A2 LL - QUESTION - POOR IMMORTAL ISADORA

Read the source material [the whole article] which follows and answer both questions:

Text A is from an article entitled [Poor Immortal Isadora]by [Dorothy Parker]
It was first published in the [New Yorker in January 1928]

You [have been asked to produce the opening section of an online encyclopaedia page about Isadora Duncan]

You should adapt the source material, using your own words. Your [online encyclopaedia page] 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[online encyclopaedia page] 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)





Click here for a youtube clip about Isadora Duncan


Click here for a link to a website about Isadora Duncan - it could act as an online encyclopaedia article about her.


Click here for a brief article on how to write an encyclopaedia