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27 Cards in this Set
- Front
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What types of writing tasks can you expect?
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Formal Letter
Informal Letter Report Article Review Leaflet Speech |
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How should you approach these tasks? PALL
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Purpose, Audience, Language, Layout.
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Formal letter - Layout
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........................................Your Address
........................................Postcode ........................................Date Their Address Postcode Dear... .................................................... .................................................... Yours ... , |
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Formal Letter - things to remember:
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* Explain WHY you are writing in the first paragraph
* Be POLITE but direct * Use PARAGRAPHS, each with its own idea * Check your PUNCTUATION. * Think about WHO you are writing to * Adapt your language for the person you are writing to. |
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Formal Letter - closing
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* A last paragraph that closes your letter,
* If you used Dear sir or madam, or a job title with no name (e.g. Dear Editor), then use Yours Faithfully, * If you used a name then it's Yours Sincerely |
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Informal Letter - layout
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Your Address
Postcode Miss a line Date Greeting (Hi, Hello, then the person's name) |
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Informal letter - things to remember
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* Use more INFORMAL language
* Think about WHO you are writing to. Adapt your language. * Think about WHY you are writing. * Break the letter into PARAGRAPHS * Chack your PUNCTUATION |
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Informal Letter - Closing
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You can still use "Yours Sincerely," or things like "Lots of love..."
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Article
Headline or Article Title |
Keep it short
Make it catchy Give an idea of what the rest of the article will be about. |
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Article
Introductory paragraph |
Give a brief outlinbe of the subject
Keep this section to a few initial ideas and sentences. |
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Article
Main body of the article |
Try to answer all of the reader's questions like "why", "how" and "what."
Make each paragraph relevant to the subject or the title of the article Add plenty of detail so your reader fully understands you Answer the important points in this section. |
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Article
The Conclusion of the article |
This should always be at the end (Doh!)
Give a summary of the article Give recommendations/overview linked to introduction. |
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Review 1
Film |
Title
Introduction ... was it what you expected? Genre ...What type of film Characters .... Who? good? Believable? Camerawork /Animation... CGI Memorable scenes? Would you recommend? Are there any other films you can compare this one to? |
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Review 2
Film Remember to ... |
Set you work out in PARAGRAPHS
Take care with SPELLING nad PUNCTUATION Make the review INTERSETING to read. Choose your language carefully Write in the FIRST PERSON. ADDRESS the reader directly |
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Persuasive Speeches
Planning |
Plan your speech before you write it
Plan the main points Use 3-5 points. |
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Persuasive Speeches
How to set it out |
OPENING STATEMENT - highlight the issue
DEVELOPING POINTS - 3-5 points (as paragraphs) to explain what needs to be done and why it is so important. CLOSING STATEMENT - where you make a final appeal to your audience. |
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Persuasive Speeches
Things to remember |
Create sentences that contain:
* A RHETORICAL QUESTION * RULE OF THREE * METAPHOR * ALLITERATION |
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Leaflet
Heading |
What heading will you give your leaflet?
Try to make it: Memorable Direct Interesting Eye-catching Try to use techniques like: A question A direct statement Alliteration |
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Leaflets
Picture |
What picture will you use to support your heading?
Just indicate what the picture will be DO NOT WASTE TIME DRAWING! |
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Leaflet
Features |
What are the main features of what you are advertising/arguing for?
Remember: Summarise the main points Keep it brief and direct Use sub-headings Use descriptive/emotive language Use positive descriptions and intensifiers |
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Leaflet
Additional Details |
What additional details do your audience need to know?
Remember: Use persuasive language Use factual details Use other people’s opinions to persuade your audience Use (suitable) exaggerations to persuade your audience |
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Leaflet
Contact Details |
How can your audience find/get involved with your product?
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Leaflet
Images |
What images are you going to use throughout your leaflet?
Think about: Your audience, Your product/cause AGAIN DO NOT DRAW – JUST SAY (WRITE) WHAT WILL BE THERE. |
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Report
Introduction |
Introduction: This should summarise:
What the report is about. Why you have been asked to write it. How you went about researching it. What your report intends to do. |
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Report
Main body |
Main Body: This section should contain the findings of your report.
Think about including: Statistics to back up your points. Opinions from people involved in what you are writing about. Any details on what has been done already to solve the problem you are writing about. Whether whatever has been done already has been effective or not. |
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Report
Recommendations |
This section should include any suggestions you have for how the problem can be solved and should be based on the findings you included in the main body of your report.
These recommendations should: Be written in a bullet-pointed list. Be brief and direct. Solve the problems you wrote about in the main body of your report. Explain how each recommendation solves these problems. |
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Report
Conclusion |
Conclusion: This section should summarise your report and its findings.
Try to: Finish on a positive note. You need to be able to convince your readers that the problems can be solved by the recommendations you have made. Keep your conclusion brief. |
