What are MIXED texts

a mixed text is the one who informs about the real facts of today and also offers you a opinion of the author about them. They combine various types of writing, such as narration, description and argumentation, to create a type of writing that is halfway between news and opinion piece.

In this lesson from a PROFESSOR we want to explain to you what are mixed texts and examples so that you can understand them perfectly.

mixed texts are redactions that are within the journalistic genre and informative. The name of mixed texts it is because they combine objective information with subjective information. This information can be from the text, the author, another person, etc. but as long as it is directly related to the topic being discussed.

A text is a discourse, whether oral or written, in which ideas are developed in order to communicate something to the receiver. They are considered as mixed. following subgenres of journalism: the chronicle, the subjective report and the interview. In these texts, many forms of writing are alternated, such as the description of the situation, the narration of the events, the author's opinion, the interview of someone involved, etc.

Characteristics of mixed text

You will be able to recognize this mixed texts because it has some very obvious features and they jump out at you. They are the following:

• The language they use is subjective
• The headlines that are used do not show direct information, but have literary tone.
• They may be multi textual and display different types of text, within the same creation.
• They always carry the signature of the author or reporter who has written the article
• Although they present the opinion of the author, this must be supported by truthful facts and arguments.

we leave you with some examples of mixed texts, so you can check how they are written and what parts they are made of.

To classes with chinstraps, mixed text by Román Duque. subjective report.

The government of the City of Buenos Aires announced that, at the end of the second month of classes, there was no increase in infections by coronavirus among teachers and students, and the statistics are similar to those of the rest of the city.

If the face-to-face classes have not caused a greater number of infections, we can assume that the Students will be able to continue seeing each other's faces and that of their teacher, maintaining sanitary measures planned.

Two fictional beings in search of an author, mixed text by Heriberto González. Chronicle.

In this chronicle, the writer Heriberto González compares the figures of the Prince of Edinburgh, who died last April 9: the character developed by the successful series of Netflix (The Crown), with the one created by the so-called "press of the heart" for more than seven decades, and wonders which of the two characters is closer to the prince of meat and bone.

Houston, we have a problem, mixed text by Mariana Tovar. Chronicle.

I was nine years old when the human being set foot on the Moon, with the arrival of the Apollo 11 astronauts, in July 1969, to our beloved and much-sung satellite; and was ten when the Apollo 13 failure occurred in April 1970, often remembered for the famous phrase: “Houston, we have a problem”, which has overshadowed in popular culture that of the first moon landing just a year before: “The Eagle has landed".

The fault, the explosion of an oxygen tank when they were more than three hundred thousand kilometers from Earth, could have ended tragically, with the deaths of the three astronauts, but instead became a survival mission that has overshadowed the rest of the Apollo missions. We have a better memory for catastrophes than for achievements, which is why 2020 will be unforgettable.

My pandemic, the latest novel by the writer León Cortez, mixed text by Silvia Altuna. Interview.

Silvia Altuna: So many novels have been written about the coronavirus pandemic that there is already talk of a literary subgenre: the novelia. Can your new work be considered as part of that sub-genre?

León Cortés: Not necessarily, because in my case the coronavirus is an excuse to talk about our fears and the different scenarios of the end of the world that we are creating for ourselves.

Silvia Altuna: End of the world scenarios?

León Cortés: Global warming, nuclear war, pollution of the seas and soil, the appearance of new diseases, etc. We've turned the world into the set of a Marvel movie.

Now you know what are mixed texts and have you seen some examples practical. If you are interested in continuing to learn more about this topic or something similar, do not hesitate to take a look at our articles in the writing section.