Friday 17 April 2015

A2 LL - CUPCAKES QUESTION - A WATERGATE DIARY

Read the source material which follows and answer both questions:

Text A is from an article entitled [A Watergate Diary] by [Elizabeth Drew]

It was first published in [Atlantic Monthly, 1973].

Read from the beginning of the article to the end of the 6 May entry.

You [are contributing to a non-fiction book on the Watergate scadal. You are responsible for a section on Howard Hunt.]

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 [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)