FLAP C
Year 11 English – Encountering Conflict
Preparing your written explanation
What is a written explanation?
This is where you will explain your choices and decisions as a writer and how they have shaped the final context writing pieces that you have produced.
You will need to discuss and analyse the choices you have made about form, language, audience, purpose and the link or relevance to the context (FLAP+C)
You will also explain the relationship between your writing and the selected text, that is; how you have drawn on the text to inform your writing about the Context.
You will use metalanguage to explain the decisions you have made about specific structures and features, and how language choices of authors you have studied have influenced these decisions.
Understanding FLAP + C
You can usually discuss your chosen form, purpose & audience within the same paragraph
Your chosen writing form will be either be; Expository, Imaginative/Creative or Persuasive How will this be presented? E.g., In a letter form, the style & format of feature article, a speech, etc..
Your purpose may be to; tell a story, persuade, inform, entertain etc.
Audience - could be yourself, your peer group, family members, the general public, or people in a particular age group, of a certain gender, education level, have a particular personality or interest, cultural or religious background.
Language Choices - consider how you will construct your writing piece and why you have used certain language features. For example;
Narrative and Plot (e.g., a creative piece may be structured in the following ways; Chronological, Present time with flashbacks/flash forward)
First Person Narration v. Third Person Narration
Symbolism /Metaphor/Similes
Tone of writing
Anecdotes/personal stories (can be a very effective way of beginning an expository piece)
References (to well known events or people) & Allusions (references to texts or music or films)
Discussing the Context (+C)
Explain the
Preparing your written explanation
What is a written explanation?
This is where you will explain your choices and decisions as a writer and how they have shaped the final context writing pieces that you have produced.
You will need to discuss and analyse the choices you have made about form, language, audience, purpose and the link or relevance to the context (FLAP+C)
You will also explain the relationship between your writing and the selected text, that is; how you have drawn on the text to inform your writing about the Context.
You will use metalanguage to explain the decisions you have made about specific structures and features, and how language choices of authors you have studied have influenced these decisions.
Understanding FLAP + C
You can usually discuss your chosen form, purpose & audience within the same paragraph
Your chosen writing form will be either be; Expository, Imaginative/Creative or Persuasive How will this be presented? E.g., In a letter form, the style & format of feature article, a speech, etc..
Your purpose may be to; tell a story, persuade, inform, entertain etc.
Audience - could be yourself, your peer group, family members, the general public, or people in a particular age group, of a certain gender, education level, have a particular personality or interest, cultural or religious background.
Language Choices - consider how you will construct your writing piece and why you have used certain language features. For example;
Narrative and Plot (e.g., a creative piece may be structured in the following ways; Chronological, Present time with flashbacks/flash forward)
First Person Narration v. Third Person Narration
Symbolism /Metaphor/Similes
Tone of writing
Anecdotes/personal stories (can be a very effective way of beginning an expository piece)
References (to well known events or people) & Allusions (references to texts or music or films)
Discussing the Context (+C)
Explain the