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If you have read through the Reading non-fiction section, you will be familiar with 'Mind the GAP'. As with Reading non-fiction, you still need to assess your genre, audience and purpose before you begin to write to argue, persuade or advise.
This Revision Bite will remind you what you should be thinking about before you start to write.
Genre
In the exam, you will be told which genregenre: A category or type of something. Fiction and non-fiction are examples of two genres. you should be writing for, so this part is easy. Just remember the common features of the different genres - eg the layout of a formal letter, or the fact that newspapers use headings and sub headings.
Here is a list of genres that have appeared in this section of the exam.
- an article in a magazine
- a newspaper article
- a letter to an official body
- a leaflet offering advice
- a speech
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