PAFT Flashcards
1
Q
What does PAFT stand for?
A
Purpose
Audience
Form
Tone
2
Q
What kind of purposes can texts have?
A
Texts can: Inform Explain Advise Describe Entertain Persuade Argue
3
Q
What kind of audiences can texts have?
A
Broad audiences, such as readers of national newspapers.
Small audiences, such as a non-fiction text about a specialist subject.
4
Q
What kind of forms can texts have?
A
Newspaper articles Magazine articles Autobiographies Biographies Leaflets Adverts Letters
And so on!
5
Q
What kind of tone can texts have?
A
Positive or negative tones
Formal or informal tones
6
Q
When is best to apply PAFT in the question paper?
A
When annotating the three sources.
In the ‘deeper thinking’ of question 4.
When planning an answer for question 5 and 6.
