Selection and organisation of material
What Selection and organisation of material means in English Language GCSE, as defined for AQA, Pearson Edexcel.
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Choosing the strongest facts and ideas for your purpose, then organising them to build a convincing argument, perhaps placing the most powerful point last for emphasis.
Choosing only the most relevant facts, ideas and key points, then organising them so the most important comes first or last.
Topics that use Selection and organisation of material
- Writing (AQA GCSE)
- Component 2: Non-fiction and Transactional Writing - 2.2 Writing (Pearson Edexcel GCSE)
Related terms
- audience
- Audience and purpose
- Audience, purpose and context
- Coherence and cohesion
- Emotional impact and reader engagement
- Form and register
- Persuasive and rhetorical technique
- point of view
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