This document provides a summary of a factual text about roasting a joint of beef. It is laid out in three simple steps - preparing the cut of meat, marinating it, and then cooking it. The summary is concise and provides the key details about how to roast beef in 3 sentences or less.

1. Factual page layout breakdown
Henry Paul

2. This is a fact based piece of text
on how to roast a joint of beef.
Obviously there are many
different ways that you can roast
a piece of beef but they all lead
to the same outcome. Some
things within the text could be
seen as a choice and may not be
necessary to complete the
process of cooking the meat.
This piece of text is very clear and
is laid out in three simple steps.
They are gaining the cut of meat,
marinating and then cooking. It
even gives you a little tip on how
to carve the meat when its done.
Its set out very clearly and
doesn’t barrage you with lots of
text.
The diagrams are quite
interesting and show the
procedure well. They obviously
aren't as helpful as actual
photographs in terms of showing
what the meat should actually
look like at each stage. With that
said most people do know what
it should look like they just don’t
know how to make it so.
It is quite a concise piece of text as it does
minimise the amount of words that are used
throughout. I’m sure there are many much longer
ways to go about preparing and cooking beef but
this is three simple steps. The page is filled up
nicely and almost everything on the page is some
useful piece of text.
This piece of text will
predominantly be quite accurate
in terms of the outcome it says it
provides. Its on how to roast a
joint of beef and that’s what it
tells you to do. There may be a
couple of debatable things but
they are based on preference, for
example what to marinade the
meat in initially.
This does avoid ambiguity and is
very straight forward. It doesn’t go
round in circles and it does tell
you important things to know.
There are times to stick to and
measurements to follow.
This isn't a very bias piece of
writing because there aren't that
many opinions involved. Its telling
you how to do something that can
be done in many different ways.
You could argue that its bias
towards this particular way of
preparing beef but its not
although its arguing against
something.
The register within this this piece
of text is quite informal because
it doesn’t need to be particularly
well written for it to be
understood.
The layout is quite straight foreword and follows
quite a generic poster layout. The steps are shown
in a clear, consecutive way.

3. This is quite a clear piece of
text and it states obviously
what it is teaching you about.
Its teaching you the best way
to perform a bank shot. It
shows diagrams and boxes of
text that seem quite sterile. It
seems quite like its from a text
book.
I would say that this is
quite a concise piece
of text. There isn’t a
paragraph that’s longer
than 3 lines and
everything you are told
is necessary to
perfecting the bank
shot.
This piece of text comes from the
Olympics 2012 and should be quite
accurate. I looked at a couple of
other similar pieces. They gave
similar statistics with very minor
differences. This is actually quite an
extensive diagram and covers almost
every aspect of this particular shot.
http://www.wired.com/playbook/2011/03/physics-basketball-shots/2/
This piece isn't
ambiguous and is
quite straight
forward in the way
that its laid out. It
could possibly look
confusing to
someone who has
literally no clue
about basketball.
With that said its
not intentionally
unclear and is
designed to be as
clear as possible.
The images are good for showing what they intend
on showing but I think they look quite bland and
aren’t very aesthetically pleasing. They have set up
the images to mirror each other so it looks more
structured. The images all seem to use a similar
colour scheme and they all stand out from the white
background.
The layout for this piece of text is quite
structured. Its symmetrical from the middle and
the diagrams on the left and right are the same
size and shape. This makes it easy to follow
alongside the text. I think they could have
selected some more vibrant images than the
ones that were chosen.
The fonts throughout are
quite stereotypical of this
kind of text book layout.
There are some slight
changes in the text sizes but
that’s mainly between the
titles and the bulk text. The
font and text is clear.
It shows up
well against
the white
background.
The register is
formal because
its an
instructional
diagram. With
that said it
doesn’t seem
to stick to any
strict lingual
code. It will be
aimed at quite
a wide age
range.
The title at the top
left is in bold
writing and draws
the readers eye
into the piece.

4. This is an article about Frankie
Boyle making a racist remark. Its
layout is quite stereotypical of a
news report. It has a bold title
that stands out well against the
white background.
This should be quite an accurate
piece because it was a news story
released by the BBC. He is
obviously arguing against it
having any real racist intention. It
is also quite clear and easy to
follow as its not a hugely
extensive news story. The story is
about after he had lost his job
with mock the week. This is
about the after effects and the
compensation he gained from the
whole scenario.
This wasn’t that much of a bias
piece because the article was
written from an impartial point of
view. If it was written by the daily
mirror they would have been
very bias against him as they
were the initial people involved
in the accusation.
There are a couple of codes of
practice that could be part of this
piece. One is the editors code of
practice and another is the NUJ
codes. The NUJ codes have to be
strictly followed to ensure all the
information released is true and fair.
The evidence behind both sides of
the argument do prove to be quite
clear because the case arose in the
first place. This piece isn’t that bias
because its just informing you of
what happened after so evidence
from both sides are clear.
It only has one image and its not a
particularly interesting one. It’s a
photograph of Frankie looking quite
innocent, probably because he didn’t
have a racist intent behind the words
he used. The title is in a similar font
to the text except its bolder and
easier to read. Its quite simplistic but
it does the job well and still looks
professional.

5. This is a hand out for the NHS, it should be quite
factual and shouldn’t have any miss informed
information. Its clearly laid out and states all the
important information obviously. It has quite a clean
professional feel to it .
Its showing images of people being happy with the
service they provide this makes them seem more
customer friendly and less mechanic. The leaflet itself
is quite concise. All the information given is relevant
and appropriate.
The fonts for this
suit the leaflet
quite well. They
are straight
foreword, easy to
read fonts.
The register for
this piece is
quite
stereotypical of
a leaflet. It is
formal but not
too formal
meaning that it
was created to
be read by most
ages. Its
something you
might just pick
up regardless of
whether or not
your worried
about the harms
of mobile
phones. Its just
informative.
It has a
structured layout
that all fits neatly
together. The
headings are all
in bold easy to
read writing.
The fonts seem
to be
intentionally
clear and all fit
well together.
Nothing on the
page looks out of
place.
The colour scheme is the same as the one the
NHS use throughout all of their handouts,
websites and other sources of information.
The shade of blue they use is quite sterile and
clean. It’s a good colour to represent the NHS.
This leaflet isn’t meant to be bias but it
could be misconstrued as being so because it
uses research gathered by the NHS. They are
in most cases a reliable source, however
some people believe mobiles cause no harm
what so ever.