Dramatic Subgenres, Argumentative Texts, and Punctuation

Dramatic Subgenres

• Tragedy: Presents conflicts that cannot be solved by the characters, as they are marked by fate. The outcome is always unfortunate.
• Comedy: Shows everyday life issues and aims to entertain. The protagonists are ordinary people. The outcome is always happy.
• Drama: A conflict painful for the characters. The protagonists are common. It mixes tragic and comical elements, and the ending can be happy or unhappy.

Argumentative Texts in the Media

• Editorial: Sets out the terms of the means of communication on a topical issue. It is a text that is signed and employs formal vocabulary.
• Chronicle: Expanded news and commentary. Parts:
  • News: Objective information of events.
  • Comment: Exploring the journalist, usually performed in the third person.
• Opinion Article: Reflects the ideas and thoughts the author has on a topical issue. It is written in the first person with clear language.
• Letter to the Editor: Text of opinion on a topical issue written by readers. It must be signed and be brief, clear, and precise.
• Advertising: Is a text message consisting of verbal and nonverbal elements that try to convince and influence the recipient. Seen in film, radio, and television. Consists of a slogan, image, and text.

Two Points

1. Two points are written in front of the verification or explanation of what you just stated: The house was great: it had six bedrooms and three bathrooms.
2. To advertise a list: The days would be these: Monday and Thursday.
3. In front of a quotation, which begins with capital letters and quotes: I said this morning: "You can not come to eat."
4. After the heading of letters, what follows is capitalized: Dear Sir: In reference to your letter, I will tell you that...
5. To enter a cause or consequence, but the links are relevant: You can not go with you: I feel ill. It is wrong to give the ball: step over the goal.
6. To replace the phrase "such as," as in the previous cases.

Ellipsis

1. When only three, they assume that the sentence is interrupted, no doubt or hesitation, or do not want to give an accurate final (unless the points close the sentence, after they capitalized writes): I am afraid to tell you... You have left the lists. If I would like... Well, let's go to something else.

2. Indicate that a sentence is not completed or listing (in the latter case, it is equivalent to the word "and so on"): You know which are the cardinal points: North, South...
3. To express hesitation, doubt, fear, insecurity: A knock at the door... It was 12... Who could be at this hour?
4. Sometimes you try to surprise the reader with something unexpected. And there in the middle was... the cat!
5. It must use quotes if incomplete: I remembered the saying: "Tell me with whom you..."
6. The ellipses enclosed in parentheses or brackets indicate that in the literal transcription of the text, it did not deal with: That's the phrase that begins the book: "The rooster weathervane, lying on a sheet of iron [...] and he went to the rocks to hunt lizards."