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What is the purpose of a diary entry?

diary entry writing english

  1. To record personal events, feelings, and thoughts

  2. To narrate a story to others

  3. To record data

  4. To persuade someone

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:

The correct answer is Option A. Diary is maintained by an individual to record his/her personal thoughts, feelings, events that has some significance in their lives. Options B, C and D aincorrect as they do not suit to the purpose of a diary entry.

Where in a diary entry is the date included?

diary entry writing english

  1. Top right

  2. Below salutation

  3. Immediately before the first sentence in the introduction

  4. Top left

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Correct Option: D
Explanation:

According to the accepted format of a diary entry, the date is always written on the top left corner before the content of the diary entry. Hence option D is the correct answer.

Options A, B and C are incorrect because they do not adhere to the accepted format of a diary entry.

In which format would you write about the following:
Losing your favorite coffee mug

diary entry writing english

  1. Diary entry

  2. Journal

  3. Article

  4. Headline

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:

The correct format is Option A. Diary entry is used to account personal feelings and thoughts. 'Losing your favorite coffee mug' may have a feeling of sadness and loss for an individual only and thus should be written as a 'diary entry'. Options B and C are incorrect as journals and articles are used to express news for public interest. Option D is incorrect as it does not adhere to the format of descriptive writing.

In which format would you write about the following:
Buying a laptop for the first time

diary entry writing english

  1. Diary entry

  2. Journal

  3. Advertisement

  4. Headline

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:
 The correct format of writing is Option A. Diary entry is used to account day-to-day experiences of an individual. 'Buying a laptop for the first time' is an individual experience and thus should be accounted as a diary entry. Option B is incorrect as a journal is a newspaper or magazine that deals with a particular subject or professional activity. Option C is incorrect as an advertisement is a notice or announcement in a public medium promoting a product, service, or event or publicizing a job vacancy. Option D is incorrect as it does not adhere to the format of descriptive writing.

In which format would you write about the following:
An argument with your parents and your thoughts about it

diary entry writing english

  1. Journal

  2. Article

  3. Diary entry

  4. Poster

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Correct Option: C
Explanation:
The correct format in which the given incident would be written is Option C. Diary entry is used by an individual to keep an account of the day-to-day events in his daily life. An argument with parents is a personal matter and the writer's thoughts on it is also personal to him and should be accounted in a diary. Options A and B are incorrect as journals and articles are used to express news for public interest. Option D is incorrect as a poster generally has images or quotes to depict a feeling.

In which format would you write about the following:
A very challenging day at work

diary entry writing english

  1. Report

  2. Journal

  3. Article

  4. Diary entry

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Correct Option: D
Explanation:

The correct format is Option D. The challenges faced by an individual are personal. It may also include some personal emotions which made the day challenging for that individual. So, 'a very challenging day at work' should be written as a diary entry. Options B and C are incorrect as journals and articles are used to express news for public interest. Option A is incorrect as a report is a systematic and well organized presentation of facts and findings of an event that has already taken place somewhere.

Identify the change in the line/phrase which best suits a diary entry:
younger brother's birthday party

diary entry writing english

  1. Jimmy, my younger brother, celebrated his birthday today. Since I had organized the party....

  2. On this memorable day, I celebrate the birthday of my younger brother.

  3. It was Jimmy's birthday today and I had a great time organizing his party.

  4. Jimmy's birthday was celebrated today and I had felt happy then.

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Correct Option: C
Explanation:

In a diary entry, the writer pours his feelings, emotions and thoughts like talking to a best friend. The language used is informal and personal depicting the correct emotion felt at the moment.
The correct answer is Option C. The writer is happy and contented and the statement of the diary entry makes it evident.
Options A, B and D are incorrect as the statements are way too formal for a diary entry and thus do not adhere to the format of a diary entry.

In which format would you write about the following:
Helping an old couple cross the road

diary entry writing english

  1. Poster

  2. Diary entry

  3. Advertisement

  4. Journal

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:

The correct format is Option B. 'Helping an old couple cross the road' may have given an individual immense pleasure and satisfaction and he can account his emotion through his diary entry. Option A is incorrect as a poster generally has images or quotes  to depict a thought or feeling. Option C is incorrect as an advertisement is a notice or announcement in a public medium promoting a product, service, or event or publicizing a job vacancy. Option D is incorrect as a journal is a newspaper or magazine that deals with a particular subject or professional activity.

In which format would you write about the following:
Failing a very important exam

diary entry writing english

  1. Report

  2. Headline

  3. Diary entry

  4. Journal

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Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Option A: A report is an informational work, a writing, speech or article. It is written for others to read and states events or news for the public's knowledge.
Option B: A headline is the text that tells the nature of the article that follows. Headlines are seen on news channels and in newspapers.
These are not suitable for a personal experience, like failing an exam.
Hence options A and B are incorrect.
Option D: 'Journal in a broad sense is a regular record of experiences and studies, in a systematic manner. Journals consist of focused topics. Journals can be of any type: academic journals, daily journals like magazines, public journals, and business journals. It is a report which consists of facts.'
Option C: A diary is a report in which we include all the things which we have done through the whole day. People mostly include all the tragic experiences which they might face in that day.
'Failing an exam' is a personal experience and would be more suitable for a diary, rather than a journal.
Journals are usually meant to record events, and diaries are a bit more personal, to share thoughts and feelings.
Hence option C is correct and D is incorrect.

In which format would you write about the following:
An unsettling encounter with your previous employer

diary entry writing english

  1. Article

  2. Diary entry

  3. Journal

  4. Headline

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:

The correct format in which the given incident would be written is Option B. Diary entry is used by an individual to keep an account of the day-to-day events in his daily life. An unsettling encounter with a previous employer may have certain personal complicated emotions involved as well as may include some heated conversations and so should be accounted in a personal diary. Options A and B are incorrect as journals and articles are used to express news for public interest. Option D is incorrect as it does not adhere to the format of descriptive writing.