Genre Mix 01 (Middle years)

Sometimes friends and family tease and troll each other via text. The friendly text troll has no real meanness behind it. The point is just to irritate a friend or loved one enough that they snap.

Because this is a text message, we use fragments and optional punctuation and grammar.

Here is the example snippet as you would see it on a phone:

Here is the snippet without the formatting, written like a script:

Because this is a writing exercise (rather than texting your Dad), you’ll have to write both sides of the conversation.