1. Mao Ze Dong – The Person Behind the Poster
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3. Forms Written in a chronological order Timeline of Mao Tse Tung’s life
Serves as a narrative to the readers
Highlighting the various contributions and significant events of his life

4. Function
To serve as a source of information about Mao Tse- Tung’s life
To raise awareness about his contributions in the political arena of China
To highlight to people about his revolution in China
To promote Mao Tse-Tung as a great revolutionary

5. Features Biography is written in a passive voice
Takes the point of view from a third person

6. Features Written in past tense
Recounts Mao Tse Tung’s life from his birth till death and how he changed the politics of China

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8. Form
Written in a way that focuses on certain parts of Mao Ze Dong’s public life
Focused on the major events he brought about
Third-person perspective – an outsider’s opinion of Mao Ze Dong
Written as a factual narrative for his life

9. Features Matter-of-fact tone Passive voice
Varied descriptive adjectives – “overpowering”/ “champion”

10. Function
To provide a diversified and unbiased view on Mao Zedong’s life
Inform readers of both his achievements and his failures
Cold, hard factual analysis of his efforts
Provide a background for Mao Ze Dong – a more humanlike face to place to the name and the faces printed on the posters

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12. Forms Flashback – Starts with Mao’s achievements
Timeline – A recount of his life
Narrative

13. Functions To inform of his achievments To inform of his life
Provide a judegement of his achievements

14. Features Chronological order Passive voice
Recounts his life in 3 segments
Provides an objective view with no bias, with an overall assessment of his life