Flashcards · 9270 · Topic 2

Source-based reading and directed writing flashcards

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What kinds of source does 9270 Paper 2 use?: Current-affairs and issue-based writing such as opinion pieces, reports and campaign material, including sources that may be solely visual, such as infographics.
What do the reading strands R1 to R4 ask for?: R1 read and understand, including purpose; R2 collate and synthesise detail, often across sources; R3 develop an interpretation of the writer's ideas; R4 explain and evaluate linguistic, grammatical, structural and presentational features.
How do you read a visual or graphic source?: Read the explicit data and the implicit framing: what is emphasised, what is placed first or largest, and what is left out.
Do you need prior knowledge of the topic on Paper 2?: No. The sources provide everything needed; the skill tested is analysing purposeful, real-world writing.
What are presentational features?: Layout and design choices such as headlines, images, colour, font and bullet points, which guide the reader's attention and support the text's purpose.

What does Paper 2 Section B (Directed writing) require?: Writing for a specified audience and purpose in a set form, marked on AO2 (W1–W4): adapting form and register to that audience and purpose.
How should you plan the directed writing task?: In about five minutes: one sentence each for audience and purpose, three or four content points in order, and a line on the form's required features.
Which form features should directed writing show?: Those its form requires, such as a headline and sub-headings for an article, or a greeting, clear purpose and sign-off for a letter.
How can Section A help with Section B?: Techniques analysed in the sources (rhetorical questions, direct address, the rule of three) can be used deliberately in your own writing for its audience.