for the short story i wrote a horror and tried to focus on lexis and grammar for the main linguistic methods as they are the main choices for a story.
i wrote about a man suffering from horrible hallucinations and ends up going crazy. this story is mainly for entertainment for people 15 and above.
lexis-i used a lot of descriptive words to add empthasis to the story, especially at the parts that were supposed to build fear to add tension to these certain parts, also i use violent verbs which fit in with the genre of the story.
grammar-i used a lot of speech in this short story as the main focus is for the story to be like a long monologue of his night of terror and it also cretaes a sense of conversation between the writer and the reader, which could be synthetic personalisation.
discourse structure-i set out the story straight down the page as its easy to read and the title at the far top to show what the strory's called.
graphology-i used no pictures but i made the title bigger and bold so it stands out and catches peoples eye
pragmatics-i use words that associate with the feeling of fear or being scared and i also use words to imply insanity but dont outright put it.
semantics-i used certain words and phrases to show how scared the character in the story was. i also used words that all assocciated with the feeling of insanity like illness and doctor.
