O Level English Free Writing Help!

• TSY_99

  14 Oct 15, 15:37

  I dread this paper as I rarely ever score well for free writing (I'm talking 17/18/19 out of 30). It's about less than a week to English O Levels and I am writing essays everyday from my TYS/prelim practice packs to practice, but I still have some queries:

  1. How does one spot the difference between discursive and argumentative essay? If I write argumentative for an essay that is better to be written as discursive, will I get penalised?

  2. Is it easier to write personal reflective, discursive, or argumentative?

  3. Do cambridge markers mark essays very strictly? WIll they give me like 15/30 or so for my usual quality essays?

  I really want to turn my English B3 to an A1, so I can get into NJC... any other advice is also welcome

   

   

• FireIce

  14 Oct 15, 15:56

  any samples of ur essays?

• TSY_99

  14 Oct 15, 23:17

  https://www.dropbox.com/s/ibe3cejeo10yfmc/Favourite%20Places.docx?dl=0

  and

  https://www.dropbox.com/s/sia3t9fpv1tp023/Leadership%20qualities.docx?dl=0

  (1st is personal reflective, 2nd discursive), hopefully my post shows up this time.

• TSY_99

  15 Oct 15, 14:21

  So nobody has any tips or comments whatsoever... that's real helpful.

• Erntan

  17 Dec 15, 17:23

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• Cheesygrip

  27 Feb 16, 10:39

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• LIMTUTOR

  28 Feb 16, 01:21

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