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Single line of argument
Rhetorical questions
Flatter your audience
Taboo language Use of slang and abbreviations
Direct address
Patronise your audience
Simple sentences
Emotive language
Counter argument
Chatty, informal style
First person
Rule of threeUse of alliteration
Use of repetition
Similes and metaphors
Puns and humour
Find the correct devices for writing to argueFind the correct devices for writing to argue
Single line of argument Rhetorical questions
Flatter your audience
Taboo language Use of slang and abbreviations
Direct address
Patronise your audience
Simple sentences
Emotive language
Counter argument
Chatty, informal style
First person
Rule of threeUse of alliteration
Use of repetition
Similes and metaphors
Puns and humour
English Language Unit One
Section B
Questions Five and Six
• Question five is worth 16 marks and you should spend twenty five minutes on it. This should include five to ten minutes to plan and check your work. You should be writing for about fifteen to twenty minutes.
• Question Six is worth 24 marks and you should spend thirty five minutes on it. Again, this should include up to ten minutes to plan and check your work.
• You should answer question six first.
You could be asked to write . . .
• A letter• An article• A speech• A script for a play/radio play/television or
radio broadcast• A blog or diary• A leaflet
You should remember the following
• GAP• G = Genre (what type of text is it – letter,
speech?)• A = Audience (who is it aimed at?)• P = Purpose (inform, explain, describe, argue,
persuade, advise)
Remember the palette – mix and blend your techniques
The techniques that you decide to use will depend on the following:•The topic you are writing about•The audience that you are writing for•The form that you are writing in.
•Remember GAP•Genre•Audience•Purpose
•These are on your placemat.
Genre
1. Letter
2. Website
3. Speech
4. Essay
5. Short Story
6. Article
7. Diary
Audience Parents, teenagers, grandparents, teachers, MP/Council, Self, Friend
Inform
Explain
Describe
Argue
Persuade
Advise
Entertain
Purpose
As a writer you need to consider yourself to be an artist. The choices you make will help you to craft a piece of writing that is a work of art. Think carefully about the techniques that you use and how you blend them together.
Paragraphs of varied length
imagery
symbolism
short sentences
alliteration
repetition
simile
metaphor
complex sentences
adjectives
verbs
exclamatory sentences
Sensory imagery
personificationheadlines
captions
puns
humour
sarcasm
cluster of three
adverbs
bullet points
connectivessections
Declarative sentences
Emotive language
hyperbole
Plosives
sibilance
Successful Writing
• Four important stages:• Thinking• Planning• Writing• Checking
The examiner says . . .
• More realistic, simple and well crafted choices, sometimes ironic and witty are often more successful.
• In the past the examiners have talked about how much they enjoy reading the answers that students write for these types of questions. So, try to write something that you think they will enjoy reading.
What if you were asked to write . . ?
A letter
Salutation – Dear Sir/Madam
Your Address in the top right corner
Date below the address
Is it formal or informal in relation to purpose and audience?
Yours faithfully if you don’t know the name of the person you are writing to
Yours sincerely if you do know the name of the person you are writing to
What if you were asked to write . . ?
An Article
An appropriate headline
Sub-headlineWho, what, where, when, why?
Impersonal style
Mixture of past and present tense
May include personal testimony
Factual
Headlines may include puns and alliteration
What if you were asked to write . . ?
A Speech
Directly address your audience
Thank your audience for coming
Thank the audience for their attention at the end
Make reference to time and place
Personal style
Appropriate level of formality based on audience and purpose
Personal pronouns
Language and Grammar
Section A – TAP
T
A
P
What do you think?
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-7RWFpAkcbo
What’s good about it?What are the problems with this campaign?
Did you think about this?
Section B - GAP
• G
• A
• P
• Write a letter of complaint or support to the Autism Trust in reaction to Tommey’s provocative ad campaign. Explain the reasons for your viewpoint and argue your case for or against the advert.
Thinking
• What do you think?
Planning
• Share your thoughts with your partner and then start to plan your response.
I’m less worried about content . . .
• I want your writing to be accurate and clearly structured.
• Use a range of punctuation.• Write carefully.• Have two or three key ideas that you wish to
discuss and write about them in detail.
• Your first and last sentences are really important. You want to grab the reader’s attention with your first sentence. For example:
Banish the lard and get fit.Is a much more interesting opening sentence
than:In this article am going to write about being
healthy and losing weight.
Beginnings and endings
Beginnings and endings
• In the same way the last sentence needs round off your topic and give the reader something to remember. For example:
Blueberries and tofu it is, then, rather than pizza and chips.
Is much more memorable than:Eating healthy food will do you a lot more good
that eating a lot of fatty food
Beginnings and endings
Exploring some real examplesOn the placemat provided is a mixture of some writing to persuade and some writing to argue. These are all real examples from real students and therefore, range quite significantly in complexity.
Your job is to read each response and with the help of the mark scheme, give feedback to the candidates if you were the examiner and set them a target.
You must then rank the responses in the appropriate section of the placemat and provide a brief rationale for your choices.
As an extension, use the appropriate box on the placemat to improve one of the pieces – ideally, the one that you feel is least successful.
Exploring some real examples