A2 LL - CUPCAKES QUESTION - PUTTING HER BEST FACE ON A MURKY BUSINESS

Read the source material which follows and answer both questions:

Question 2

Text A is from an article entitled [Putting Her Best Face on a Murky Business] by [Eleanor Mills]

It was first published in [the Sunday Times in October 1999].

You  [have been asked to produce the section of Bhutto’s obituary, focussing on this period in her year.

Your work is intended for publication in a broadsheet newspaper.

You should adapt the source material, using your own words. Your [obituary] 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[text]
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)