A textual genre of journalistic daily life

Have you noticed the variety of texts that permeate our daily lives?
We often come across them, and we don't even pay attention to a deeper analysis of the discourse, that is, what is the purpose, what is intended with the communication carried out?
Language has a social function, which is guided by a specific purpose, whether to persuade, convince about something, report events, instruct, inform, among other objectives.
More specifically, we will emphasize a textual genre called interview.
All the time we come across people giving interviews to a TV station, a radio program, or also we made contact with the reading of interviews published by large circulation newspapers and by a variety of magazines.
The interview is essentially oral and it requires an adequate posture both on the part of the one who elaborates it and on the part of the one who answers it. Therefore, more attention should be paid to language, as it is something that will become accessible to the general public.
The use of slang, platitudes and informal language is not advisable, as the main objective is to make with the reader/viewer to interact with the interviewee's knowledge about a particular subject matter.


The prior elaboration about the subject that will be discussed is of paramount importance, as the interviewer needs to master the subject at hand, in order to avoid some undesirable failures. As well as this, it must remain totally impartial, in which objectivity must always prevail, above all because at this moment it is necessary to promote total credibility.
Structurally, the interview is composed of the following elements:
#Headline or title - This is a part that should arouse interest in the interlocutor involved, and it can be a creative phrase or interesting question.
# Presentation - This is the moment when the most relevant points of the interview are presented, as well as the interviewee's profile, professional experience and mastery of the subject stand out. addressed.
# Questions and answers - Basically, it is the interview itself, in which the speeches of each person involved are portrayed.

However, there are some interviews that do not follow this pattern, that is, some have a more concise script of questions and answers only, others, instead of portraying the lines in their Literally, they choose to transcribe them using indirect speech, or even many bring an introductory and more detailed text, with information about the place, date and duration of the interview.

By Vânia Duarte
Graduated in Letters
Brazil School Team

Essay - Brazil School

Source: Brazil School - https://brasilescola.uol.com.br/redacao/um-genero-textual-cotidiano-jornalistico.htm

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