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1. How to Write Fantastic English
A guide to all the fundamentals of terrific English
writing, particularly useful for 10 – 18 year olds
wanting to achieve top grades at school.

2. General Grammar Points
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Write primarily in Complex sentences,
usually start those sentences with the
subordinating conjunction
Avoid over use of simple sentences; BUT,
do use them occasionally for big impact
statements
Insert your sentences with a few parenthetic
phrases / clauses

3. Three Writing Styles
In secondary school academia we tend to group
writing in to three categories: Creative,
Persuasive and Descriptive (with sometimes
poetry as an additional fourth).
Really writing does not necessarily fall neatly in
to these categories; nevertheless, they can be
useful to us when we are learning good writing
style

4. Creative Writing
Creative Writing generally covers story telling.
The following slides will give you some hints on
how to do it well...

5. Creative Writing: Mission Objective
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Come up with a unique and exciting plot which
has a beginning, middle and end (hero's
journey)
Express that plot in the most vivid language
possible.

6. Creative Writing: Tips
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Go full throttle on literary devices and fancy
vocabulary. It is absolutely fine here to be a
bit whimsical.
Study the Hero's Journey, a thorough
understanding and modelling can make for
great story structure.

7. Persuasive Writing
When you want to make a point or convince
people of a position, you are using Persuasive
Writing

8. Persuasive Writing: Mission
Objectives
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Put across a position so clear and succinct
that even the most bone idle of troglodytes
will see your point of view.
Split your writing in to an introduction,
middle and conclusion.

9. Persuasive Writing: Introduction
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Write a general purpose 'mood setter' that is in some
(perhaps vague) way relates to your topic.
Write a brief account of the background or history of
the subject which will be relevant for readers to
understand your later points.
Out of the background elicit a rationale for arguing
the subject at hand.
State, in a clear fashion, what case you will argue.
Briefly sum up the topics you will explore in order to
support your position.

10. Formula for Excellently Made Points
Point: Make the point you wish to make in a succinct and
clear manner.
Evidence: List some evidence which supports your point.
Explain: Explain precisely how the evidence supports your
point, and how the point supports your point of view. Go
to some lengths to make this section extremely clear,
spelling out relationships and leaving nothing implied.
(optional) Link: Link back to the original question and
suggest how this point fits in.
(optional) Quote: Pepper your point with supportive quotes.

11. Formula for Great Conclusions
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Sum up the points covered in the essay.
Draw together a picture from all the points
which supports your point of view. Spend time
here expressing how arguments fit together
and weigh against each other.
(optional) Suggest future scope for argument
or research.

12. Descriptive Writing
Newspaper articles, pamphlets, reports... These
are all in the Descriptive Writing style.
Descriptive writing is essentially whenever one
must describe something to another person.

13. Descriptive Writing: Mission
Objectives
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Write your work so that the person reading it
comes away with a clear picture of what you
are supposed to be describing.
Make the writing interesting to read
Have the writing speak to its intended
audience, using language appropriate to them

14. Descriptive Writing Tips
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Decide which areas need to go in to detail and
which to breeze over. Good detail in the right
areas is of paramount importance.
Make clever use of the literary devices;
however, use them way more sparingly than
you would with creative writing.

15. Tips on Great Word Usage
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Fill your writing with lots of adverbs
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Fill writing with lots of adjectives
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For the more descriptive clauses use adverb –
adjective combos: 'beautifully cold' 'desperately
hungry' (nice opportunity for oxymoron)
Use conjunctive adverbs to give flowing and an elite
feel: 'nevertheless', 'furthermore', 'consequently'
Whenever possible use a more specific word. E.g.
'run' becomes 'sprint' 'House' becomes 'bungalow'
'eat' becomes 'scoff'

16. When appropriate, include the
following literary devices (there are
more, but this is a great starter list):
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Simile (Perfect for Creative Writing or
Poetry)
Metaphor (Perfect for Creative Writing or
Poetry)
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Alliteration
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Onomatopoeia
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Personification or Pathetic Fallacy

17. Literary Devices - Continued
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Oxymoron
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Rhetorical Question (Great for Persuasive)
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Assonance
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Hyperbole
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Syllepsis

18. Some General Tips For Great
Writing
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Always use the bare minimum of words; if you
can say something equally well with 3 words
or 4 words then use 3 words.
Use the minimum syllables possible. (note –
never compromise on content, if cutting down
words and syllables affects content don't do it)