Read the source material which follows and answer both questions:
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 of her life in the UK. 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)
Click here for a link to a guide on how to write an obituary
Click here for an encyclopaedia entry for Benazir Bhutto
Click here for a poor quality and brief youtube clip showing Bhutto's assassination
Click here for a link to a radio 4 programme of obituaries called Last Word
Click here for an example of a recent written obituary published in the Guardian
