Model Text 1 Shatel: One more round of drama for Bo, Pelini,
Husker football
1.
The modes that Tom Shatel shows in his opinion
article in the Omaha World are: headline, text, font, picture, and document
design.
2.
Audience
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The audience that this article is directed to is
Husker football fans in the Omaha area.
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Shatel uses pronouns to categorize the Husker
fan base as a whole. Uses “us” in his article to act as if he is apart of the
team.
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Shatel constructs the relationship between
himself and his audience by acts, as they are both equal. He makes the audience
feel that they are all apart of the Nebraska Cornhuskers and should have a say
in the firing of former head coach Bo Pelini.
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The phrase that stood out to me that the author
used to imagine his audience would be when he said; this was one more shot of “us against the world.”
3.
Authorial Identity
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The author constructs his identity in
relationship with the reader by writing his column as one husker fan talking to
another. He makes it clear that he is a Husker fan and his thoughts on former
coach Bo.
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Yes Shatel does use the pronoun “I” but does not
use “me”. I think he does this to state his personal thoughts on the situation.
This does not really affect the relationship with the audience in the since of
its an opinion based article.
4.
Purpose
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The author’s purpose in writing this specific
article was to show his voice as a Husker fan and talk to the audience about
the situation with Bo Pelini talking to the players at Lincoln North Star High School
after he was released.
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A sentence when the author gives indication of
their argument is the first two sentences when he says, “ College football
should be fun. College football shouldn’t be hard.”
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A sentence when the author most clearly states
their purpose when he says, “Shawn
Eichorst fired Pelini. But the coach wrote his own ending, and legacy, in an immature,
profanity-laced speech to his former players two weeks ago that
trashed his superiors — and was
audiotaped and released Wednesday.”
Shatel states these sentences in the beginning of the text after he
grabs the reader’s attention.
5.
Yes the author makes use of outside research
because he was not at the meeting.
The author got his information through a video that someone took while he was
talk amongst the players.
6.
Organization
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The author organizes the text in small
paragraphs or splits up strong points. He never really transitions off the main
focus of the article. He talks about the situation and voices his opinions about
the topic.
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The most commonly used language the author uses
is his opinion on the situation as a fan that connects the ideas together.
7.
Genre
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The genre I would define the text would be to
the Husker fans of Nebraska. I defined this genre because it was written in the
Omaha World Herald and it is addressing Nebraska football decisions.
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The conventions of the genre the support of the
Nebraska football program, the fan base and their opinions, and the public
participation in the football program.
8.
Images
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The author used a still image to show who he was
talking about at the beginning of his text. .
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The work that this image has on the article is
to show the reader who Bo Pelini is and why his leaving speech to the football
team was so bitter.
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The image used in this model text is a photo.
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I think that the author did this in order to
show they reader who he was talking about.
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This image works with the text by letting the
reader know why he thought Bo’s despatcher was so wrong.
9.
Document Design and Layout
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The font they used in the article in Georgia. I
think he used this font because it is very easy to read the text.
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The made use of their headings with a bold very
large font. I think they did this in order to grab the reader’s attention.
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The text is laid out in very short paragraphs. I
think the reason for this is so there are breaks from is opinions and what
actually happened.
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The text is in a black font. I think he made it
that way because it is written for a newspaper and the text color is mostly
black on newspapers.
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The visual elements the text uses is mostly
“Pull quotes.”
Making
a Recipe for my Model Text
1.
“Instructions for Making an Opinion Article for
Middle Aged Adults in Lincoln, Nebraska.
2.
Ingredients
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Title for article
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Laptop
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Picture of my topic
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Small paragraphs forming my article
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Opinions/Facts on topic
3.
Steps
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Get a laptop in order to type the article
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Title the article in a large font to grab the
reader’s attention
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Get a picture involving your topic that sets the
stage for my article
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Begin article with a strong point
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Write article in a small paragraph format to
break up facts and opinions
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Use a easy to read font
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Include both facts in opinions in article so you
can try and back up your statements
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Include contact information at the bottom of the
article if your reader’s would like to respond.
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Send article into the Lincoln Journal Star to be
published
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