AQA ENGLISH LANGUAGE PAPER 2: NON-FICTION

How to write argue/persuade non-fiction

Most of the content for creative writing has been consolidated into the creative writing guides on our website. You should look at the guides to the different areas of writing that are relevant to this task. They are listed below.

This guide is part of the English Language Paper 2 series:

  1. Paper 2 Question 2 - comparing the sources

  2. Paper 2 Question 3 - analysing language

  3. Paper 2 Question 4 - comparing the writers

  4. Paper 2 Question 5 - writing to argue/persuade

Relevant creative writing guides for English Language Paper 2 Question 5

The following guides are specifically focussed on how to do the content and structure for this task (AO5 — 24 marks):

  1. Introduction to argue/persuade non-fiction

  2. How to write openings and closings for argue/persuade non-fiction - part 1

  3. How to write openings and closings for argue/persuade non-fiction - part 2

  4. How to write an opinion paragraph for argue/persuade non-fiction

  5. How to plan and structure a piece of argue/persuade non-fiction

There are also 3 guides specifically for AO6 (accuracy and sentence construction — 16 marks). These are linked below:

  1. AO6 guide - part 1

  2. AO6 guide - part 2

  3. AO6 guide - part 3

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