Definition of Writing Writing

listed in the Guinness Book of Records, is Albert Jackson of Canton, Mississippi, who weighs 404 kilograms. 2 Television interviews An interview is a special type of conversation that can be a recount text. Often on current affairs shows or chat shows the guests are asked to recount part of their lives. The interviewer person asking the questions may prompt the interviewee person being interviewed to recount events. Here is the model of television interview. An interview with David Duchovny Interviewer : David, Can you tell us about your childhood? Duchovny : I was born and raised in New York. There were three children in the family. Interviewer : Did you always want to be an actor? Duchovny : Not really. I want a scholarship to Princeton University and thought that I might become an academic. Interviewer : What did you do after Pinceton? Duchovny : I then when to Yale University and studied English literature. I was awarded a master’s degree and was going to do more study. Interviewer : So how did you get into acting? Duchovny : At Yale I became interested in drama and performed in a number of plays. I dropped out of university and tried to get acting jobs. Interviewer : What did your mother think of that? Duchovny : She was horrified at first. My first paying job was a beer commercial. Interviewer : What other roles did you have before „The X Files’? Duchovny : I had parts in Chaplin, Beethoven, California and Twin Peaks. 3 Conversations A conversation is a spoken text between two or more people. Conversations can have different purposes to explain, to describe or to argue. Some conversations can have the purpose of recounting events. Examples of recount conversations are: a Talking with one’s family about what he did at school today. b Telling a friend who missed last night’s episode of television series. c Telling a friend about what someone did during holiday. Conversations are written with special punctuation marks to show the words that were spoken by the participants. When the actual words are written, this is called direct speech. The actual words are written inside quotation marks. Originally, the quotation marks used at the start of the direct speech were and the end of the speech was shown by. Today, because of the influence of word processors, direct speech is usually shown between single quotation „. Here is a model of direct speech: „Here is an orange,’ said Pat. She said, „Thank you, but I like apples better than oranges.’ „Ok then,’ said Pat, „I will get you an apple.’ It is to be noted where the commas , and full stops . are used. 4 Eyewitness accounts An eyewitness accounts is one example of a recount. The eyewitness may be called on to give details about an event such as car accident, an explosion or a fight. The audience may be a police officer, readers of a newspaper or viewers of TV news report. The purpose of the account is to provide details about the event in the order in which they occurred. Here is an example of an eyewitness account of a robbery: I was walking along Main Street about 10 a.m. when I saw this blue car stop outside the bank. Next thing I saw this man with a mask on. He jumped out of the car and ran into the bank. I then walked up to the door of the bank and looked in. By this time the robber had everyone in the bank everyone in the bank lying on