Checklists for compositions in paper 1
1. Short story
2. Personal essay
3. Descriptive essay
4. Persuasive essay
- Simple plot
- 1 - 3 main characters
- Dialogue
- Conflict
- One particular event
- Sense of setting
- Structure
- Story unfolds naturally
- Tension/suspense
- Descriptive writing
2. Personal essay
- Sincere/personal
3. Descriptive essay
- Sensuous imagery
- Subtle comparisons, similes and metaphors
- Small details
- Adjectives
- Verbs
- Distinctive features
- Personal element (if appropriate)
4. Persuasive essay
- Is it written or spoken? Choose techniques to suit.
- Stay relevant
- Show an awareness of genre
- Techniques (facts, pause, rhetorical questions etc.)