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    The document defines guidelines as a text type intended to give non-compulsory advice about a particular issue or task. Guidelines feature an introduction outlining their purpose and audience, a body developing and illustrating pieces of advice organized into sections, and a conclusion urging the audience to implement the advice. They use a formal or semi-formal register and may employ modals and imperatives to suggest actions.

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    ENGLISH B TEXT TYPE

    GUIDELINES

    Definition: Guideline

    1. “a rule or instruction that shows or tells how something should be done”

    http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/guideline

    2. “any guide or indication of a future course of action: guidelines on the government's future
    policy”

    http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/guideline

    Guidelines as a Text Type

    So, guidelines as a text type are intended to give advice about a particular issue or task. As the text
    is a guide, the advice is involves giving a suggested course of action that is not compulsory.

    Text Features and Conventions

    • purpose: to give advice


    • audience: a specific group of people who have an interest in the topic
    • register: depends on the kind of audience but may be formal or semi-formal
    • organization: introduction states the specific purpose of the guidelines and connects with
    the audience
    • body: develops, explains and illustrates each piece of advice
    • conclusion: suggests or urges the audience to take action and implement the advice.
    -organized into sections with headlines
    • style and register:
    - may use modals such as “should/shouldn't”, “must/mustn't ” “may” etc
    - may use imperatives especially in the conclusion

    Example

    Read the example fundraising guidelines written for parents and communities of Canadian schools:

    http://www.edu.gov.on.ca/eng/parents/fundraisingguideline.pdf

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