Cupcakes and Kalashnikovs Eleanor Mills (Ed.)
Read the source material which follows and answer both questions:
Text A is from an article entitled Sluts I writeen by Katherine Whitehorn It was first published in The Observer in 1963.
You are a journalist and have told to write an article aimed at young women who are disorganised and chaotic.
Using the source material, write the text of your article
· Your audience will consist of 16 to 19 year olds.
· You should adapt the source material, using your own words as far as possible.
· Your article should be approximately 300 – 400 words in length.
In your adaptation you should:
• use language appropriately to address purpose and audience
• write accurately and coherently, applying relevant ideas and concepts.
(25 marks)
AND
Question 3
Write a commentary which explains the choices you made when writing your article
commenting on the following:
• how language and form have been used to suit audience and purpose
• how vocabulary and other stylistic features have been used to shape meaning and
achieve particular effects.
You should aim to write about 150 – 250 words in this commentary.
(15 marks)
