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 Ok, So you are going to want a general walk-through for the essay. You know this already. There is no way around the fact that it is a BIG essay. Remember, if you follow the timings I have outlined in an earlier post, you should have between 60-65 minutes to write it. THE QUESTION WILL PROBABLY ASK YOU HOW THE CONVENTIONS OF THE GENRE, OR ANOTHER RELATED ASPECT OF THE GENRE, HAVE CHANGED OVER TIME. WHATEVER IT ASKS YOU, YOU MUST ANSWER THE QUESTION DIRECTLY AND SIGNPOST YOUR ARGUMENT BACK TO THE QUESTION IN EACH PARAGRAPH. Got it? Sorry if that looked a bit shouty, but it's pretty much the most important thing on the exam so take note. So...make sure you do the following things: 1. Read the blurbs for each texts and highlight any key words that will give you clues about the content of the text. Often, you will see clues to do with the class, social position, age of writers etc. 2. Aim to find FIVE key points in each text which directly answer the question. ie, if the question asks...

 The amount of theory you have to remember for this section is nothing compared to component 1. Essentially what you need to do is try to add some relevant quotes into your analysis of the data when you think it is important, then memorise a really good example paragraph to put at the end of your essay. David Crystal is a fantastic source, as he is one of the world's experts on this subject. When David Crystal visited, I made a PPT outlining all kinds of quotes he made about CMC communication. Here is the PPT. You will see LOTS of useful quotes that you can use as you analyse your data. Obviously the 'language and the internet' slides are the most important. As well as David Crystal, please also remember Tim Shortiss' 'Disinhibition Theory'. You don't hae to remember quotes for this, just remember what the theory is, and mention it if it crops up in your data. The theory is the idea that, because CMC allows you to communicate without having to see people fac...

Really, this is a component which should NOT have you panicking. You will be given a small set of data from the genre of 21st century English. This could be from: SMS Twitter Facebook Snapchat Instagram Email All the questions will ask you to do will be something like 'analyse how the context of this data affects language use in the 21st century'. You already know ALL of this! You really do. All you have to do is imagine you are explaining EVERYTHING to a 95 year old, and you can't go far wrong (ie, just be prepared to explain what the heck is going on as if you are talking to someone who has never seen a text message or abbreviation in their life.) Got it? Key terms: If you see any of these, you'll need to point them out and explain why and how they are being used. Don't just assume that you only need to mention them once. You might make a point about how a smiley face to a friend shows informality or flirting, whereas you might later make another point about how i...

Spelling - Historical/Archaic Aspects and Terms § Extra final –e (vowel) or you could say appended –e or inflected vowel § Doubling ( vppon , natural,  seurall ) and Single consonants ( maners ) § Omission of medial e:  wherby ,  somtimes § Omission of final e:  diuers § Interchange: I/Y or U/V for example § Inconsistencies or idiosyncratic spelling § Phonetic spelling § Loan Words : French/Latin or borrowing (like the text A in travel writing example) KEY WORDS IN THE QUESTION § In each of the questions there are two key words.    These are: § Q1: word class and archaic spelling pattern (SPELLING) § Q2: word class and variation.    In this question you can also make reference to language change concepts like; reference to 1755 dictionary, spelling inconsistency and standardisation (SPELLING & PUNCTUATION) § Q3: Form (word class with detail – third person present tense inflection) and archaic grammatical feature (GRAMMAR) QUESTION 4 GRAMMATICA...