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Component 3: Investigating and Creating Texts

4 dot points across 4 inquiry questions. Click any dot point for a focused answer with worked past exam questions where available.

How do you craft original writing for AO5 in the Component 3 coursework?

Original creative writing for AO5 in Edexcel Component 3: crafting fiction and creative non-fiction for genre, audience and purpose, controlling voice, structure, lexis and register, and making the deliberate choices that AO5 rewards.
An Edexcel A-Level English Language and Literature (9EL0) answer on crafting original writing for AO5 in Component 3: shaping fiction and creative non-fiction for genre, audience and purpose, controlling voice, structure, lexis and register, and making the deliberate, crafted choices that AO5 rewards.
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How do you write the analytical commentary on your own writing for AO1 to AO4?

The analytical commentary for Edexcel Component 3: analysing your own original writing as a text, explaining choices with metalanguage, connecting them to style models and studied texts, integrating context, and meeting AO1, AO2, AO3 and AO4.
An Edexcel A-Level English Language and Literature (9EL0) answer on the Component 3 analytical commentary: analysing your own original writing as a text, explaining choices with metalanguage, connecting them to style models and studied texts for AO4, integrating context for AO3, and writing precise analysis rather than narration.
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What is the Component 3 coursework, and how is it structured and assessed?

The Component 3 coursework (Investigating and Creating Texts) for Edexcel: the non-exam assessment of original writing plus an analytical commentary, its two assignments, word counts, marks and how AO5 and AO1 to AO4 are assessed and moderated.
An Edexcel A-Level English Language and Literature (9EL0) answer on the Component 3 coursework (Investigating and Creating Texts): the non-exam assessment of original writing plus an analytical commentary, its two assignments, word counts, mark allocations, the assessment objectives, and how it is marked internally and moderated by Pearson.
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What is a style model, and how do you analyse and use one for the coursework?

Using style models for Edexcel Component 3: choosing published texts as models, analysing their genre conventions, voice and linguistic features, and emulating them in original writing while preparing to reference them in the commentary.
An Edexcel A-Level English Language and Literature (9EL0) answer on using style models for Component 3: choosing strong published models, analysing their genre conventions, voice and linguistic features, emulating them deliberately in original writing, and referencing them in the analytical commentary for AO4.
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