Read the source material which follows and answer both questions:
Text A is from an article entitled [The English Aristocracy] by [Nancy Mitford]
It was first published in [Encounter Magazine in 1955].
You [are contributing to a tourist guide to class and social change in England and are responsible for the section of the tourist guide concerning who is the aristrcracy and speech in the upper middle class and middle class.
Your audience will consist of [largely of tourists from other countries who speak English fluently.]
You should adapt the source material, using your own words as far as possible. Your [text]
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 guide
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)
