Descriptive Writing AQA. Paper 1.

Marked out of 40.

24 marks for content and organisation.  16 marks for technical accuracy.

Descriptive Writing Mark Scheme AQA

Assesses AO5: Content and Organisation

Communicate clearly, effectively and imaginatively, selecting and adapting tone, style and register for different forms, purposes and audiences.

Organise information and ideas, using structural and grammatical features to support coherence and cohesion of texts.




Also assesses AO6: Technical accuracy

Candidates must use a range of vocabulary and sentence structures for clarity, purpose and effect, with accurate spelling and punctuation.

Find the definitions to the following words:

• tone
• style
• register
• form
• purpose
• coherence 
• structure
• discourse markers.

10B3: Descriptive Writing. Describe the scene at a fireworks display.

You can use some of these videos and images for inspiration.  You may wish to do New Year's Eve OR Bonfire Night.  Remember:

1. Appeal to the senses.  Sight, sound, touch, taste and smell.
2. Use your sensational sentences and a variety of sentence types and lengths.
3. Stay in 3rd person.
4. Use MASSIVE and other language devices to create imagery in your writing
5. Shift your focus.  Focus on different areas and types/groups of people.
6. Describe an overview of the scene as well as small details - zoom-in like a CCTV camera!

New Year Firework display, London.

A Bonfire Night Parade (remember you have been asked to describe a fireworks display, so use this video to inspire a part of your work, but not all).

You can use the description mat to help you:

Description Mat