ELLA 3 COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS AND TEXT ADAPTATION
CUPCAKES AND KALASHNIKOVS – QUESTION
Question 2
Read the source material which follows and answer both
questions:
Text A is from an fictional column entitled [Bridget Jones’s
Diary]by [Helen Fielding]
It was first published in the [1995].
[You have been asked
to produce a guide to speaking to singletons for married people. This is to be
published in the Life and Style section of The Independent.]
[Using the source material provided write the text produce
the text for this guide. You should adapt the source material without using
direct quotations and write 300 – 400 words ]
In your adaptation you should:
• use language appropriately to address purpose and audience
• write accurately and coherently, applying relevant ideas
and concepts.
(25 marks)
Question 3
Write a commentary which explains the choices you made when
writing your speech
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.
