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Composing Section

Composing Section. Strategy. Know what sort of writing you are good at Slow down choosing Think about the requirements Brainstorm ideas to find inspiration Try to write about what you know. Possible Forms. Persuasive/Interpretive text – argument/opinion Narrative

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Composing Section

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  1. Composing Section

  2. Strategy • Know what sort of writing you are good at • Slow down choosing • Think about the requirements • Brainstorm ideas to find inspiration • Try to write about what you know

  3. Possible Forms • Persuasive/Interpretive text – argument/opinion • Narrative • Something else e.g. description, memoir

  4. 2016 Exam Topics ‘Lost in the solitude of his immense power, he began to lose direction.’ Compose an interpretive text, that uses this quote at a key point in its structure.

  5. Use the statement below to compose the openings of two different narrative passages, each employing the features of a particular genre. I’d never laughed so hard as I had in the previous few days. Or allowed myself to be quite so recklessly happy. It had been an unplanned, unexpected bubble of paradise. One we didn’t want to end ever.

  6. Respond to the image below by creating a text that employs stylistic features to challenge or surprise an audience. Brainstorm

  7. ‘What the mind doesn’t understand it worships or fears.’ Write a persuasive text in response to this statement that works to convince a particular audience.

  8. Persuasive/Interpretive Essay Structure

  9. Writing a Narrative: Pointers • Have a theme • Draw on your own experience for events, characters, settings • Use a problem-resolution structure • Use a limited time frame

  10. Limit the number of characters • Have a focaliser- a point of view character • Limit descriptive detail to that which is relevant – remember Chekhov’s gun

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