Skeleton Frameworks for

Writing
 Explanation text
* explains how or why something happens
* cause and effect
* further effect or knock-on effect

(sequential)
 Explanation organisation 1
Simple explanation:
a series of logical
steps

This this this this

happens leading to leading to leading to

When you have made your

flow-chart skeleton, each
possibly---other causes or section of the flow chart
effects at each stage can become one paragraph
 Explanation language features
* present tense
(except historical use If…then…
be c a
explanations)
* causal language The reason that
when so
* sequential
connectives This results in…
* impersonal
This causes…
language
* technical Therefore
vocabulary
Explanation text
 Persuasion organisation 1

point elaboration

*
point
elaboration

*
point elaboration

* …and so on……….
Persuasion organisation 2
Introduction
What? Who? Where? When?

When you have

planned your
* Point 1 points, you can
choose whether to
* Point 2 write one
paragraph per point
* Point 3 or group them
together
Conclusion
Summing up
 Persuasion language features
s e e l e ss
cau e rt h
* Present tense b e n e v
c on
seq
e r ue n
v tly
* Persuasive devices e .
ow
e su l t.
h a r
A s
If…then
* Logical connectives

* Connectives showing the

move from one point to
Fir
st
o fa then
ll
another
next secondl
y
finally
 Elaborating a point
Make your point clearly,
elaboration
in a sentence.
would it help to:

give your reasons

*
point
for thinking that?

add further give examples

detail to make e.g For example,…
it clear? For instance,…?