A) Five features typical of the genre

1) Ellipsis in headline of article e.g. New-Yorkers plane snub over Obama terrorist
cartoon missing articles and particles to create interest
2) Use of Passive to focus on events and not people responsible e.g. has been denied, is
being seen
3) Direct speech for quotes and opinions e.g. engaging in a nasty, little act of getting
even.
4) Narrative language (past verbs) e.g. no space was available
5) Reporting verbs e.g. accused, explained.

B) Analyse example form the text for form, meaning and pronunciation

1) Has been denied

Form- Third person singular , Present Perfect Passive
Meaning Passive used to emphasise event (denial of access) and not to whom .
commonly found in newspaper article reports.
Pronunciation : {bn} weak form pronunciation

2) Is being seen
Form- third person singular, present continuous passive
Meaning Describes an ongoing assumption held by the wider population or journalists
and political commentators.
Pronunciation: [izbnsn} assimilation of s to ns

3) Were angered
Form third person plural, Past passive
Meaning Describes a reaction to a past event
Pronunciation: { wgd} intrusion /r/ to aid pronunciation of two vowel sounds at
the end of and start of adjoining words

4) Was available
Form third person singular, Past of to be plus adjective, Narrative tense
Meaning - Describes a past event ie there were no seats on the plane.
Pronunciation assimilation /wzvelbl}

5) Is it?
Form: tag part of the question tag, present tense used for direct speech
Meaning: Question tag used for rhetorical question
Pronunciation assimilation /izit/
 c) Analyse would have expected to secure

Form: Third conditional consequence clause (with the if clause missing) using would +
have + past participle
Meaning: a Past hypothetical to describe what would have happened if the cartoon hadnt
been published.
Pronunciation : /wdvkspkttsk elision/coalescence producing the contracted
form of the speech. Assimilation with the last letter from expected (d) changing to the
first letter of to (t)
Problems for learners: The omission of the reason (if part) of a third conditional sentence
may cause problems and they may pronounce the sentence without the contraction which
would sound unusual or overly formal to native speakers ears.

d) Analyse words for form meaning/use

place

Form: countable noun used with press to make compound noun.

Meaning : synonymous with position or seat.

Room

Form: uncountable noun used with negation and quantifying adjective not enough room

Meaning/use: synonymous with area

Space

Form: uncountable noun used with negation no space

Meaning/use: synonymous with place

e) Analyse at least three other problematic words/verb forms

1) Phrasal verbs e.g. getting even, brushed off. These may be unusual for learners and they
may be confused by the literal meaning to brush
2) Compound nouns e.g. fist- bumping gesture, cover flap these are not common collocations
a fist-bump may be problematic without visualisation and cover and flap have many
different individual meanings.
3) Payback students may interpret payback as literal and believe it is financial and not
synonymous with revenge.