Intertextuality: connecting texts practice questions.

A print advertisement typically combines a bold headline, product image and a slogan mainly in order to

• record events objectively
• persuade a target consumer to buy or feel something
• provide neutral, step-by-step technical instructions
• archive company history

Answer: persuade a target consumer to buy or feel something

Adverts are persuasive: every visual and verbal choice is engineered to move a specific audience toward a purchase or brand feeling.

Which feature is most characteristic of a persuasive speech designed to be delivered aloud?

• Numbered footnotes and a full academic bibliography of cited sources
• Repeated phrasing and rhythmic patterning for rhetorical effect
• A data table with raw figures
• A subject line and salutation

Answer: Repeated phrasing and rhythmic patterning for rhetorical effect

Speeches are oral texts, so patterned repetition and rhythm make key ideas memorable and stir a live audience.

An infographic communicates mainly by

• setting out long, unbroken paragraphs of dense continuous prose without any visuals
• combining data with icons, charts and colour to make information quick to grasp
• recording a private confession
• listing sources in academic style

Answer: combining data with icons, charts and colour to make information quick to grasp

Infographics translate statistics into visual form so an audience can absorb complex information at a glance.

A political cartoon most often conveys its message through

• exhaustive statistical evidence and detailed data tables
• caricature, symbolism and visual exaggeration
• a neutral chronological account
• a formal salutation and sign-off

Answer: caricature, symbolism and visual exaggeration

Cartoons compress an argument into caricature and symbol, using exaggeration to make a satirical or critical point fast.

A review (of a film, book or restaurant) primarily aims to

• record raw experimental data objectively for scientists to analyse at a later date
• describe and evaluate a work so readers can decide whether to engage with it
• give legal instructions
• keep a private daily record

Answer: describe and evaluate a work so readers can decide whether to engage with it

Reviews blend description with judgement: a clear evaluation, supported by evidence, guides the reader's choice.

A memoir differs from an autobiography chiefly in that it

• is entirely fictional
• sets out the writer's entire life story in strict chronological order from birth onward
• focuses on selected themes or periods, shaped by reflection and emotional truth
• must avoid the first person

Answer: focuses on selected themes or periods, shaped by reflection and emotional truth

Memoir is selective and reflective, exploring particular experiences and their meaning rather than a full life history.