Locating and retrievingwhat evidence does the writer use Explain Impressions Viewpoint and attitudethoughts and feelings Intended audience who Analysis of persuasive technique how Writing about 2 texts ID: 490628
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Types of reading question
Locating and retrieving/what evidence does the writer use…ExplainImpressionsViewpoint and attitude/thoughts and feelingsIntended audience (who)Analysis of persuasive technique (how)Writing about 2 textsSlide2
Locating and retrieving/what evidence does the writer use…
Read question carefullyWork through text methodically – highlight/underlineMake your points in your answer in this order tooUse only relevant pointsGive more examples than asked (if time)
If it says ‘list,’ list; if it doesn’t, don’tSlide3
Explain
Stay in sequenceUse short, embedded quotations
Inference
Use your own
words
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Impressions
Try to make about 4/5 separate points – there will be more than one impression to comment on – use your own words to describe the impresssionWork through the text methodicallyUse the wording of the question in your answerUse short quotations to illustrate points
Explain how the impression is created through
language i.e. negative or positive vocabulary
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Viewpoint and attitude/thoughts and feelings
Answer the questionTry to make about 5 clear, separate pointsSupport points with short embedded quotationsExplain how the attitude is revealed through language
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Intended audience (who)
Find more than one audience (4 or 5)Comment on primary audience first and then secondary audiencesDo not say it is for ‘everyone’!!
Use evidence to support your ideas
Explain
how
the text targets
the
audience –
presentation
and language
PEESlide7
Analysis of persuasive technique (how)
MOVE FROM LONG-SHOT TO CLOSE-UPTone (formal/informal, serious/light-hearted, sarcastic, ridiculing, humorous, colloquial/conversational)Tactics (scare, shock, appeals to sense of ambition, snobbery, better nature, self-image)
Techniques: CRAPPSFOREST
(counter-argument
,
rhetorical questions, anecdote, first, second, third person pronouns, imperatives, lists and triples, simile/metaphor, adjectives, degree adverbs, senses, negative or positive vocab, statistics, facts and opinions, exaggeration, emotive, structure
Presentational features
Explain the
effect on the reader
of each device you mentionSlide8
W
riting about 2 textsUse the headingsRead the question carefullyThis question requires clarity of thought and organisation – stand back and
see
the big picture (long-shot)
Avoid personal viewsSlide9
TIMING
Use your time carefully
1 hour to read 2 texts and answer 4 questions:
10mins reading
12
mins
per question (x4)
2
mins
checking