Edexcel Writers Voice Section B Tips
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- Writers Voice Section B Tips
- GAPS
- Genre
- Magazine
- Web Page
- Blog
- Newsletter
- Leaflet
- Audience
- Teenagers
- Make this lively + jokey, NOT in text language
- Parents
- Teachers
- Boss
- Teenagers
- Purpose
- Advise
- Influence
- Persuade
- Argue
- inform
- Comment
- Style
- Vocab used
- Formality
- Make sure you show in answer
- eg. 'I am writing this LETTER to you as a PARENT of a child at your school...
- Genre
- What to include
- Article
- Short paragraphs
- Catchy headline
- Quotations from interviews
- statistics and facts
- Formal (depends on audience)
- Letter
- Start with address and 'Dear..'
- Usually formal in this exam
- Ends with 'Yours sincerely' OR 'Yours faithfully'
- Leaflet
- Can include bullet points
- FACTS
- Short paragraphs
- Lots of persuasive language
- Catchy title
- Report
- Headings + Subheadings
- Formal
- Very boring (No sensational lang.)
- Factual Details
- Quotations from witnesses, etc
- Review
- Opinions
- Descriptions/informations
- Follow narrative sequence
- Article
- Techniques to use
- List
- Address audience directly
- Contrasts + opposites
- Hyperbole/Exaggeration
- Irony
- Sound patterns
- Alliteration
- Assonance
- Rhetorical Questions
- Emotive Language
- Tone of authority
- Imperitives
- Final Tips
- Make your first paragraph VERY powerful
- Don;t think about layout (eg. columns) - THEY DON'T MATTER
- Sometimes, a straight Purpose is not given, so READ BETWEEN THE LINES
- Use a variety of puncuation
- GAPS
- eg. 'I am writing this LETTER to you as a PARENT of a child at your school...
- Similes + metaphors
- Techniques to use
- List
- Address audience directly
- Contrasts + opposites
- Hyperbole/Exaggeration
- Irony
- Sound patterns
- Alliteration
- Assonance
- Rhetorical Questions
- Emotive Language
- Tone of authority
- Imperitives
- Techniques to use
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