6.3.10
Paper 2: Writing - Writing to Advise
Writing to Advise (Instruct)
Writing to Advise (Instruct)
When you write to advise, you are trying to offer help and support. Your job is to give your reader some friendly instructions. When writing to advise, you should:


Inform the reader's decision
Inform the reader's decision
- Give information to help the reader to make a decision.


Give your opinion
Give your opinion
- Give your opinion of what the reader should do.


Offer a choice of actions
Offer a choice of actions
- If possible, offer a choice of actions (and explain their pros and cons).


Support with facts and examples
Support with facts and examples
- Back up your information and suggestions with facts or examples.


Focus on the problem
Focus on the problem
- Clearly focus on the problem you are trying to help with.


Use modal verbs
Use modal verbs
- Use modal verbs (might, must, could, should, will, would).


Use imperative verbs
Use imperative verbs
- Use imperative verbs to give commands (give, leave, tell, remember).


Consider your audience
Consider your audience
- Consider your audience – think carefully about using language they will understand.
Writing to Advise in Texts
Writing to Advise in Texts
When you write to advise, you are trying to offer help and support. Your job is to give your reader some friendly instructions. You will see examples of writing to advise in the following texts:
1Key Terms
2Language Techniques
2.1Language Devices
3Paper 1: Reading
3.1Paper 1: Reading - Section A
3.1.1Paper 1: Reading - Overview - Section A
3.1.2Paper 1: Reading - Answering Question 1
3.1.3Paper 1: Reading - Answering Question 2
3.1.4Exam-Style Questions - Paper 1: Reading
3.1.5Paper 1: Reading - Answering Question 3
3.1.6Paper 1: Reading - Answering Question 4
3.1.7End of Topic Test - Section A
3.1.8Exam-Style Questions - Paper 1: Reading
3.1.9Diagnostic Misconceptions - P1 Q1
3.1.10Diagnostic Misconceptions - P1 Q2
3.1.11Diagnostic Misconceptions - P1 Q3
3.1.12Diagnostic Misconceptions - P1 Q4 1
3.1.13Diagnostic Misconceptions - P1 Q4 2
4Paper 1: Writing
4.1Paper 1: Writing - Structuring Your Answer
4.1.1Paper 1: Writing - Overview - Section B
4.1.2Paper 1: Writing - Descriptive Writing
4.1.3Paper 1: Writing - Narrative Writing
4.1.4Paper 1: Writing - Answering Section B (option 1)
4.1.5Paper 1: Writing - Answering Section B (option 2)
4.1.6Paper 1: Writing - Answering Section B - Checklist
4.1.7End of Topic Test - Writing Section
4.1.8Exam-Style Questions - Paper 1: Writing
4.1.9Diagnostic Misconceptions - P1 Q5 1
4.1.10Diagnostic Misconceptions - P1 Q5 2
5Paper 2: Reading
5.1Paper 2: Reading - DAFORESTER
5.1.1Paper 2: Reading - Direct Address
5.1.2Paper 2: Reading - Alliteration
5.1.3Paper 2: Reading - Facts
5.1.4Paper 2: Reading - Opinions
5.1.5Paper 2: Reading - Repetition
5.1.6Paper 2: Reading - Exaggeration (Hyperbole)
5.1.7Paper 2: Reading - Statistics
5.1.8Paper 2: Reading - Triples (Rule of 3)
5.1.9Paper 2: Reading - Emotive Language
5.1.10Paper 2: Reading - Rhetorical Questions
5.1.11End of Topic Test - DAFORESTER
5.2Paper 2: Reading - Structuring Your Answer
5.2.1Paper 2: Reading - Overview - Section A
5.2.2Paper 2: Reading - Answering Question 1
5.2.3Paper 2: Reading - Answering Question 2
5.2.4Paper 2: Reading - Answering Question 3
5.2.5Exam-Style Questions - Paper 2: Reading
5.2.6Paper 2: Reading - Answering Question 4
5.2.7End of Topic Test - Section A
5.2.8Exam-Style Questions - Paper 2: Reading
5.2.9Diagnostic Misconceptions - P2 Q1
5.2.10Diagnostic Misconceptions - P2 Q2 1
5.2.11Diagnostic Misconceptions - P2 Q2 2
5.2.12Diagnostic Misconceptions - P2 Q4
6Paper 2: Writing
6.1Paper 2: Writing - Structuring Your Answer
6.2Types of Writing
6.2.1Paper 2: Writing - Article
6.2.2Paper 2: Writing - Essay
6.2.3Paper 2: Writing - Leaflet
6.2.4Paper 2: Writing - Letter
6.2.5Paper 2: Writing - Speech
6.2.6Paper 2: Writing - Review
6.2.7Paper 2: Writing - Travel Writing
6.2.8Paper 2: Writing - Diaries & Journals
6.2.9End of Topic Test - Types of Writing
6.3Writing to...
6.3.1Paper 2: Writing - Writing to Inform
6.3.2Paper 2: Writing - Writing to Inform - Example
6.3.3Paper 2: Writing - Writing to Explain
6.3.4Paper 2: Writing - Writing to Explain - Example
6.3.5Paper 2: Writing - Writing to Persuade
6.3.6Paper 2: Writing - Writing to Persuade - Example
6.3.7Paper 2: Writing - Writing to Argue
6.3.8Paper 2: Writing - Writing to Argue - Example
6.3.9Paper 2: Writing - Writing to Persuade vs Writing
6.3.10Paper 2: Writing - Writing to Advise
6.3.11Paper 2: Writing - Writing to Advise - Example
6.3.12End of Topic Test - Writing to...
6.3.13Exam-Style Questions - Paper 2: Writing
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1Key Terms
2Language Techniques
2.1Language Devices
3Paper 1: Reading
3.1Paper 1: Reading - Section A
3.1.1Paper 1: Reading - Overview - Section A
3.1.2Paper 1: Reading - Answering Question 1
3.1.3Paper 1: Reading - Answering Question 2
3.1.4Exam-Style Questions - Paper 1: Reading
3.1.5Paper 1: Reading - Answering Question 3
3.1.6Paper 1: Reading - Answering Question 4
3.1.7End of Topic Test - Section A
3.1.8Exam-Style Questions - Paper 1: Reading
3.1.9Diagnostic Misconceptions - P1 Q1
3.1.10Diagnostic Misconceptions - P1 Q2
3.1.11Diagnostic Misconceptions - P1 Q3
3.1.12Diagnostic Misconceptions - P1 Q4 1
3.1.13Diagnostic Misconceptions - P1 Q4 2
4Paper 1: Writing
4.1Paper 1: Writing - Structuring Your Answer
4.1.1Paper 1: Writing - Overview - Section B
4.1.2Paper 1: Writing - Descriptive Writing
4.1.3Paper 1: Writing - Narrative Writing
4.1.4Paper 1: Writing - Answering Section B (option 1)
4.1.5Paper 1: Writing - Answering Section B (option 2)
4.1.6Paper 1: Writing - Answering Section B - Checklist
4.1.7End of Topic Test - Writing Section
4.1.8Exam-Style Questions - Paper 1: Writing
4.1.9Diagnostic Misconceptions - P1 Q5 1
4.1.10Diagnostic Misconceptions - P1 Q5 2
5Paper 2: Reading
5.1Paper 2: Reading - DAFORESTER
5.1.1Paper 2: Reading - Direct Address
5.1.2Paper 2: Reading - Alliteration
5.1.3Paper 2: Reading - Facts
5.1.4Paper 2: Reading - Opinions
5.1.5Paper 2: Reading - Repetition
5.1.6Paper 2: Reading - Exaggeration (Hyperbole)
5.1.7Paper 2: Reading - Statistics
5.1.8Paper 2: Reading - Triples (Rule of 3)
5.1.9Paper 2: Reading - Emotive Language
5.1.10Paper 2: Reading - Rhetorical Questions
5.1.11End of Topic Test - DAFORESTER
5.2Paper 2: Reading - Structuring Your Answer
5.2.1Paper 2: Reading - Overview - Section A
5.2.2Paper 2: Reading - Answering Question 1
5.2.3Paper 2: Reading - Answering Question 2
5.2.4Paper 2: Reading - Answering Question 3
5.2.5Exam-Style Questions - Paper 2: Reading
5.2.6Paper 2: Reading - Answering Question 4
5.2.7End of Topic Test - Section A
5.2.8Exam-Style Questions - Paper 2: Reading
5.2.9Diagnostic Misconceptions - P2 Q1
5.2.10Diagnostic Misconceptions - P2 Q2 1
5.2.11Diagnostic Misconceptions - P2 Q2 2
5.2.12Diagnostic Misconceptions - P2 Q4
6Paper 2: Writing
6.1Paper 2: Writing - Structuring Your Answer
6.2Types of Writing
6.2.1Paper 2: Writing - Article
6.2.2Paper 2: Writing - Essay
6.2.3Paper 2: Writing - Leaflet
6.2.4Paper 2: Writing - Letter
6.2.5Paper 2: Writing - Speech
6.2.6Paper 2: Writing - Review
6.2.7Paper 2: Writing - Travel Writing
6.2.8Paper 2: Writing - Diaries & Journals
6.2.9End of Topic Test - Types of Writing
6.3Writing to...
6.3.1Paper 2: Writing - Writing to Inform
6.3.2Paper 2: Writing - Writing to Inform - Example
6.3.3Paper 2: Writing - Writing to Explain
6.3.4Paper 2: Writing - Writing to Explain - Example
6.3.5Paper 2: Writing - Writing to Persuade
6.3.6Paper 2: Writing - Writing to Persuade - Example
6.3.7Paper 2: Writing - Writing to Argue
6.3.8Paper 2: Writing - Writing to Argue - Example
6.3.9Paper 2: Writing - Writing to Persuade vs Writing
6.3.10Paper 2: Writing - Writing to Advise
6.3.11Paper 2: Writing - Writing to Advise - Example
6.3.12End of Topic Test - Writing to...
6.3.13Exam-Style Questions - Paper 2: Writing
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