Halo 5 text

Respond to texts

Read and compare a reliable and unreliable text consider the following.

·         Where has the text come from? What is the source?

·         Who is the author and when was it written?

·         Is it relevant, reliable and academic – and if it’s not is that okay?

·         What is the main purpose of the text?

·         Is it to describe, explain, hypothesise (regard something as probable or likely), argue or a few of these things together?

·         Who is the text written for?

·         When you are reading for your own research you may also want to consider what you want to get from the text?

Use the above points as guidance to answer questions 1 and 2. Write in full sentences and include 5-6 examples to support your analysis of each text.

1. Which text is more reliable (believable) and why?

The page from a magazine is more reliable as the information could be sourced from the developers and other resources that make it more believable and to be true. It is also highly unlikely that a big magazine company would give out false information to its readers. Even though it’s a big company, it doesn't list its resources. The Author has probably written many articles on other games and has had experience in gathering information due to the way they write. The text is relevant to the subject as it is giving us information about the new Halo and an insight detail of it. The Magazine doesn't need to put up a reference source as they are the reference and they collected their information through interviews they have conducted themselves.

2.            Which text is less reliable and why?

The wiki text is less reliable due to the fact that anyone can change the information on the page and the information can be false, however they can reference the information to back it up but this may not always be the case as the references may be written as a false statement.

Extension Questions:

3.            How would you improve the less reliable text?

Using even more references to back up the information they are using and using reliable websites, such as the official websites.

4.            To what extent has each author used formatting features within the text?

The wiki author used hardly any formating except two paragraphs and used italics on the subtitle of Halo: The Master Chief Collection.

The Magazine Author used bold test to highlight the sub-paragraph and highlighted important words with the italics.