The short story titled 'GOT YOU' is written as an addition to the internet phenomenon of "Creepy Pasta's", which are a collection of short stories intended to be a scary and spooky read for people looking for a quick thrill. This short tale is influenced by the style model "I'LL BE WAITING" written by an anonymous writer on the official Creepy Pasta webpage and would be under the section of 'Beings & Entities'. My target audience for this story is for young adults, who maybe have a more understanding of things like child abuse. The primary purpose of this piece of text is to entertain the reader and give them the thrill that the implied reader would be seeking. The secondary purpose of this text is to spread light on child abuse and abusive households, due to the fact a message of this story is that children can be so scared and mentally scarred by their horrible home life, that traditional scary things like monsters under the bed don’t frighten …show more content…
Commonly, this genre of story writing would usually have a simpler vocabulary, as its primary purpose is to scare the reader, but by using a higher, more varied vocabulary, the text is now more informative and serious. I also wrote the story in first person, from the monster's perspective, influenced by my style model, because it makes the story seem more personal for the reader and allows them to feel like this ominous source is speaking in reference to them, which helped me achieve my primary purpose of entertaining/scaring the reader. My style model was written in first person and it was effective because it gave me a sense that I was the target of the protagonist's speech and the use of phrases, like 'I hope I see you tonight' also helps intensify that personal