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- Subject: English
- AS: 90376
- Level: 2
- Credits: 3
- Internal
2.2 Produce crafted and developed formal transactional writing
Key tips
- Use examples of formal writing to model your work on.
- Make sure the writing is your own. You may not use or repeat material from exemplars or samples, or work written by other students.
- Understand the focus of the task and who you are writing.
- Write about something you are familiar with and have an opinion about.
- Plan your writing carefully so it has a clear introduction, middle, and conclusion.
- Indicate a new paragraph by leaving a blank line or indenting the first line of the new paragraph.
- Have a series of 4–5 paragraphs discussing the main point. Use a clear structure for each paragraph of your essay.
- Include and incorporate reliable statistics, facts, examples, and opinions.
- Use formal language and tone throughout.
- Use a wide range of vocabulary and language features accurately and appropriately.
- Read your writing 'aloud in your head' at least once. Listen for any weak or inappropriate words, informal language, run-on sentences, or punctuation errors.
- Check that you have used the correct spelling of a word that may sound like another (there / their / they're, here / hear / hare).
- Check each new sentence starts with a capital letter.
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