Q6/7 IS WORTH 45 MARKS = 45 MINS
TRANSACTIONAL WRITING
1. READ THE QUESTION
2. HIGHLIGHT THE TASK, AUDIENCE, PUPRPOSE
3. REMEMBER NO TERM NO TICK
4. TEXT LAYOUT / STRUCTURE
5. PARAGRAPHS
6. SENTENCES
7. CONNECTIVES
8. PUNCTUATION
9. VOCABULARY
10. TECHNIQUES
WORTH THE
MOST! SAVE
YOUR ENERGY
OR DO EARLIER
IN THE PAPER
TRANSACTIONAL
WRITING
MARKSCHEME
WHAT AND HOW ARE YOU GOING TO WRITE?
Transactional writing
1. Which task really ‘shows off’ what you can do?
2. ‘What’ are you writing? (Text type, Topic, Purpose,
Audience, Context, Tone) – the more specific the better
3. ‘What’ vocabulary, structures, techniques, ideas,
arguments, paragraphs, layouts, punctuation, cohesive
devices will you use?
4. ‘How’ will your choices best link to your ‘TTPACT’?
5. ‘How’ can you learn from the texts studied?
PRACTICE TRANSACTIONAL WRITING
Waiting patiently for me to meander through the cobblestoned trail,
under nautical flags, along white-washed walls and past quirky
boutiques, she gleams with anticipation and modesty. Tucked down
welcoming steps lies her cove of treasure and adventure.
Densely packed books stand proudly like an army, their secrets
peeking out to entice me in. Pristine memoirs and guides wink
from their new, white covers, displaying their crisp goods like fruit
in a market, offering bold colours of blue, orange and red and
untouched pages. But I’m drawn in closer. Cosy corners and unlit
depths of brown are where my heart finds its home. Battered
leather, musty scents and fragile threads lure me until the stories
leave their trace on my fingertips… Sold.
TOP TIPS
ADJECTIVES
EMOTIVE LANGUAGE
HYPERBOLE
 1ST AND LAST SENTENCES ARE WOW
SIMILES
 AIM FOR ORIGINALITY AND COHESION
PATHETIC FALLACY
 SOMETHING TO TICK IN EVERY SENTENCE
PERSONIFICATION
 SENTENCE STRUCTURE IS THOUGHTFUL
METAPHORS
 4 DIFFERENT SENTENCE TYPES
 6 DIFFERENT PUNCTUATION MARKS
SENSORY LANGUAGE
 SHOWING, NOT TELLING
FIRST PERSON
 SAY A LOT ABOUT A LITTLE (PRESS PAUSE)
 CUT OUT POINTLESS WORDS
ONOMATOPOEIA
 EDIT CAREFULLY – VOCABULARY, PUNCTUATION, SPELLINGS