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Brightening up your Writing

 
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It`s important at GCSE to vary the sort of words and sentences you use. An examiner will be grateful for an answer which keeps him or her interested. The following exercises give you some practice in adding a bit of sparkle to your work!

Choose the most suitable word from the box

Fill in the gap and make this piece of boring writing more interesting.
Writing to Inform
Writing to Explain

Writing to Describe

Match the definition with the term

You will recognise some of the ways in which poets and other writers make their work varied and powerful. Can you match up the definitions with the terms?

Exercise 1
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