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The prompt determines the audience.
O Level · English Medium · Cambridge · English
Paragraphs, essays and functional writing
Write a directed response and a controlled composition.
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Directed writing draws on supplied viewpoints for a specified audience and purpose. Transform source material rather than copy it without selection. A composition also needs structure, purposeful detail and a controlled ending instead of a list of disconnected events.
Worked example
A student letter about a new club should weigh timetable, access and value for participants. A story about its first day should instead develop a scene, viewpoint and change.
- Read the text and identify the purpose.
- Support your answer with a specific detail.
- Revise meaning, structure and accuracy.
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rather than
It contrasts purposeful development with listing.
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audiences
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I would like to propose a small after-school reading club, while recognising that staffing and transport arrangements need careful planning.
State purpose and a relevant constraint.
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I checked the classroom number twice, smoothed my crumpled note and waited with my hand just above the door.
Use purposeful physical detail rather than a flat label.
Apply the idea
Draft one directed paragraph and one narrative paragraph, explaining how their purposes differ.
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- Use the stated evidence or givens.
- Show reasoning rather than only a result.
- Review and explain one correction.
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