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Transactional writing (Paper 2 Section B)
Quick questions on Writing letters and speeches: the conventions - Edexcel GCSE English Language Paper 2
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What is a speech that reads like an essay?Show answer
No direct address, no sense of an audience, no call to action loses the form's character; make it sound spoken.
What is mechanical rhetoric?Show answer
Piling on devices until the speech feels robotic loses sincerity; use rhetoric to serve a genuine appeal.
What is wrong register for the recipient?Show answer
A letter to an official that is too casual, or a speech to peers that is stiffly formal, mismatches the audience and limits AO5.
What is q1?Show answer
Which sign-off goes with "Dear Sir or Madam", and which with "Dear Mrs Khan"? [2 marks]
What is q2?Show answer
Name two conventions that make a speech sound meant to be heard. [2 marks]
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