TEXT TYPE - Article

An article is a piece of writing included with others in a newspaper, magazine, or other publication.

Types of publication

Broadsheet/Tabloid/Magazine/Online

Purpose

What is the aim of the article?

To entertain/to inform/to give opinion/to warn/to raise awareness

Features

• Masthead - Name of Newspaper

• Headline - Normally uses puns, rhyme, alliteration etc

• Subtitle - Elaborates on Headline

• Byline - name of person who wrote article

• Crosshead - Short phrase between two paragraphs

• Picture/Graphics

• Jumpline - 'continued on page __'

• Advert

• logos, pathos, ethos - Appeal to logic, emotion, credibility

• Emotive language

• Hyperbole - exaggeration

• Appeal to fear - trying to make people afraid

• Pun - play on words

• Antithesis - contrasting words eg black and white, rich/poor

• Simile, metaphor etc

• Asyndeton, polysyndeton- list without 'And', list with 'And'

• anaphora, epiphora- repeating start/end of clauses

• Inversion - inverting the sentence

• Hypophora - asking then answering a question eg Can we all pass this assessment? Yes we can!

• Rhetorical question - question which doesn't need answer

• Repetition

• Anadiplosis - device in which the last word or phrase of one clause, sentence, or line is repeated at the beginning of the next. eg Fear leads to anger. Anger leads to hate. Hate leads to suffering.

• Antimetabole - phrase or sentence that is repeated in reverse order using the exact same words and grammatical pattern

How to answer Exam question 3

Step 1 - Break down the question. Identify:

• text type eg letter, speech etc

• audience and purpose

• the key issue or focus

• the content you must include

• any other information

Step 2 - Read the passages and highlight the key points. Put these into your own words.

Step 4 - Evaluate. Make your own judgment

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