Tuesday 5 May 2015

A2 LL - CUPCAKES QUESTION - WHAT BECAME OF THE FLAPPERS

Read the source material which follows and answer both questions:

Text A is from an article entitled [What Became of the Flappers] by[Zelda Fitzgerald]
It was first published in [Mc Call’s Magazine in October 1925].

You [have been asked to contribute to an encyclopaedia of popular culture by producing an entry on the idea of the Flapper].

Using the source material [as a whole you should] adapt the source material, using your own words as far as possible. Your [encyclopaedia] entry 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)