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GCSE English Language · key term
An account of connected events involving characters, shaped to interest a reader.
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Paper 1
Writing that tells a sequence of connected events involving characters.
Revise: Narrative writing: the opening of a storyA narrative tells connected events involving characters. Its opening begins that movement: it establishes a situation, introduces someone worth following and gives the reader a reason to continue. It does not need to explain the character’s entire life or resolve the central problem.
Component 1
Read the narrative prompt carefully and make its required subject central to your opening.
Use the planning time to give your narrative a clear direction and an ending you can reach.
Keep description connected to events and characters: this task requires a narrative or recount.
Create a free account to keep every note you open and track your progress.
The titles give you different routes into a narrative. In the summer 2025 paper, candidates could write about taking part in a race, respond to the title The Celebration, begin with a specified sentence about a phone call, or build towards a specified ending expressing satisfaction. These are alternatives, not four tasks to complete.
A prose account of connected events, real or imagined, involving characters and a clear development.
A connected account of events, real or imagined, shaped to interest a reader.
