English Language GCSE Question 2 - Higher

Q2. Linking Presentational techniques to texts


- The question will ask you to link the headline and picture to the text.

- 8 marks so 12 minutes

- you should analyse language features and meaning in the headline and link them to the picture and article

- check carefully: the question is unlikely to ask you to link the headline to the picture

- you should analyse the detail of the picture: connotations, colour, shot type and link to the headline and picture.

What you need to do: 
· You have explained the effect of the headline

· You have explained the effect of the headline being big & bold/pun/alliteration

· You have explained how the picture links to the text

· You have picked details from the picture and linked them to the text

· You have mentioned colour/shot types/connotations

· You have included embedded quotes

What you might need to do to improve
· Explain the EFFECT of the headline

· Explain the effect of the headline being big & bold/pun/alliteration & explain effect

· Explain how the picture links to the text

· Do not link the picture to the headline

· Mention colour/shot types/connotations/more details

· Embed quotes from the article

Here's the Free Eschool channel's video of how to achieve A/A* on question 2

You can revise presentational techniques here (though it is 45 minutes long...)

The best way to do it is to look at some articles and try to link the headline, article and text in no more than 10 minutes.

You could try this article from the Independent about whether we need to take gadgets on holiday

Or this one about hopes that England will deal with football hooliganism

Or this one from the Guardian about poverty and pay day loans