English Language Paper 2 writing

Question 1

What does question 5 on English Language Paper 2 ask you to do?

Answer 1

Write a text about the real world, like a speech, an article or a letter

Question 2

How many paragraphs (minimum) should you aim to write?

Answer 2

5 - an intro, 3 main body paragraphs, conclusion

Question 3

What can ethos tell a reader/listener?

Answer 3

Why they should listen or trust your opinion

Question 4

What can logos tell a reader/listener?

Answer 4

What evidence or factual points support your opinion

Question 5

What can you include in your response that will show ‘logos’?

Answer 5

1) A logical explanation of what will happen
2) Facts and / or statistics
3) Expert quotations, with techniques

Question 6

Why does a reader/listener need you to include pathos throughout your writing?

Answer 6

To help them understand why they should care/evoke an emotional response

Question 7

What is a more sophisticated alternative to these two words:

Good and bad

Answer 7

Beneficial and harmful

Question 8

What is a more sophisticated alternative to these two words:

Important and not important

Answer 8

Essential and unnecessary

Question 9

What is a more sophisticated alternative to these two words:

Do and not do

Answer 9

Implement and oppose

Question 10

What are more sophisticated alternatives to these three final words:

Show
Think about
Teenagers

Answer 10

Demonstrate
Imagine
Adolescents

Question 11

What kind of sentence is this?

Education.

Answer 11

A minor sentence (just one or two words)

Question 12

What kind of sentence is this?

This has to stop.

Answer 12

A short, dramatic sentence

Question 13

What kind of sentence is this?

How are teachers and parents allowing this to happen?

Answer 13

A (rhetorical) question

Question 14

What kind of sentence is this?

“the British education system was once the envy of the world.”

Answer 14

Dialogue (someone speaking).

Question 15

What kind of sentence is this?

Education is essential for exam success, for confidence, for life.

Answer 15

Tricolon (list of three)

Question 16

What kind of sentence is this?

That’s how we - that’s how anyone - can see this is true.

Answer 16

A bracketed sentence (the hyphens do the same job as brackets).

Question 17

What technique is this?

Working in every class. Working after school. Working evenings and weekends.

Answer 17

Anaphora (all the sentences begin in the same way.)

Question 18

What technique is this?

Stop wasting the present on social media and go and live your life.

Answer 18

Imperative (a command).

Question 19

What technique is this?

The shame and guilt of knowing you could have worked harder.

Answer 19

Emotive language (words that name or cause strong emotions)

Question 20

Ethos, logos, or pathos?

I know that, like me, you wish for…

Answer 20

Ethos

It helps to show you have the audience’s best interests at heart.

Question 21

Ethos, logos, or pathos?

Statistically, the evidence speaks for itself:

Answer 21

Logos

It helps to back up your argument with evidence

Question 22

Ethos, logos, or pathos?

From the point of view of a…

Answer 22

Ethos

You can use it to show you are experienced in this area.

Question 23

Ethos, logos, or pathos?

Of course, all of this has a dreadful human cost.

Answer 23

Pathos

It could introduce an emotional, real-life story.

Question 24

Ethos, logos, or pathos?

Science has proven the link between…

Answer 24

Logos

It helps back up your argument with evidence

Question 25

Ethos, logos, or pathos?

The implications for the future are clear: we need to…

Answer 25

Pathos

It predicts the future

Question 26

What three sentences do you need in your introduction?

Answer 26

General (the world)
Specific (your situation)
Thesis (your main point)

Question 27

What three sentences do you need in your conclusion?

Answer 27

Thesis (your main point)
Specific (your situation)
General (the world)

Question 28

What are the three things you need to cover in your pathos paragraph?

Answer 28

1) Creating strong emotions, like fear, pity or anger
2) Tell a real-life story OR
3) Predict the future