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English Language: Non-Fiction Writing: 2 of 3 English Language: Non-Fiction writing: 3 of 3

Non-fiction (Transactional) Writing – Text types Pearson Paper 1, Structuring non-fiction writing Non-fiction writing
AQA Paper 2
Speeches Letters and Formal Emails Non-fiction writing is 50% of English Language Paper
Main line of argument, main overarching
• A speech is often made to argue or persuade your • Letters and formal emails are usually addressed to a specific person. Introduction 2, and 25% of your whole English Language GCSE.
audience • They are likely to be written to persuade or inform someone. You might be How can your make your perspective clear in an
• Think about who your audience is – you might need to applying for a job or telling them about an issue in the world. You might also be engaging and effective way? You should structure your writing effectively,
adapt your tone and the content to suit them writing to complain about something
• When writing a speech, think about how you open it to • The tone and words you use are important here. You must be as formal as building your ideas with persuasive techniques and
grab the audience’s attention and how you engage them possible and as clear and direct as you can be sophisticated vocabulary.
idea – what do you think?
with your points • Get to your points quickly and organise your paragraphs so your reader can Point 1 – Personal
• Order your points to build your argument and come to a easily follow your arguments. What is your personal experience of the topic? How
logical conclusion at the end • The opening and closing to your letter or email are important as they show that does it affect your in your life?
• Directly address your audience – you might want to you are writing in a formal way: always start with ‘Dear Sir/Madam’ or ‘Dear Can you remember the techniques and devices to
open with ‘I am here today to talk to you about’ or Mrs Kane’ use?
‘Ladies and Gentlemen’. • You don’t need to include addresses, dates or email addresses at the top of the
• Use rhetorical questions and/or repetition to really letter Point 2 – Social / community A
make your points and make the audience think
What is the wider impact of the topic? Are there any F
communities in society which are more affected?

Articles and Blogs Reports Reviews O
• Articles and Blogs are usually informational and are telling • Reports are more formal than • Reviews are your opinion and R
readers about a certain topic based on your own opinions articles and are putting across a thoughts on a topic Point 3 – Political / economic
• Think about your audience – blogs may be more key point or opinion • They may be less formal than E
informal but you should still use sophisticated • You need to maintain a articles but you should still use What is the ‘bigger picture’ with this topic? Are there
language formal tone formal language issues around taxation or governmental priorities? S
• You don’t need to worry about splitting your writing • You will also need to organise • You need to make sure your
into columns but you might want to include sub- your report logically and you opinion is balanced and you T
headings may want to use sub-headings might want to include some E
• You will need to organise your article show that it flows and/or bullets to help organise good and some bad points Conclusion
logically and makes the points clearly your ideas • Think about your reader and “Let me leave you with this:” What message do R
• You might want to include statistics and/or other what they might be interested you want your reader to take away with them?
opinions to enhance your own arguments in