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Exam Skills X4 · IGCSE Skills: Writing

X4-L07

Q3 Article and Blog Writing — Audience, Opinion and Persuasionالسُّؤَالُ الثَّالِثُ — كِتَابَةُ المَقَالَاتِ وَالمُدَوَّنَاتِ: الجُمْهُورُ وَالإِقْنَاعُ

Write a Q3 article or blog that grips a reader: open with a hook, address an audience, state a clear opinion, and persuade with reasons, examples and rhetorical questions.

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Orient · target · prepare

Objectives and exam focus

In this lesson you will

  • Open an article with a hook, not a form-style address.
  • Write for an audience with a clear opinion.
  • Persuade with reasons, examples and rhetorical questions.
  • Develop a flowing, persuasive response of 130–140 words.

You are exam-ready when…

Tick each as you secure it.

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Recognise · use

Writing-skills vault

Register and text type8 terms
نَوْعُ النَّصِّtext type
صِيغَةٌ رَسْمِيَّةٌformal register
صِيغَةٌ غَيْرُ رَسْمِيَّةٍinformal register
المُقَدِّمَةُthe opening
الخَاتِمَةُthe closing
الرَّابِطُthe connector
عَدَدُ الكَلِمَاتِthe word count
نُقْطَةُ المُحْتَوَىa content point
Articles and persuasion8 terms
عُنْوَانٌ جَذَّابٌa catchy title
مُقَدِّمَةٌ مُشَوِّقَةٌan engaging hook
سُؤَالٌ بَلَاغِيٌّa rhetorical question
الجُمْهُورُthe audience
الإِقْنَاعُpersuasion
أَلَا تَتَّفِقُ مَعِي؟don't you agree?
لَا شَكَّ أَنَّ…there is no doubt that…
وَخِتَامًاin conclusion
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Do it every time

Writing strategy

1Hook, not address

Start an article with a question or a striking idea — not “Dear…”.

2Own an opinion

State a clear view and defend it for the audience.

لَا شَكَّ أَنَّ… · فِي رَأْيِي…

3Persuade

Use reasons, examples and a rhetorical question to convince.

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Exam-skills check

Writing technique

Choose the correct answer

6 marks
1Which is a strong article opening?

2An article, unlike a letter, needs …

3Which is a persuasive device?

4Which states a clear opinion strongly?

5How should an article close?

6What lifts a Q3 article to top marks?

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Q3 — an opinion article (25 marks)

Task

Write about 130–140 words: an article for a school magazine on “Do social media help or harm young people?” Open with a hook, state your opinion, persuade with reasons and examples, and conclude.

  • A hook opening (a question or striking idea).
  • A clear opinion defended for the reader.
  • A rhetorical question or persuasive device.
  • A strong conclusion; 130–140 words.
Reveal a model answer

هَلْ تَتَخَيَّلُ يَوْمًا بِلَا هَاتِفٍ؟ لَا شَكَّ أَنَّ وَسَائِلَ التَّوَاصُلِ صَارَتْ جُزْءًا مِنْ حَيَاتِنَا. صَحِيحٌ أَنَّهَا تُقَرِّبُ الأَصْدِقَاءَ وَتَنْشُرُ المَعْرِفَةَ، غَيْرَ أَنَّهَا قَدْ تُضِيعُ الوَقْتَ وَتُشَتِّتُ التَّرْكِيزَ. عَلَى سَبِيلِ المِثَالِ، كَثِيرٌ مِنَ الطُّلَّابِ يَسْهَرُونَ عَلَى الشَّاشَاتِ. أَلَا تَتَّفِقُ مَعِي أَنَّ التَّوَازُنَ هُوَ الحَلُّ؟ وَلَوِ اسْتَخْدَمْنَاهَا بِوَعْيٍ، لَاسْتَفَدْنَا مِنْهَا كَثِيرًا. وَخِتَامًا، أَرَى أَنَّ الفَائِدَةَ تَعْتَمِدُ عَلَى كَيْفِيَّةِ الاِسْتِخْدَامِ لَا عَلَى الوَسِيلَةِ نَفْسِهَا.

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