Higher/Nat 5 BROADSHEET REVIEW INSTRUCTIONS

BROADSHEET REVIEW

 

Choose a quality piece of journalism, from a broadsheet newspaper, which is comment or opinion-based. Good papers to use include: The Herald, Scotsman, Times, Telegraph, Independent, Guardian, Scotlandon Sunday, Sunday Herald, Observer on Sunday etc. You can use an on-line article if you wish.

• Read through the article and then complete the following:

1. a summary of the main point / argument of the article, including date, paper and journalist’s name (try to include purpose and audience if you can- why it was written and who it was written for!)

2. a summative analysis of key features of the writer’s craft

a. tone and register

b. word choice and imagery

c. use of humour

d. use of anecdote / statistics / expert witness

e. structure, including linking paragraphs, contrasts and developments of argument

f. specific use of rhetorical skills such as hyperbole and understatement, antithesis, climax and anti climax

3.A brief conclusion evaluating the success of the piece.

One of these should be completed every month, due in on a FRIDAY. After the initial few, they should not take you longer than 15 minutes. As you get more and more feedback, your reviews should become better and better with time! Note form is acceptable if clearly headed and detailed.