Question 2 - Tips!

Question 2 is the question where it asks you to comment on how important the Headline, subheading and pictures are.

You HAVE to see these items as being more than just A HEADLINE or A PICTURE.

You have to split them up into their individual parts.

Think about what we did in class with the Dinosaur article and how well the students in our class were able to comment on the size and position of the dinosaur, the perspective of the way it looked huge compared to the people standing near it etc.

Think about the individual words in the headline and how they have a particular effect on the target audience.

The MAIN thing you have to remember is where it says 'HOW THEY LINK TO THE TEXT IN THE ARTICLE'.

this means that you have to use quotations from the rest of the article as well.

Like this:

The word FEARSOME in the headline is important because it grabs your attention and makes you want to read about this frightening beast. This also links to the picture, as the dinosaur looks very fearsome due to the fact that the people next to it look so small. The photo is taken from the head end of the skeleton which makes you focus on its FEARSOME teeth. Also, this links to th rest of the article because the article refers to the dinosaur as a 'beast' which makes it sound even more fearsome, and describes its '13 metre length' which makes it sound terrifying as there are no meat eating animals of that size around today.


A few paragraphs like that, and you'll be fine!