Ideas and planning: imaginative (Edexcel GCSE English Language): Flashcards

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Ideas and planning: imaginative writing
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Exam paper & section for imaginative writing

Paper 2 Section B

Number of question options in Paper 2 Section B

Two distinct options

Question type with specific opening line

Must use given line to start story

Question type that's open-ended

Write about particular scenario/experience

Most effective way to develop story ideas

Visualisation - picture the setting or event

What to consider in physical environment

What you see, hear, smell, or feel

Character development elements to consider

Personalities, motivations, fears, desires

Timeline approach for plotting action

What's now, what occurred, what might happen next

Planning methods for imaginative writing

Notes, tables, bullet points, spider diagrams

First person narration characteristics

Uses 'I', intimate & personal feel

Third person narration characteristics

Uses 'he/she', outside perspective

Recommended number of paragraphs

Four or five paragraphs

Time to spend planning your response

About five minutes

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