ECPE Writing

ECPE Writing

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Essay

Claim: Sets the theme Question: Address multiple viewpoints Task instruction: Address the claim as well as your own opinion Source instruction: Incorporate external information into your response

Article

Situations that impact a large group of people Viewpoints are summarised Task instruction Source instruction

Proposal

Aim: To persuade the reader to take a particular action Situation Viewpoints Task instruction Source Instruction

Similarities: 1. Evaluate multiple viewpoints 2. Give your opinion 3. Incorporate at least 1 source

Differences: Essay: academic focus - abstract Article/Proposal: concrete Article: A group is impacted Proposal: The target reader is a person in power

Criteria

1. Task completion: - On topic - Multiple viewpoints - Your opinion - Source integration: some information is explicitly attributed to the external source (e.g. As a professor has claimed..., According to a study...)

Criteria

2. Development - depth of support - organisation Is your piece of work well thought-out? Does each argument follow up the previous one?

Criteria

3. Language: - Grammar - Vocabulary (Are the errors distracting?)

Criteria

4. Authorial voice - originality (Is your writing fairly predictable? Is it convincing? Does it expand beyond the premise?) - reader engagement (e.g. rhetorical questions to reach out to the reader; directly addressing the target reader)

Sample Answer: Proposal

Criteria 1 & 2 (Task completion & Development)

Criteria 3 & 4 (Language & Authorial voice)