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What is the most-set Paper 1 text type?
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What is the most-set Paper 1 text type?
The article (print or online) — set most often across recent papers.
Name four conventions of an article.
Headline, byline, lede/hook, and a clear angle (plus standfirst; online adds images and subheadings).
What is an article's 'angle'?
The particular slant or argument it takes — what it wants you to think or feel.
What is the 'lede' or hook?
The opening line or paragraph, built to pull the reader in.
What should you analyse in an article?
Headline, voice and tone, diction and imagery, structure, authority (data/quotes), and direct address.
What extra choices does an ONLINE article add?
Image, caption, subheadings and layout — all analysable.
What have real article guiding questions asked about?
Diction and imagery, figurative language, narrative structure, and how the article persuades.
How do you analyse an article's imagery well?
Feature → effect → meaning: name the image, explain its effect, link it to the article's angle.
What is 'authority' in an article?
Facts, statistics, expert quotes or anecdote used to make the angle credible.
Biggest article mistake to avoid?
Treating it as neutral information and missing the angle — or listing devices without linking them to persuasion.
Topic 3.2 study notes
Full notes & explanations for The non-literary text-type bank
English A Lang & Lit exam skills
Paper structures, command terms & tips
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