Attached are the following documents to support your in preparing for question 2:
Practise Question on Chilean Miners with model answer and indicative content.
Now read Source 2, the article and the picture that goes with it called, Trapped Chilean miners: rescue drill reaches their rescue at last by David Batty.
2. Explain how the headline and picture are effective and how they link to the text. (8 marks)
Trapped Chilean miners INDICATIVE CONTENT FOR ASSESSORS
Top tips:
1. In Question 2 you are asked to ‘Explain’
2. In order to ‘explain’ how the headline is effective, you need to select some words/techniques used by the writer, then interpret ways in which these make an
impression on the reader
3. In Question 2 you will need to analyse the picture.
4. You must make direct links between the words and the presentational devices.
5. It may help you to break it down into these four areas:
How is the headline effective?
How does the headline link to the text?
How is the picture effective?
How does the picture link to the text?
