Language writing skills overview quiz - WJEC GCSE English Language quiz

Argumentation, persuasion, instruction

Description, narration, exposition

Poetry, drama, prose

Letter, report, review

Description and narration

One argumentation and one persuasion, both compulsory

One creative and one transactional

A speech and a poem

All for accuracy

Half for communication and organisation (AO5), half for technical accuracy (AO6)

All for ideas

Three quarters for spelling

They are the same

Description holds a moment still and creates atmosphere; narration moves a story forward

Description tells a story; narration describes

Description must be longer

Telling too small a story

Overloading the plot and running out of time before the ending

Using too much description

Proofreading too carefully

They are identical

Exposition explains or informs clearly; persuasion argues a case to convince

Exposition uses rhetorical questions only

Persuasion must be balanced

There is no difference

Argumentation reasons towards a position and engages with the other side; persuasion is more emotive and one-sided

Argumentation is shorter

Persuasion avoids a conclusion

When you name as many as possible

When used purposefully for their effect on the reader

When stacked at the start

Only in speeches

Length, time, marks

Form, purpose, and audience

Topic, title, theme

Spelling, grammar, punctuation

Writing in one long paragraph

Clear paragraphing (one idea each) and connectives that link the paragraphs

Using only short sentences

Avoiding any structure

Only ideas

Accurate spelling, punctuation and grammar, and a range of vocabulary and sentence structures

Only the opening paragraph

The number of devices used

It is required by the rules

Accuracy is half the writing mark, so proofreading directly recovers marks

It makes the piece longer

It replaces planning

A balanced conclusion

A clear call to action

A list of facts

An unanswered question

Ideas are not marked

If it is in the wrong form or register for the audience, it fails to match the task

Good ideas always score full marks

Only spelling matters