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WRITING TRICKS

First things first! What should YOU expect from your Writin tas!s"WritingTASKS?! Am I mental? Not at all, it may not surprise you to find out that there are no

less than two tasks to the test

What#s in the structure"

Writing "art #, whi$h $onsists of a $ompulsory assignment of #%&'((&

words)

Writing "art (, in whi$h you may approa$h one assignment out of a total of

fi*e $hoi$es, with a word limit ranging +etween ((&'(& words)

Among the te-t types that you might +e re.uired to pro*ide there are arti$les,

re*iews, reports, essays, proposals, letters, $ompetition entries, $ontri+utions to

a longer pie$e and information sheets) They don/t really sell short, do they? No

worries, the wider the *ariety, the +etter the $han$es for you to shine +y, of

$ourse, pro*ing to +e master of any dis$ursi*e domain!

Se$ondly, $hat miht T%& 'SS&SSORS expect of you"In other words, try

to put yourself in the e-aminer/s shoes for a $hange) Think of the amount ofideas, e-pressions, approa$hes and styles they ha*e to di*e into when grading

the papers) 0ow would you feel if you were thrown into the great a+yss of

student $reati*ity without a road map to guide you through the essentials) What

is of importan$e in e*aluating a pie$e of writing?

The assessment criteria(

The range of the language you used1 $an you make a nati*e 2ealous of yourelegan$e in e-pressing your ideas? 3aried and le*el appropriate *o$a+ulary?

4omple- grammar?

The wise use of register and format1 did you make a report look like one, and

not like an arti$le? 5id you use a proper formal, semi'formal or neutral register

throughout your te-t?

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6rganisation and $ohesion1 did you let your ideas flow in a normal, logi$al,

not haywire way? And, what/s more, did you link them appropriately, using

linking de*i$es 7firstly, moreo*er, in addition, $onse.uently, et$)8?

9ength1 did you respe$t the word limit, or ha*e you ram+led pointlessly

outside the su+2e$t matter?

Target reader1 if you were to su+mit your pie$e of writing to someone in real

life, would the reader +e interested in what you ha*e to say, or would it ha*e no

impa$t in day'to'day life? Not to mention, would it ha*e the e-pe$ted effe$t on

your addressee?

4ontent1 did you refer to the task entirely, did you address all matters, or

ha*e you enthusiasti$ally strayed from the topi$? 9et the $ontent of your

writing +e nothing less and nothing more than pre$isely what you ha*e +een

asked to do)

S6 $hat can you do a)out it"0ow $an you make sure that you ha*e the

+est $han$es and writing strategies at hand? :uite simply!

Impro*in your $ritin s!ills(

;ake sure that you are e-posed to all types of te-ts you ha*e to pro*ide in

the e-am)

;ake sure that you ha*e pra$tised enough targeted writing of 4am+ridge

type) It wouldn/t hurt to take part in one or twowriting $ompetitions,either

Set a timer to see how mu$h it takes to de*elop a te-t of the demanded

length) Try to enhan$e your a+ility of using the time you ha*e at your disposal

effe$ti*ely and produ$ti*ely)

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0a*e you $onsidered all the points in the .uestion?

0a*e you addressed the right person? Is your potential reader going to +e

interested?

Would your te-t +e any good in real life?

9ength? Is it in the appropriate range?

Are the +eginning and the ending well $onstru$ted?

0a*e you used an ade.uate style?

5id you re'read your pie$e for mistakes 7espe$ially if you are aware of some

spe$ifi$ weaknesses8

0a*e you employed upgraded *o$a+ulary and grammar?

0a*e you linked your ideas?

5oes your pie$e of writing look as it should in terms of layout?

4he$k? 4he$k? 4he$k? =reat! It/s time you surrendered your pie$es of writing

to the keen eyes of the assessors) 0owe*er, if you/*e gone through the

$he$klist and found nothing o+2e$tiona+le, $han$es are the e-aminers won/t

either) >ou did it!