(a) five features of text typical of genre

Feature 1: Begin with most important/ relevant information, then give

additional details.
example: first sentence directly relates to the headline, expanding on it a
little. Additional information, such as when this happened (last week) and a
description of what the cartoon showed (Obama, his wife and a fist-bumping
gesture) then follows.
Feature 2: Use of quotes, direct speech, to give opinions of those involved in
the story.
example: Ryan Tate .. said Its hard to see the snub as anything other than
payback.
Feature 3: Lexis relevant to the magazine article.
example: cover, caricature, article, author, journalist
Feature 4: Use of present perfect at beginning of article to show current
relevance of story.
example: The New Yorkers Washington correspondent has been denied a
press place
Feature 5: Use of passive voice to focus on events rather than those causing
the events.
example: ..it was intended as a satire ..

(b) form/ meaning/ pronunciation of be

Line 1 has been denied
form: be is used in the past participle form (irregular), as part of the present
prefect (3rd person singular) passive.
meaning: at an unspecified time in the past, the writer was not given the
opportunity to go on the tour.
pronunciation: been is pronounced as a weak form /bn/
Line 5 is being seen
form: be is used in the 3rd person singular form of the present continuous.
Auxiliary verb be in 3rd person singular (is) followed by present participle
(being). It is part of a present continuous passive structure, so it is followed
by the past participle of the verb see.
meaning: the writer wasnt given the opportunity to go on the tour, this act is
being interpreted as a retaliation to the article. The focus is on the action,
rather than those seeing the action as a snub (they are identified later in the
text).
pronunciation:
Line 5/6 were angered
form: past simple passive. Verb be in 3rd person plural past simple form
(were), followed by the past participle (regular) of the verb anger.
meaning: Obamas workers felt angry because of the cartoon.
pronunciation: were pronounced as weak form /w/
Line 16/ 17 was available
form: verb be in 3rd person singular past simple (was) followed by adjective
(available).
meaning: There was no seat on the plane for the journalist.
pronunciation: was pronounced as a weak form /wz/
Line 18 is it?
form: affirmative interrogative form, using be in the 3rd person singular, as a
question tag.
meaning: this is not a genuine question, the affirmative/ affirmative statement/
question tag form is used here as the speaker considers the information he is
saying aloud.
pronunciation: is it pronounced together, as one word /zt/

(c) sentence in lines 14-17 would have expected to

secure
form:
3rd person singular
modal verb would
modal verb used to talk about past time (modal perfect structure)
would + have (not has, so not present perfect) + past participle
past participle is regular, bare infinitive + ed (expected)
verb expect is followed by the full infinitive, expect + to secure.
meaning/ use:
modal perfect used to refer to past time, prior to being told there was
no space.
secure means to be assured of/ guaranteed
potential learner problems: recognising modal perfect and relating this
to past time, misunderstanding collocation secure a place
pronunciation:
contraction of have to wouldve /wdv/
stress content words expected and secure
potential learner problems: problems with putting the appropriate
stress on the content and function words. Students are more likely to
stress all words equally.

(d) vocabulary place, room and space

place
form:
noun (countable)
used in singular form
object of the (passive) clause
meaning/ use:
means a seat/ vacancy
room
form:
noun (uncountable)
meaning/ use:
means space
space
form:
noun (uncountable)
meaning/ use:
used as a synonym of place to prevent repetition of this noun
(e) Other words/ verbs that could be problematic for
learners
1. a chilling thing (line 13)
students may be more familiar with the verb form, to chill, to make cold.
as this adjective ends in ing, students may mistake it for a verb.
students may be more familiar with the slang use of chill as a verb
(relax) and may therefore mistake the adjective chilling for the verb
relaxing.
2. The Obama camp (line 4)
lexis often specific to politics
much less commonly use meaning of camp as people/ group with the
same ideas.
students likely to be familiar with much more widely used definition (a
place with tents)
3. the cover flap (line 24)
British, informal use of the word flap to mean commotion
least common use of the word flap which has many definitions.