Paper 1B: Extended Writing

Worked examples (6)

• 1Decide discursive vs argumentative from the prompt (before you plan)
• 2State a clear standpoint in the opening (argumentative and discursive)
• 3Write the point-evidence-reasoning paragraph (the body engine)
• 4Make the concede-and-rebut counter-argument move
• 5Deploy rhetoric purposefully (tricolon, anaphora, rhetorical question)
• 6Write a conclusive, non-repetitive ending (decide, don't summarise)

Model answers (6)

• ✓Model answer — Cambridge 8695 Paper 1 Section B style (argumentative)
• ✓Model answer — Cambridge 8695 Paper 1 Section B style (discursive)
• ✓Model answer — Cambridge 8695 Paper 1 Section B style (argumentative)
• ✓Model answer — Cambridge 8695 Paper 1 Section B style (discursive)
• ✓Model answer — Cambridge 8695 Paper 1 Section B style (argumentative, sophisticated)
• ✓Model answer — Cambridge 8695 Paper 1 Section B style (discursive, sophisticated)

Worked examples (6)

• 1Turn 'telling' into 'showing' (the show-not-tell conversion)
• 2Open in medias res with an arresting first line
• 3Choose the controlling detail (precision, not accumulation)
• 4Build a structural shape (circular / non-linear / motif)
• 5Sustain a distinctive voice across the whole piece
• 6Engineer a resonant ending (and avoid the four failures)

Model answers (6)

• ✓Model answer — Cambridge 8695 Paper 1 Section B style (imaginative/descriptive)
• ✓Model answer — Cambridge 8695 Paper 1 Section B style (imaginative/descriptive)
• ✓Model answer — Cambridge 8695 Paper 1 Section B style (imaginative/descriptive)
• ✓Model answer — Cambridge 8695 Paper 1 Section B style (imaginative/descriptive)
• ✓Model answer — Cambridge 8695 Paper 1 Section B style (imaginative/descriptive)
• ✓Model answer — Cambridge 8695 Paper 1 Section B style (imaginative/descriptive)

Worked examples (6)

• 1Turn summary into evaluation (the one move that makes a review a review)
• 2Choose precise evaluative lexis (vague to precise upgrades)
• 3Justify a judgement with specific evidence (the engine sentence)
• 4Shape the piece (overview to specific to significance to verdict)
• 5Sustain an authoritative critical voice (Stretch)
• 6Reach a verdict the whole piece has earned (Stretch)

Model answers (6)

• ✓Model answer — Cambridge 8695 Paper 1 Section B style
• ✓Model answer — Cambridge 8695 Paper 1 Section B style
• ✓Model answer — Cambridge 8695 Paper 1 Section B style
• ✓Model answer — Cambridge 8695 Paper 1 Section B style
• ✓Model answer — Cambridge 8695 Paper 1 Section B style
• ✓Model answer — Cambridge 8695 Paper 1 Section B style

Worked examples (6)

• 1Build the two-hour Paper 1 time plan (Q1(a) + Q1(b) + Section B)
• 2The 90-second Section B plan under time
• 3Fix comma splices and sentence-boundary faults (the most expensive error)
• 4Hold tense and agreement consistent across the whole piece
• 5Controlled stylistic ambition — varied syntax WITHOUT losing accuracy
• 6The four-minute proofreading sweep that lifts a band

Model answers (6)

• ✓Model answer — Cambridge 8695 Paper 1 Section B style (accuracy rewrite)
• ✓Model answer — Cambridge 8695 Paper 1 Section B style (accuracy and style rewrite)
• ✓Model answer — Cambridge 8695 Paper 1 Section B style (imaginative/descriptive)
• ✓Model answer — Cambridge 8695 Paper 1 Section B style (discursive/argumentative)
• ✓Model answer — Cambridge 8695 Paper 1 Section B style (advanced accuracy and style rewrite)
• ✓Model answer — Cambridge 8695 Paper 1 Section B style (review/critical)

Worked examples (6)

• 1Build a 5-point plan with a structural choice (shape before words)
• 2Signpost and bind across paragraphs (cohesion over 700+ words)
• 3Write an opening that SETS UP the shape (promise, don't just hook)
• 4Use a motif and callback to BIND the whole piece
• 5Structure a piece non-linearly or as a frame (across 700+ words)
• 6Pace a long piece so it BUILDS, not meanders

Model answers (6)

• ✓Model answer — Cambridge 8695 Paper 1 Section B style
• ✓Model answer — Cambridge 8695 Paper 1 Section B style
• ✓Model answer — Cambridge 8695 Paper 1 Section B style
• ✓Model answer — Cambridge 8695 Paper 1 Section B style
• ✓Model answer — Cambridge 8695 Paper 1 Section B style
• ✓Model answer — Cambridge 8695 Paper 1 Section B style