Engagement and Transactional Writing

Imagine you are writing a blog post on a controversial topic. What would be your primary objective?

• To confuse your audience

• To capture your audience's attention

• To bore your audience

• To ignore your audience's views

I've got to write an article for a newspaper! Can you guys help me figure out what the new language and structure features for non-fiction are?

• Could it be Onomatopoeia and alliteration?

• Or is it Rhyme and rhythm?

• Maybe it's Facts, figures and stats, rhetorical questions, direct address, hyperbole, discourse markers, listing, order of ideas?

• Or could it be Metaphors and similes?

What is the key word in Paper 2?

• Entertainment

• Endearment

• Engagement

• Enlightenment

Imagine you're in a business meeting with Amelia and Sophia, and you want to sway their opinion on a crucial matter. How would you employ rhetorical questions with direct address to subtly influence their perspective?

• Would you disregard their opinions?

• Would you bore them with irrelevant details?

• Would you craft a compelling argument to sway their stance?

• Would you confuse them with complex jargon?

What is the worth of the transactional writing question in Paper 2?

• 30 marks

• 40 marks

• 50 marks

• 20 marks

Imagine you are a journalist writing an article. Which feature would you primarily use to control your readership's perception of a topic?

• Use of formal language

• Use of first person narrative

• Use of second person narrative

• Use of third person narrative

Why would a politician carefully consider their audience when crafting a speech? (2 answers)

• To captivate the audience's attention

• To perplex the audience

• To bore the audience

• To convince the audience they are worth voting for

Imagine you are in the middle of a high-stakes academic competition. The next challenge is a transactional writing question in Paper 2. How much time should you ideally allocate to this task to ensure a thorough and well-structured response?

• 20 minutes

• 10 minutes

• 35 minutes

• 45 minutes

Imagine you are a writer and you want to control your readership, altering their perception of a topic. What types of text would you choose to write in the style of transactional writing?

• Plays and screenplays

• Poems and short stories

• Novels and essays

• Articles and speeches