Section 3 - Module C - The Craft of Writing - Practice Questions - Quick Quotes

1. Prompt: “We live through stories. Some we inherit, some we resist, and some we rewrite.”

a) Write an imaginative piece exploring the tension between tradition and self-definition. 12 marks

b) Explain how your piece explores the way personal narratives can both constrain and liberate the individual. 8 marks

2. Prompt: “Certainty is comforting. But ambiguity is where truth often resides.”

a) Write a discursive piece that unpacks the human need for certainty in an uncertain world. 12 marks b) Explain how you shaped your voice and structure to encourage intellectual curiosity rather than resolution. 8 marks

3. Prompt: “The smallest moments often echo the loudest.”

a) Compose an imaginative piece that captures a fleeting, seemingly insignificant moment that alters perception. 12 marks

b) Explain how language and form were used to magnify stillness and interiority. 8 marks

4. Prompt: “What we silence becomes what shapes us.”

a) Write a persuasive piece arguing for the importance of giving voice to suppressed histories or identities. 12 marks

b) Discuss how rhetorical strategies were employed to challenge apathy and evoke urgency. 8 marks

5. Prompt: “Growth rarely arrives with comfort.”

a) Write a discursive or imaginative piece that explores the uneasy process of personal transformation. 12 marks

b) Explain how shifts in tone and structure mirror the emotional dissonance of change. 8 marks

6. Prompt: “To be seen is to be understood. Or is it?”

a) Compose a discursive piece examining how modern representations of identity shape or distort connection. 12 marks

b) Explain how your perspective was informed by lived or observed experiences, and how voice was adapted accordingly. 8 marks

7. Prompt: “Home is not always a place.”

a) Write an imaginative or discursive piece that explores the concept of belonging beyond physical spaces. 12 marks

b) Explain how setting and imagery were manipulated to evoke abstract senses of home. 8 marks

8. Prompt: “We fear forgetting, yet we are always rewriting.”

a) Write an imaginative piece that explores memory as both unreliable and essential. 12 marks

b) Explain how you used time, structure, or perspective to reflect the fragmentation of memory. 8 marks

9. Prompt: “There is power in remaining soft.”

a) Compose a discursive or persuasive piece examining the value of gentleness and vulnerability in a harsh world. 12 marks

b) Explain how you established voice and tone to challenge conventional perceptions of strength. 8 marks

10. Prompt: “Every voice contains echoes of another.”

a) Write an imaginative or discursive piece that explores the intergenerational or cultural inheritance of voice. 12 marks

b) Explain how you layered your piece with allusion, metaphor, or tone to honour voices past while crafting something distinctly your own. 8 marks