You need to be prepared in order to write successful non-fiction texts in your exam or controlled assessment. Think ahead about content, organisation, accuracy and vocabulary, and consider the genre, audience, style and purpose of your writing.

Overview: non-fiction texts

You will be asked to write different non-fiction texts with different purposes andaudiences. They may be of specific lengths. You might be asked to:

• Describe a person or a place.

• Give information or instructions.

• Persuade a person or…