CAPE Communication Studies · 2011 · Paper 2 · Question 1

Candidates are provided with an extract adapted from Daniel Pendich discussing the physical characteristics, destructive nature, and behavior of tsunamis as they travel across deep oceans and impact coastlines.

Write an ESSAY of not more than 500 words in which you identify the writer's main point and purpose, and comment on THREE organisational strategies and THREE language techniques used to achieve the purpose. The strategies and techniques identified should be supported by specific references to the extract.