Down on the Farm Article Plan

Article Planning Sheet

Article target audience:

Down on the Farm

	Planning Comments
article genre (purpose, type)	This article will aim to encourage young women to get involved with young farming. Therefore, it will have a very positive, encouraging feel-possibly using persuasive language to try and get readers involved.
Narrative voice (1st, 2nd or 3rd person)	I will be using 2nd person narrative for this article as I want to target the reader personally. I will almost be commanding them to get involved with my selected topic. This fits with the aims of my magazine-trying to get young people in the North East involved with something new.
Register (informal/formal, colloquial, dialect, taboo words?)	This article will have an informal, chatty feel so that the audience do not feel as if they are being lectured on the subject I have chosen.
Stylistics (repetition, strong verbs, adjectives, alliteration, similes, metaphors, sentencing, rhythm)	This article will be quite straight to the point so will not really use any techniques such as repetition or ailliteration. I will use descriptive and persuasive language to make my readers feel that they might give young farming a go. The article will mainly be based around describing what young farming is about and enticing readers to get involved with local groups.
Tone of address (hectoring, sarcastic, ‘matey’, ironic, etc)	The tone of my article will be friendly but formal. This is so that I do not put readers off by lecturing them with information about young farming so I will keep the article friendly and chatty. However, I want it to be formal enough so that the information is still put across to readers as the whole aim of the article is to provide readers with information and encourage them to get involved with a new hobby.
Structure and pace (discourse structure, logical paragraphing, connectives, conclusion)	This article will have a fairly simple structure. Firstly, I will introduce what young farming is about and give some details of the organisation. I will then go on to describe some of the activities that young do such as team building challenges and helping the community. I will then go on to describe some of the more tempting reasons to join a young farming group. This will include things such as holidays, seasonal balls and the group nights out planned. This will make the topic really appealing to my readers who will be eager to be involved with things such as this.