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Questions Related to diary entry
In which format would you write about the following:
Failing a very important exam
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Report
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Headline
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Diary entry
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Journal
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
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Article
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Diary entry
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Journal
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Headline
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.
Identify the change in the line/phrase that best suits a diary entry:
being scolded by parents
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My parents scolded me in front of all my friends today.
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Mom and Dad scolded me today, in front of all my friends. I was so ashamed!
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It is undoubtedly a bashful experience to be scolded by one's parents, with all one's friends as witnesses to the event.
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Mom and Dad scolded me and I was, therefore, ashamed.
The correct answer is Option B. Diary entry uses language which is personal and shows the correct emotion felt by an individual at that particular time. Option A and D are incorrect as they seem as statements made on that particular topic rather than an emotion being portrayed. Option C is incorrect as the language here represents that the experience is someone else's and general for all.
In which format would you write about the following:
Your pet dog being sick
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Diary entry
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Article
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Speech
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Poster
The correct format is Option A. 'Your pet dog being sick' is a sad moment for you. It is a personal feeling and everyone may not have their interest in this matter. So, This topic should accounted as a diary entry by an individual. Option B is incorrect as articles are generally found in newspapers for public interest. Option C is incorrect as speech is generally given on an important topic or interest. Option D is incorrect as posters have images or quotes to depict a thought or a feeling.
In which format would you write about the following:
Driving a car for the first time
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Poster
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Headline
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Diary entry
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Advertisement
In which format would you write about the following:
Birth of your first niece
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Speech
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Headline
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Poster
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Diary entry
In which format would you write about the following:
Feelings and thoughts on parents' wedding anniversary
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Dialogue
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Journal
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Diary entry
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Poster
The correct format is Option C. Diary entry is used to account personal experiences. 'Feelings and thoughts on parents' wedding anniversary' i completely personal and thus should be written as a 'diary entry'. Options A, B and D are incorrect as they do not adhere to the format of writing personal experiences. Each of them have a different purpose.
In which format would you write about the following:
Thoughts on the first stage performance with your band
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Diary entry
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Poster
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Headline
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Journal
Identify the change in the line/phrase which best suits a diary entry:
lost a wallet
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You can't imagine the horror I felt when I realized I had lost my wallet...
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Suddenly, she realized that her wallet was missing.
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You lost your wallet?
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Careful not to awaken the passenger, the thief pulled the wallet out of his shirt pocket...
Identify the change in the line/phrase which best suits a diary entry:
visit from an old friend
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Millie paid me a visit today. She and I had met after a long time.
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Millie, a friend of hers, went to her house. She hadn't seen her friend in many months.
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I was shocked when Millie came by the house today. I hadn't seen her in ages.
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It was a pleasant surprise to have been visited by Millie on this day.
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