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Crafted and controlled writing · Part 3 of 3
4 exam-style questions with model answers, plus 3 quick multi-choice questions — every question on this part of the standard, grouped by the 1 page of notes they come from.
Write a full answer before you reveal the model one. That comparison is where the learning happens.
Explain what convincingly adds to crafted and controlled, and identify the two commonest ways a piece fails to reach it.
Explain why over-writing produces a lower grade than plainer writing, and explain why the usual advice to write authentically does not help.
Excellence names three things: inventive or articulate language, a distinctive personal voice, and dimensions or viewpoints. Discuss why the third is the one most often missing, and what it demands of a writer.
Discuss the extent to which a student can reach Excellence in this standard by technique alone.