Year 10 GCSE Media

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Year 10 GCSE Media

• Analysing text-types
• (tabloid and broadsheet newspapers, charity
  leaflets)

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What is a masthead?
The name of the newspaper found at the top of the
front page
List 3 presentational devices found on tabloid
front covers
Large font, upper case headline, sub-headline,
photograph leads the story, white on black for
contrast, caption, cross head, advertisements,
flash, text in columns
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What is the purpose of newspapers and magazines?
To inform and entertain, to influence opinion
List 3 text-types found in newspapers? E.g.
balanced editorial
Advertisements, opinion columns, gossip columns,
letters to the editor, news reports, sports
reports, interviews, features, reviews (e.g
restaurants, plays) , factual reports, specialist
pages (e.g fashion, motoring)
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List three persuasive devices found in media and
non-fiction texts
Alliteration, repetition, rule of three, emotive
language, dare to disagree, rhetorical question,
use of collective pronouns (we, us) and 2nd
person (you)
List 3 tabloid language features
short punchy words, emotive words, idioms (well
known phrases or sayings e.g. she hit the roof),
wordplay and puns, nick-names, alliteration,
rhyme, onomatopoeia (when words sound like the
noise they describe)
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You are the editor of a tabloid and have just
received this press release from Number 10,
Downing Street The Prime Minister has taken the
decision to resign from public office. Following
recent allegations of bribery and corruption he
feels that his position as leader of the Labour
Party and Britain is no longer tenable until the
matter has been fully investigated. Write the
opening paragraph, headline and sub-headline

• You must attract the readers attention
• Tempt them to read on
• Use tabloid language
• Set the scene by answering key questions (who?
  what? when? where? why? )
• Plan in rough first at the back of your book