11+ Creative Writing: A Technique Guide (Accolade On 11 Plus, Band 5) - Softcover

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Creative writing tasks that appear in 11+ papers can be weird, wonderful and deeply challenging. Accolade’s new, highly targeted guide is here to walk you through them.

Be it reimagining an extract from a famous novel from a different character’s point of view, or writing an autobiographical piece, the tasks set at 11+ are unlike those seen in any other examinations. By going through the various challenges students might encounter at the 11+, and offering not only tailored guidance, but also detailed exemplars accompanied by in-depth commentary, Accolade’s new guide sets out to demystify creative writing at 11+.

Tasks covered include:

• Stories responding to verbal prompts

• Stories inspired by images

• Continuing or adapting extracts from other novels and stories

• Descriptions responding to verbal prompts

• Descriptions responding to images

• Meditations based on personal events

• Argumentative writing

Hugh Foley is a widely published poet, who has taught at institutions including Oxford University, Queen Mary University and Liverpool University. Whereas other guides focus exclusively on the nuts and bolts of creative writing, he has set out to write a book that seeks to go a step further, and instructs students on the art of bringing everything together.

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