Understanding and Producing Non-Fiction texts

What do you learn about X's thoughts and feelings about Y? 

• 6 thoughts or feelings should be identified (2 start, middle, end) 
• Talk about how language shows thoughts 
• Select quotations (6-8 words MAX) 

Presentational Devices and Retrieval 

Part 1-

What is the headline trying to achieve? - Capture readers intrest so read on...

Techniques- 

Puns/play on words- funny                           Alliteration 

Ambiguity                                                    Chilche 

Statistics                                                     Emotive Language 

Hyperbole/Exaggeration                                Facts 

Short/catchy                                                Rhetorical Devices- persuasive

Tone                                                           Oxymoron 

THEN- relate the techniques to the text, finding a QUOTATION (6-8 words) 

Part 2-

What is the picture trying to achieve? - Capture readers attention so they read on... 

Comment on-

• Focal Point
• For/Background
• Colour/Lighting 
• Size+Position                                         LINK TO MAIN TEXT!
• Angle from which taken from 
• Depth- where taken from
• Unpick- facial expressions 

REMEMBER-

DEVICE---------'QUOTATION'-evidence--------IMPACT--------SIMILAR QUOTE FROM TEXT 

Explain some thoughts and feelings.............has about.........

SKILLS- RETREVIAL + DEDUCTION(inference from quotations that show a thought or feeling) 

• Idenitify quotes start, middle, end (2 for each) 
• MUST identify at least 4 thoughts or feelings 
• To get marks for DEDUCTION you must use PEE 
  • P- thought or feeling
  • E-Quote (cannot include thought of feeling word)
  • E- Inference of the quote which leads you to the thought or feeling 

• For A* look at changes through text (crafting), sentance lengths, punctuation style, literacy features

Compare the different ways in which language is used for effect in the two texts. Give some examples and analyse the effects.

KEY SKILLS= RETRIEVAL- COMPARISON- INFERENCES- LANGUAGE DEVICES

Structure- 

• 1) Language device
  • Example Source 1
  • Example Source 3
    • Impact on reader 
      • LINK ALL TO PURPOSE

• 2) Language device
  • Example Source 1
    • Impact on reader
  • Example Source 2
    • Impact on reader
      • LINK ALL TO PURPOSE

If there is a contrast between them...

• 3) Lanuage device 
  •  Example Source 1
    • Impact on reader 
• Language device 
  •  Example Source 3
    • Impact on reader 

• MAKE AT LEAST 5 POINTS- MINI PARAGRAPHS 
  • 1 Structure 1 
  • 2 Structure 2 
  • 2 Structure 3

Two Questions 

• 16 marks Q5- focusing Inform/Explain/Describe (1.5 sides MAX) 
• 24 marks Q6- focusing Persuade/Argue your point of view (2.5 sides MAX) 

MAKE SURE YOU PLAN YOUR ANSWER,

GAP PLANNING 

G-Genre (article) 

A- Audience

P- Purpose (inform, explain, decribe) 

WRITE IN THE CORRECT FORM!!! 

eg. Web article 

web adress, headline, username, etc