Audience:

I think the audience the audience is the people who read the blog "Inside Iraq", also from the sentence above.

Context:

I think the context is a blog also from the sentence above the above. I think it could be a recount typed into a blog.

Language Features:

The text is in the past tense and I think the writers tone of voice is informal and friendly, as there was humour in the journalists voice. The text is organised in chronological order.

Text 2 Purpose: I think the purpose is to give a recount written in a composition of a visit to the dentist.

Context: Diary/compsition

Audience:

If this is a composition, I suppose the audience should be the examiner or the teacher marking the composition.

Language Features:

The text is written in past tense and the tone of voice is informal and there was fear and discomfort in the writers voice at the beginning and there was relief and happiness in the writers voice at the end. the information is in short paragraphs that are arranged in chronological order.

Text 3 Purpose:

I think the purpose is to teach us that sometimes people value things more when they are deprived of it.

Context:

I think the context is an essay written by a primary school girl from RGPS.

Audience:

I think the audience are students, teachers, children and adults.

Language Features:

The text is in past tense, and the writers tone of voice is informal. I think the text is organised in paragraphs in chronological order.

Text 4 Purpose: To entertain storybook readers Context: Storybook Audience: Storybook readers Language Features: Informal, broken english