The genre I chose Genre is an Open Letter and the mentor text is Letter From Birmingham Jail Some traits include

  • For the most part, the text has short paragraphs, but when he states strong points in his argument the sections are longer.
  • He uses comparison a lot to get his point across
  • The tone is very formal since he is talking to people of authority.
  • There is no dialogue
  • The text has a specific audience
  • The Open Letter has a problem and solution