What are the rules of phone conversations?

Start:
Answer with a greeting- Hello etc.
Pleasantaries

Middle:
Take turns
The middle of the conversation is relative to who you are speaking to.

End:
You signal the end of the conversation
Say good bye

Ending a conversation:

1) Pre-closing conversations
2) Metatalk- talk that draws attention to the talk itself. 'Well i cant stand around talking all day'
3)Phatic talk
4) Valedictions

Things that affect a conversation:

• Politeness strategies


• Gendre


• Cultural expectations


• New technologies

on Fridays lesson sir talked about our second coursework. for our second piece we cant have it similar to our first one so for example if for my first coursework was:

Genre: novel

Audience: children

Purpose: inform

Subject: World War 2 your second piece has to have a completely different genre, audience, purpose and subject. This is to show the examiner you have the skills to write in different styles.

Types of writing

• Argue, persuade, advise
• Argue persuade advise
• Analyse, review, comment
• inform, explain describe
• Explore, imagine, entertain