How do you write a context essay?

[nerdmmb]

I will be in year 11 this year and have absolutely no idea as to how to write a context piece (if that's what it's even called)
Can someone please explain the structure of it and what to do in year 11 in order to build my writing skills for this section?
Thank-you and all feedback will be much appreciated!

[Sergy01]

Not gonna lie, I still have no idea how to do a context essay. It's a very free piece of writing and how it's written can totally be up to you. Persuasiveness kind of comes naturally when making points, so you can find a creative way of presenting this (I.e. A speech, an essay, a journal entry/opinion piece). Same for an expository piece. It's all a matter of exploring ideas using your text and outside info relating to your context, not so much following a structure.

[HossRyams]

It depends on what you form you decide to write in. While it is indeed broad, there's a lot of criteria which effectively limits what you can do if you want to ensure high marks.

The 3 main forms to write your context piece in are: expository, persuasive and imaginative. You can do hybrid pieces too that are more than one form; for example, imaginative and persuasive etc.

Ideas: essay, speech, article, editorial, story, diary entries, review, opinionative piece

Generally if you do an essay (assuming from the topic), it'll probably a formal expository piece (or possibly a persuasive essay). You will have to use TEEL and all that, but some people like using an anecdote to begin and conclude their piece (my teacher hated it when people did that though...) Anyway, pick a form that you do best it - your teacher can tell you that if you submit a few practice pieces of each.

Basically your goal is to explore the ideas brought up by your Context, using your primary text to illuminate these ideas (if you think of it that way, you'll avoid writing a text response-like answer). The primary text should indeed make up the majority of your "sources", but you are encouraged to pull examples from external sources (other books, documentaries, articles etc) that also relay the big ideas from your Context.

That's probably the basic gist of it

Edit: typo

[nerdmmb]

It depends on what you form you decide to write in. While it is indeed broad, there's a lot of criteria which effectively limits what you can do if you want to ensure high marks.

The 3 main forms to write your context piece in are: expository, persuasive and imaginative. You can do hybrid pieces too that are more than one form; for example, imaginative and persuasive etc.

Ideas: essay, speech, article, editorial, story, diary entries, review, opinionative piece

Generally if you do an essay (assuming from the topic), it'll probably a formal expository piece (or possibly a persuasive essay). You will have to use TEEL and all that, but some people like using an anecdote to begin and conclude their piece (my teacher hated it when people did that though...) Anyway, pick a form that you do best it - your teacher can tell you that if you submit a few practice pieces of each.

Basically your goal is to explore the ideas brought up by your Context, using your primary text to illuminate these ideas (if you think of it that way, you'll avoid writing a text response-like answer). The primary text should indeed make up the majority of your "sources", but you are encouraged to pull examples from external sources (other books, documentaries, articles etc) that also relay the big ideas from your Context.

That's probably the basic gist of it

Edit: typo

Thank-you youshine! So generally speaking, context is an elaboration of ideas?

[HossRyams]

Thank-you youshine! So generally speaking, context is an elaboration of ideas?

I suppose, yeah, more like an exploration of ideas and then elaborating on those, fuelled by a range of examples including those drawn for your primary text. You want to look at all the aspects brought about your Context. Remember that Context prompts act like "springboards" for ideas, and you can be more flexible with them as opposed to Text Response prompts.

[nerdmmb]

I suppose, yeah, more like an exploration of ideas and then elaborating on those, fuelled by a range of examples including those drawn for your primary text. You want to look at all the aspects brought about your Context. Remember that Context prompts act like "springboards" for ideas, and you can be more flexible with them as opposed to Text Response prompts.

Thank-you very much youshine! This makes it so much easier to grasp!

[HossRyams]

Thank-you very much youshine! This makes it so much easier to grasp!

Glad to hear ^__^ Pleasure to help!

[hala_madrid]

Hey I just started a new thread with my guide on how to write a context essay; it's a bit raw at the moment but hopefully you can get something out of it! It's also got a sample essay at the end. It depends on what style you want to use, of course, as my guide is based on expository writing