Your Guide to Beach Safety Flashcards
1
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Use of language
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-Statistics and figures to represent a factual case that cannot be denied
‘crews have saved more than 137,000 lives’
-Emotive language to connect with reader
‘I was crying and just so relieved…’
-Use of 2nd person addressing the reader directly and is a powerful way of encouraging the reader to engage with text
‘can take you by surprise’
-Imperatives
‘know your flags’
- simpe language, maximising audience
- Informative writing
2
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Purpose
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- To inform people of all ages the dangers/rules of the beach
- Display key safety info
- Make readers aware of what the RNLI is and how it serves the public
3
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Use of layout
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Easy to read/ be understood by all ages:
- short concise bullet points, stars stand out, friendly
- paragraphs under clear CAPITAL sub headings
- Pictures aid the text in conveying message of text
- Crew shown to be hard at work, boy and mum reunited
- Use of diagrams to show demonstrations and give examples
- Logo professional
-Contrast in font jumps out
- Very bright/bold colours to draw reader’s attention
- Colours shown in blocks and convey the tone of section of brochure
4
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Order of sections
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- Story draws you in, tips and then statistics
- Positives first, donations last
