Course Content
Year 9 English
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Transactional writing is non-fiction writing that intends to communicate information between individuals or groups. Non-fiction texts include (amongst others): magazine articles. travel writing.


Transactional writing includes a broad range of text types, such as business letters, friendly emails, invitations, speeches, and interviews. Students need to learn both social and business writing formats to be successful in school, the workplace, and social settings.

The transactional writing questions will ask you to write different types of text – for example, a letter, an article, a speech, a leaflet. The questions will also test your ability to write for different audiences and in different registers – formal or informal.
The 5 Types of Writing Styles and Why You Should Master Each
  • Narrative Writing. Narrative writing is storytelling at its most basic: it’s all about sharing something that happens to a character. …
  • Descriptive Writing. …
  • Persuasive Writing. …
  • Expository Writing. …
  • Creative Writing.

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