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1
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What type of text is this?

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An information text

2
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Describe the font of the titles

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It is distressed font so it looks like sand

3
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What does the logo do?

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-Proves that the leaflet is from a real company which is called the RNLI

4
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What does the national beach safety council stamp do?

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  • Shows that the information contained in the leaflet is reliable as it has been approved by the Notional Beach Safety Council company
  • Appeal to expertise
5
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What effect does “Your guide to a safe and fun time at the seaside” give?

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As it is in the second person, it directly addresses the readers

6
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What is the purpose of having an RNLI coastguard in the back of the photo on the front cover?

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It is to show that the coast guards are operating both literally and metaphorically - always there to keep people safe

7
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What is the purpose of the yellow box on the back cover of the leaflet?

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To provide key information

8
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Why are there details at the bottom of the back page of the leaflet, such as the RNLI’s email?

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To provide contact details for situations which are not an emergency

9
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What is “RNLI lifeboats, lifeguards, life first.”?

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The company’s slogan

10
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What does the red background symbolise?

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Danger and it suggests that the connection between red and danger has already been culturally decided.

11
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“Caroline Yard will never forget”

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Definite future tense

12
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“Relaxing on the beach with my daughter…”

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Personal anecdote/account in the first person

13
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What does the first paragraph of the true story do?

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Foreground the danger

14
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“Swept towards some rocks”

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Conventional metaphor

15
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“The water was like a whirlpool”

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Simile

16
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“Mark and a surfer called Mike…boys are going to drown”

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Modelling good practise to the reader and showing how important lifeguards are.

17
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“It seems to take a lifetime”

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Hyperbole

18
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“Bernadette”

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Personalisation

19
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“When you think your boys are going to drown”

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In second person to address and involved reader

20
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“Shaking with shock”

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Sibilance

21
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“I’ll certainly always go to a lifeguard-patrolled beach in future, and I know the boys will too”

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Definite future tense

22
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What is the “Rips” yellow box?

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An instruction text

23
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What does the warning sign so?

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Represents action

24
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“Don’t panic”

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Contractions are informal language to narrow gap between reader and writer

25
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“Keep”“Raise”“Never”“Swim”

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Imperatives

26
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“999”“112”

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Key numbers are in bold font

27
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What is the purpose of the bullet points?

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To make the text easier to read at a glance

28
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Why are the diagrams and the captions in an informal style (e.g tape on corner of diagrams)

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To make it easier to relate to them, but the diagrams are there to instruct.

29
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The headings

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These are in distressed font

30
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The flag diagrams

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Make sure readers know what to look out for and are colourful so they attract the eye of readers

31
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Descriptions about flags

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Short, simple sentences there to inform readers about the meaning of each flag

32
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“Danger!”

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Imperative

33
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Key information blue box

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Repeated at the bottom of most pages throughout the leaflet

34
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“One of the best all-round activities you can do”

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An opinion with a second person tone which is not too scary

35
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“Most fantastic”“great start”

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Opinions

36
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“You’re”

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Contractions are informal

37
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“Follow”“check” etc

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Imperatives that get to theorist and display rules and guidelines boarders should follow

38
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Bullet points

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The use of bullet points creates an easy to understand list full of information but in a small space

39
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Blue box

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Gives key information and tips

40
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What style of writing is the leaflet

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Starts of informing but ends with persuasive writing

41
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Use of statistics

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“230 lifeboats” etc - makes the RNLI seem good at what they do

42
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“Funded by you”“lifesaving advice and information”“ordinary peripheral, extraordinary acts” sections

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Makes people feel inclined to help and text is more formal, but is opinionated.

43
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“Seamless rescue service”

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Fully in control

44
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“When someone is drowning”

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Emotive

45
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“They look out for potential problems before they develop into something worse”

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Reverse slippery slope is used

46
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“Will you help us meet that need?”

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Rhetorical question

47
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“Phone…”

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Imperative

48
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Bottom of red box has a bigger version of the RNLI slogan.

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  • Stresses that what they do is not eye-catching as they rescue people in danger first
  • Emotive language of slogan is a persuasive technique along with slippery slop