4.2.10

Writing to Advise

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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

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:

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Key Terms

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Key Terms

1.1.1Key Terms - Nouns, Verbs & Sentences1.1.2Key Terms - Sentence and Clause Types1.1.3Key Terms - Words, Sounds & Language1.1.4Key Terms - Types of Language1.1.5Key Terms - Images, Symbols & Mood1.1.6Key Terms - Mood & Feelings1.1.7Key Terms - Other Techniques1.1.8End of Topic Test - Key Terms
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Language Devices

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Language Devices

2.1.1Metaphors2.1.2Similes2.1.3Metaphors & Similes HyperLearning2.1.4Personification2.1.5Pathetic Fallacy2.1.6Puns & Oxymorons2.1.7Hyperbole & Emotive Language2.1.8Alliteration2.1.9Sibilance2.1.10Onomatopoeia2.1.11Recap: Language Devices2.1.12End of Topic Test - Language Devices
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Writing Structure

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Writing Structure

3.1.1Narrators3.1.2Paragraphs3.1.3Tense3.1.4Present vs Past vs Future Tense3.1.5Foreshadowing3.1.6Structure3.1.7End of Topic Test - Writing Structure
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Section B: Reading & Writing

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Writing Formats

4.1.1Letter4.1.2Reports & Essays4.1.3Journal/Diary Entry4.1.4Speech4.1.5Newspaper Article4.1.6Leaflet4.1.7Review4.1.8Travel Writing4.1.9End of Topic Test - Writing Formats
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Writing to...

4.2.1Writing to Inform4.2.2Writing to Inform - Example4.2.3Writing to Explain4.2.4Writing to Explain - Example4.2.5Writing to Persuade4.2.6Writing to Persuade - Example4.2.7Writing to Argue4.2.8Writing to Argue - Example4.2.9Writing to Persuade vs Writing to Argue4.2.10Writing to Advise4.2.11Writing to Advise - Example4.2.12End of Topic Test - Writing to...
4.3

Acronym of Techniques - DAFORESTAR

4.3.1Direct Address4.3.2Alliteration4.3.3Facts4.3.4Opinions4.3.5Repetition4.3.6Exaggeration (Hyperbole)4.3.7Statistics4.3.8Triple (Rule of 3)4.3.9Emotive Language4.3.10Rhetorical Questions4.3.11End of Topic Test - DAFORESTER
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Section C: Writing

5.1

Writing Task

5.1.1Discursive Writing5.1.2Narrative Writing5.1.3Descriptive Writing5.1.4End of Topic Test - Writing Task

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  1. 1
    What technique does this advisatory sentence contain?<br><br><b>You should visit at least three museums while you are in Morocco.Multiple choice
  2. 2
    Which of these techniques is NOT used in the advisatory sentence below?<br><br><b>You must do the sunset cruise in Bangkok - it's truly stunning. It's also the number 1 rated thing to do on TripAdvisor. Believe me!Multiple choice
  3. 3
    What should you always try to use when you are writing to advise?True / false
  4. 4
    Which fact would be best to use to back up this advisatory sentence?<br><br><b>Make a revision timetable before you begin revising.Multiple choice
  5. 5
    What kind of tone is the reader using in this example of writing to advise?<br><br><b> If you don’t want a cold head, you could try a sponsored silence, a non-uniform day, or a cake sale. Multiple choice
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Writing to Persuade vs Writing to Argue

Writing to Advise - Example