Genre awareness
Understanding of how different text types (genres) have distinctive structures, conventions, and communicative purposes that shape language use.
Real World
The Guardian's long-read features use genre conventions differently from its news reports — slower narrative pace, first-person anecdote, and essayistic structure signal to readers they are entering a distinct text type.
Exam Focus
Name the genre explicitly and link at least two specific conventions to communicative purpose for top-band marks.
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