Key Terms
Language used in professional context.
Formal Language
Directed response is the component of which paper and section?
Paper 1: Section A: Question 1a
How do you write to a specific audience?
lexis. Tone. register.
What is the best way to compare the texts for prompt 1b?
Comparing texts within paragraphs
1st person
private thoughts and feelings
present tense
Diary Entry
Language associated with speech and used in social context.
Informal Language
The text you read for paper 1: Question 1a will be between how many words?
550-750 words
What is your tone and register that you should write in?
Read the following text, which is an extract from the autobiography of Usain Bolt, the famous sprinter. In the extract he describes the 100 metres race in which he won his first Olympic gold medal.
1a) You are a journalist at the Olympic 100 metres final which Usain Bolt describes in the extract. Write your report of the race for the sports section of your newspaper. Use 150–200 words.
Third person. formal jargon. standard english-no slang. To entertain.
The following lexis is use for?
in the same way. both. similarly. likewise. as well as
the same as. have in common. so too.
For comparison
1st person
memories
anecdotes
Autobiography
The particular Language and grammar usage to a group of people.
register
Your response to Question 1a must be between how many words?
150-200 words
What are the possible ways you will be asked to respond to Question 1a?
-continue the genre, audience, purpose.
- genre shift, new audience, new purpose
The following lexis is use for?
however. yet. although. even though. on the contrary.
For difference or contrast.
1st person
speaks to the reader
present tense
positives and negatives
review
Auxiliary verbs that indicate the possibility, obligation, or certainty of an action or state.
Modal Verbs
What components must you gather from any given prompt? (main 3)
Audience - Purpose - genre (text type) -
When writing in a new genre based on an original genre you should alway use quotes.
True- Why
or
False- Why
False-You should use the information in the original text but not quote or copy directly.
A good comparative response should provide a succinct _____________ of both pieces of writing.
Overview
2 genres:
persuasive
1st/2nd person
call to action
soft sell
hard sell
speech
campaign literature
The Sentence construction and order of words in a sentence.
Syntax
What is your genre to write in?
Read the following text, which is an extract from the autobiography of Usain Bolt, the famous sprinter. In the extract he describes the 100 metres race in which he won his first Olympic gold medal.
1a) You are a journalist at the Olympic 100 metres final which Usain Bolt describes in the extract. Write your report of the race for the sports section of your newspaper. Use 150–200 words.
Newspaper article
What tone purpose and audience should you write in?
Read the following text, which is an advertisement for a luxury apartment called Pembroke, in Cape Town, South Africa.
(a) Imagine you have recently stayed at the apartment. Write the text for a review of the apartment, which will be posted on the Real Deal holiday review website. Use 150–200 words.
-first person, informal but no slang
-mid to high class
-Write the text for a review of the luxury apartment called Pembroke
What components do you compare in 1b?
Form, structure, language
plot
characters
1st, 2nd, or 3rd
Narrative