GCSE Content of Writing for Audience, Impact and Purpose Revision

Our English Language Writing GCSE revision resources and practice papers are designed to help your child become their best future self by giving them the tools they need to succeed in their GCSEs. All exam-style questions and practice papers are tailored to exam boards and cover all topics in AQA, Edexcel, OCR, Eduqasspecifications; 

• Producing clear and coherent text: writing to describe


• Producing clear and coherent text: writing to narrate


• Producing clear and coherent text: writing to explain


• Producing clear and coherent text: writing to instruct


• Producing clear and coherent text: writing to give and respond to information


• Producing clear and coherent text: writing to argue


• Producing clear and coherent text: selecting vocabulary, grammar, form, and structural and organisational features to reflect audience, purpose and context


• Producing clear and coherent text: using language imaginatively and creatively


• Producing clear and coherent text: using information provided by others to write in different forms


• Producing clear and coherent text: maintaining a consistent point of view


• Producing clear and coherent text: maintaining coherence and consistency across a text


• Writing for impact: selecting, organising and emphasising facts, ideas and key points


• Writing for impact: citing evidence and quotation effectively and pertinently to support views


• Writing for impact: creating emotional impact


• Writing for impact: using language creatively, imaginatively and persuasively, including rhetorical devices (such as rhetorical questions, antithesis, parenthesis)

How to ace GCSEs with EdPlace

We know first hand how overwhelming 9-1 GCSEs can be, so we’re here to help clear the waters! The introductory years - often starting as early as year 9 - are all about building comprehension and confidence in each topic, progressing up to exam technique, revision and practice in year 11.

To help you support your child best, all our resources are aligned to exam boards AQA, Pearson Edexcel, OCR and Eduqas. We also focus on progressive leveling, starting at an introductory level and working up to exam-style questions and practice papers - all available at your fingertips in the EdPlace app.

Learn the skills using our resources, practise what you’ve learnt with our exam-style questions and test for exam readiness with our practice papers - success!