Reading for Understanding Analysis and Evaluation National 5

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Reading for Understanding, Analysis and Evaluation National 5

Reading for Understanding, Analysis and Evaluation National 5

A&E outcome 1: Reading To understand, analyse and evaluate detailed written texts by: 1.

A&E outcome 1: Reading To understand, analyse and evaluate detailed written texts by: 1. 1 Identifying and explaining the purpose and audience, as appropriate to genre 1. 2 Identifying and explaining the main ideas and supporting details 1. 3 Applying knowledge and understanding of language to explain meaning and effect, using appropriate critical terminology

1. 1 Identifying and explaining the purpose and audience, as appropriate to genre •

1. 1 Identifying and explaining the purpose and audience, as appropriate to genre • Identify the purpose Identify means pick out This means you have to decide/ pick out the main reason why this article was written • Identify the genre “genre” means type of text Common genres are fiction, non-fiction, drama, poetry, newspaper article……get the idea? Know what these are – AND – what they look like. • Identify the audience To answer this you need to try to work out who this piece of writing was aimed at/ who you think would enjoy reading it. You might also want to/ need to give a reason for your answer.

AUDIENCE AND PURPOSE When you are approaching a text for the first time, whether

AUDIENCE AND PURPOSE When you are approaching a text for the first time, whether as a reader or as a writer, the two most important questions you need to ask yourself are: What is it for? (Purpose) and Who is it aimed at? (Audience) The text’s purpose and audience should be reflected in almost every aspect of its appearance and language from its layout and use of pictures to the complexity of its sentences and the formality of its style.

 • In order to help you decide on a text’s audience and purpose

• In order to help you decide on a text’s audience and purpose you should look for any available clues as to the type of text you have been given and its context. • In your exam paper you will probably be told when and where the text you have been given to study first appeared. Use this information together with any recognizable conventions of presentation, layout and language to help you decide on the text’s purpose and audience.

Identifying Purpose Writing has many purposes. Below are 10 of the main ones: •

Identifying Purpose Writing has many purposes. Below are 10 of the main ones: • • • To present a point of view To present a balanced view of two sides of an argument To analyse / comment on a topic To promote a product or service To explain something To complain / disagree with something To express feelings To record / share experiences To entertain To give information

Task • Complete the ‘For practice’ task on p 3 of “Reading for Understanding,

Task • Complete the ‘For practice’ task on p 3 of “Reading for Understanding, Analysis and Evaluation” • Read and make a note of what is meant by the terms “Register” and “Tone”

Identifying Audience Closely tied in with the writer’s aims is the readership or audience

Identifying Audience Closely tied in with the writer’s aims is the readership or audience that they have in mind. Most of the pieces you will be given to analyse will have been written for the non-specialist, general adult reader. But writing might also be directed at: • • Small children Teenagers Members of a profession or people with expert knowledge People with a specialist interest in a topic.

Task • Complete the ‘For practice’ task on pages 4&5 of the textbook.

Task • Complete the ‘For practice’ task on pages 4&5 of the textbook.

Test Yourself Audience and Purpose: http: //juni. osfc. ac. uk/Extension/level_2_extensi on/English/lesson 1/audience_quiz. asp

Test Yourself Audience and Purpose: http: //juni. osfc. ac. uk/Extension/level_2_extensi on/English/lesson 1/audience_quiz. asp