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English Language: Paper 2, 2 Paragraphs - Intro then 2 breif PETE…

- - - - Magazine articles are on a particular subject and offer opinions
        
        To grab the audience's interest, a personal tone and a conversational style will help to convey the writer's opinions and personality
        
        Rhetorical techniques are commonly used to help get the writer's opinions across forcefully and to encourage readers to agree with the writer
        
        Layout Features:
        
        Headlines tell you, very briefly, what an article is about. Headlines need to capture the audience's interest so that they carry on reading the article
        
        Straplines are short statements that expand on the headline. They try to hook the reader, after the headline has got their initial interest
        
        Bylines tells the reader who has written the article
        
        Introduction Paragraph - Articles often start with a short paragraph that gives an overview of the story or theme
        
        Subheadings are used to split an article up. Each subheading briefly tells you what the next section of text is about, often in an interesting or humorous way
        
        Tips:
        
        If you're asked to write a news article for an online audience, think about how your abidance might be different e.g. younger and adapt your writing to suit
        
        Your headline needs to be short and punchy to engage the reader
        
        Use a streamline to summarise the article in an interesting way
        
        You're giving an opinion, so your tone should be quite personal
        
        Use rhetorical devices like repetition to make your writing entertaining and persuasive
        
        Make sure you answer to the prompt you're given in the question
        
        You can use a sarcastic tone to give your writing a sense of personality
        
        Opinion articles often combine a conversational style with complex sentences and vocabulary
    - - If you're asked to write a letter, look at the audience to decide how formal your register should be
        
        Formal letter (someone in a position of authority), keep a serious tone. This means you should:
        
        Use formal greetings (e.g. 'Dear Sir/Madam') and sign-offs (e.g. 'Yours sincerely' if you've used their name, 'Yous faithfully' if you haven't)
        
        Use Standard English and formal vocabulary, e.g. you could use phrases like 'In my opinion...' or 'I find this state of affairs...'
        
        Structure: Intro (introduce idea), Para 1 (convince), Para 2 (crush counter argument), Conc (action)
        
        Tips:
        
        Formal language helps to set the right tone for your letter and shows you've understood your audience
        
        You need to make your viewpoint on the statement clear
        
        Introducing a counter-argument, then contradicting it, can help to build up your arguement