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100

What is the purpose of an advertisement?


To persuade, promote a product, to sell,  to inform


100


What is the purpose of a Biography ?


to inform, narrate, share experiences,

100

What is the purpose of a blog?

To comment, share, inform, persuade, evaluate


100

What is the purpose of a brochure/leaflet?

to inform, educate, advertise

100

What is the purpose of a travel magazine article?

To inform, promote (products, people,  events etc.), comment, entertain,  review, criticise, advise

200

What do these stand for in an advert?

PCAVTEVS

Please Call Aunt Vera To Eat Vietnamese Spring Rolls

Please Call Aunt Vera To Eat Vietnamese Spring Rolls

Product Context/Culture Audience Values Text

Emotion/Mood.  Visuals/Layout

Subtext

200

What devices would an Appeal use to engage with the audience?


ethos/pathos/logos, emotional appeal, anecdote/narration, facts & figures,

200

What would you consider when reviewing a cartoon:

Coral Needs Our Care and Love

Coral-Composition      Needs- Narrative our-Objects/Symbols.      Care – Colour/Shading and Love- Verbal irony/satire

200

Name some devices found in cartoons or graphic novels?

panels, visual, topical, graphic style, gutter, speech/thought bubble, splash, bleed, emanate, narration,

200

How does an infographic inform and appeal to its audience?

colour scheme, condensed information, subheadings, data/facts & figures/statistics, charts,  symbols, graphics, exaggeration/symbolic value,

 


300


Name a text type which uses single perspective, possible subjectivity, foreground/middle ground/background, focus/blur,  colour/black & white, to comment, provoke, inspire, shock,  record a moment, provide evidence, entertain, criticise.


A photograph

300

Name 3 devices you would expect to find in a memoir?

First person narration, single perspective, anecdotes/first hand experiences, strong elements  of cultural context, author = narrator = protagonist,  events/experiences,

300

Which type of devices would you find in a magazine article?


Heading/Title, subheadings, spread or embedded photos/visual elements, possibly in columns  (depends on layout of magazine), rule of thirds, isolated quotes, capitalisation of first  word/line

300

Which devices would you expect to find in a screen play/drama

Names of characters per line, stage directions (exits, entrances, sounds, lighting, camera  angles etc.), font, scene markers, header (episode, series, film)

300

Which devices does aforest stand for?

a alliteration.  f-fact.    o-opinion

r- rhetorical Q's e- emotive language

s-statistics t- rule of three

400

Name the 3 types of persuasive language most commonly used in speeches. Give an example of each

pathos

ethos

logos

400

What are the major constituents of a webpage? Explain where they are usually found?

Navigation Menu, Header, Banner, Footer, Sidebar, Call to Action Buttons, Hyperlinks, Logos, Images, Icons, Font and colour choices.

400

Where would you expect to find these devices?name-calling, scapegoating, subjectivity, bias, allusions, plain  folks, transfer, patriotism, glittering generalities, assertion, narration/anecdote, simplification,  analogy, humour, personal pronouns, emotional appeal

Speeches

400


February 15, 2023 What devices are being used?


©


Irony, symbols, emanate, speech bubbles, uniforms, flags, current political situation

500

Give 5 devices found in a blog


informal or familiar language, ads/banners, subheadings, hyperlinks, direct address, acknowledgment of reader, self-referential (expects previous knowledge), narration, comment  section, title/headline, subjective, thematic topic, narrow columns, use of lists/GIFs/visuals,  figurative language, links to social media


500

Give 5 devices found in an advert


colour scheme, slogan, testimonial, rule of thirds, weasel words, groups, ethos/pathos/logos, plain folks, signature, magic ingredient, copy, facts & figures, expert opinion, snob appeal, glittering  generalities, bandwagon, card stacking, endorsement, avant garde, wit & humour, logo,  rhetorical question, problem/solution, bribery, foreground/middle ground/background, direct  address, anecdotal evidence


500

Give 5 devices found in a diary


first person, ‘Dear diary’, personal pronouns, date, narration, anecdote, informal language, stream of consciousness, daily experiences, self-referential, imagery, descriptive language,  personal or reflective tone, little contextualisation


500

What devices are used here?

"You have stolen my dreams and my childhood with your empty words. And yet I'm one of the lucky ones. People are suffering. People are dying. Entire ecosystems are collapsing. We are in the beginning of a mass extinction, and all you can talk about is money and fairy tales of eternal economic growth. How dare you!

pronouns, repetition, alliteration, emotive words, present participle, parallelism

exclamation 

500

Devices used here?

That is the story of this country, the story that has brought me to this stage tonight, the story of generations of people who felt the lash of bondage, the shame of servitude, the sting of segregation, but who kept on striving and hoping and doing what needed to be done so that today I wake up every morning in a house that was built by slaves. And I watch my daughters, two beautiful, intelligent, black young women playing with their dogs on the White House lawn.

anecdotal story, repetition, parallelism, emotive language , present participle more?

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