BLOG POST WRITING Talking about a personal experience 9 Match each form of violence to its meaning. 1. Sexual/gender/domestic a. Groups or sects which profit financially from followers belief. 2. Economic b. Little control over violent news and the use of sensationalism. 3. Informational c. Abuse and violence against women, men and children in relationships. 4. Political/institutional d. Harmful harassment through new technology and social media. 5. Cultural e. Financial theft, scams, fraud or drops in wages or social benefits. 6. Religious f. The manipulation of individuals by those in power for their own interests. 7. Cyber-bullying g. Damaging pressure of social norms on those who cannot conform to them. 10 Blogs need good headlines to attract readers and make them think they have found what they are looking for. Create headlines for the following stories of abuse, as in the example. Story Headline 1. A teenage girl talks of bullying on social media Talking 2. Someone whose partner stole all their money ............................................................................................................................................... 3. Someone who helped a friend who was being sexually abused by her uncle Cyberbullying and Staying Positive ............................................................................................................................................... 4. A young boy who survived a knife attack on the streets ............................................................................................................................................... 5. A woman who was stalked for months on end ............................................................................................................................................... 11 Transform the given adjectives into adverbs to fill the gaps and make these phrases more vivid and descriptive. foolish relentless dreadful dangerous verbal silent 1. My breakdown was caused from being .................................................. other young people because of my Muslim faith and pressurised into conforming to society s so-called norms . 2. I ......................................................... gave my boyfriend a photo of the fact that I wore a headscarf to school. 4. My friend suffered ......................................................... from her myself in a bikini and was horrified to find it splashed experience of violence in her family for years and we over social media for all to see. I felt ......................................................... never knew about it. violated. 5. The knife was so ......................................................... close to my 3. I was always being ......................................................... abused by throat that I screamed. 12 A blog post has its own structure, made up of different parts. Complete the sentences below with the appropriate part, choosing from the words below. Then, place them in the correct order. main body powerful headline conclusion lead paragraph a. .........................................................: to state why you have narrated your experience. b. .........................................................: to give a clear account of what happened and how you felt. c. .........................................................: to give the idea of what you are about to recount. d. .........................................................: to attract readers and make them feel they will find what they want. 111 UNIT 10 B2