R2: (L2) - Skills Check - Types of Text and Layout

Presentational Feature A:

What is the layout feature? and Give one reason why this is used. (Do not press entre until you are ready to submit your answer.)

Answer explanation

Presentational Feature A:

This is a headline, as the text is an article, but we would also accept title as a correct answer.

It is in bold and a larger font size, so it stands and and grabs attention.

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Presentational Feature B:

What is the layout feature? and Give one reason why this is used. (Do not press entre until you are ready to submit your answer.)

Answer explanation

Presentational Feature B:

This is a subheading.

It is there to help organise and break up the text.

It also tells the reader what the next section/paragraph is about.

Presentational Feature C:

What is the layout feature? and Give one reason why this is used. (Do not press entre until you are ready to submit your answer.)

Answer explanation

Presentational Feature C:

These are columns, as this is an article. However, if you have given paragraphs as your answer this is also accepted.

These are to organise/separate the information and make it easier to read.

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Read the text.

Suggest three organisational features that the author could have used to make it easier to navigate this text.

Answer explanation

This question specifically asked about organisational feature to make the text easier to navigate.

These would be:

➤ heading/title

➤ subheadings

➤ bullet points

➤ picture/caption for each section.

If you have not listed this answers, it could be because you have listed something that would be to help something stand out, rather than navigate.

Look at the bar chart.

Which quarter in 2017 is the company’s busiest period? 

• Q1

• Q2

• Q3

• Q4

Why do you think the keys are colour coded?

Answer explanation

This is to show the difference between each quarter / to help find the right information