Discriptive Writing.
- Make sure to read the question carefully and answer exactly what you are being asked to do. Underline relevant points in the question.
- Brainstorm and plan your essay.
- Always keep the marking scheme in mind, purpose, coherence, language, mechanics.
- Title your essay.
- You are aiming for about 12 paragraphs, 3 pages (approx)
- Bring the place/person to life that you are describing.
- Use adjectives, adverbs, metaphors, personification, similes, onomatopoeia, etc.
- Try to embrace your reader’s five senses; taste, touch, sound, smell and sight.
- Read over your work and correct any mistakes you may have made.
Discursive Writing.
- Make sure to read the question carefully and underline the main points of the question.
- Try to pick a topic you have some knowledge or interest in.
- Brainstorm and plan your essay.
- 12 paragraphs, 3 pages.
- Give your essay a title.
- Employ your speech/debate writing techniques, e.g. facts, statistics, anecdotes, rhetorical questions, hyperbole, imperatives, superlatives.
- You may make up quotes, facts, statistics etc, but also say where they “came from”.
- Leave your strongest point for last.
- Read over your work and correct any mistakes you may have made.
Dialogue.
- Read the question carefully and underline the main points of the question.
- Brainstorm and plan your work.
- Give your work a title.
- Write a brief paragraph setting your scene and introducing your characters.
- Limit your dialogue to 2/3 characters.
- Include in the dialogue how the words are spoken and stage directions.
- Put colons (:) after the character’s name before the dialogue.
- Put stage directions into brackets.
- Have a conclusion for your dialogue.
- E.G. In a dimly lit room, Mary slowly crosses to sit on an old, battered chair. Her face tells of a cruel life of poverty and hardship. She anxiously waits the arrival of her husband who was out searching for work…
Mary: (Tearfully) Any luck?
John: (He shifts anxiously from foot to foot) No. Noone has heard of anything going for a while now. Sure I knew that.
Mary: (Pleadingly) What are we going to do now?
John: (Full of regret and sorrow) I wish I knew darling.
- Read over your work and correct any mistakes you may have made.
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