Creative and investigative writing (Edexcel A-Level English Language and Literature) quiz

40% of the A-level

20% of the A-level

60% of the A-level

10% of the A-level

AO1 to AO4

AO3 only

AO5

AO2 and AO4

AO5 alone, the creativity objective

AO4 and AO5 taken together

AO1 on its own, terminology only

AO1, AO2, AO3 and AO4

Craft: how well the writing is made (voice, lexis, syntax, structure, register)

A dramatic, eventful plot packed with twists, action and surprising reversals throughout

The sheer length of the piece, since a longer submission always shows more sustained effort

The number of distinct characters introduced and developed across the course of the piece

A model answer written by the examiner to show exactly what a top-band response should look like

A published professional text in your genre that you analyse and emulate

A grammar rulebook setting out the prescriptive rules your writing must follow at all times

A list of banned words and phrases that candidates are forbidden to use in their coursework

Copying its content word for word and presenting that borrowed material as your own writing

Reprinting the model text in full and submitting it unchanged as part of your coursework folder

Deliberately adopting, adapting or departing from its analysed techniques for your own subject

Ignoring the model entirely while writing and only mentioning it afterwards in the commentary

Quoting your own writing directly to support the points you are making in the analysis

Using precise metalanguage and subject terminology to name the features you discuss

Connecting your choices back to the style model and other texts you have studied

Narrating the writing process instead of analysing the choices

Connecting your choices to your style models and studied texts in the commentary

The original creative writing itself, where you craft an entirely new and inventive text

The word count of the folder, since hitting the upper limit demonstrates sustained effort

The title page and presentation of the folder, which frame the work for the moderator

To make the finished creative piece considerably longer than it would otherwise have been

So deliberate, justifiable choices give the commentary precise material to analyse

Because the analytical commentary always has to be written and submitted first of the two

To avoid having to use a published style model anywhere in the creative writing at all

A broad survey that briefly mentions every single choice made anywhere in the writing

A plain summary of the plot and events that retells what happens in the creative piece

Selective and dense, analysing the most significant choices in depth

A list of corrections and errors that were spotted and fixed during the drafting process