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Writing Prompt Analysis Model

Read each writing prompt carefully. Work out the task, audience, purpose, key words and structure clues before planning your response.

The five-part prompt check

TASK: What are you being asked to do? AUDIENCE: Who will read it? PURPOSE: Why are you writing? KEY WORDS: Which words give important instructions? STRUCTURE: How should the writing be organised?

1.At a music festival, Nikau reads this prompt: “Describe a surprising moment you experienced at the festival.” What is the task?

2.Mere’s prompt says: “Write a guide to help younger festival visitors find their way around safely.” Who is the main audience?

3.Ana’s prompt is: “Write a letter to the festival organisers explaining why they should provide more refill-water stations.” Is the main purpose to entertain, inform or persuade? Give one clue.

4.Read the prompt: “Create an imaginative story about a lost instrument that is found just before the final performance. Include two characters and a clear ending.” Write three key words or phrases that will guide the story.

5.A festival newsletter prompt says: “Explain how the sound team prepares for a performance. Organise your explanation in time order, from setting up to the final sound check.” What structure is requested?

A beginning, a problem and a solution
Events in time order, from set-up to final sound check
A list of reasons followed by an opinion
A poem with rhyming lines

Analyse a complete prompt

Read the prompt below. Use the five-part model to unpack what a successful response needs to do.

6.Prompt: “Write an informative article for the festival website explaining how visitors can reduce rubbish during the event. Give three practical actions and finish with a short reminder.” Identify the task, audience, purpose, two key instructions and structure clue.

7.For the prompt in Question 6, which detail best meets the instruction to give a practical action?

“Rubbish is a serious problem in many places.”
“Bring a reusable bottle and fill it at the water station.”
“The festival was bright and exciting.”
“I hope everyone has a wonderful day.”

8.Prompt A: “Tell a funny story about a musician who arrives on stage wearing mismatched shoes.” Prompt B: “Write a notice explaining where visitors can find the first-aid tent.” Which prompt is mainly for entertaining, and which is mainly for informing?

9.This prompt is unclear: “Write about the festival.” Rewrite it so that it includes a clear task, audience and purpose. You may choose a story, guide, letter or article.

10.In one or two sentences, explain how checking a prompt before writing can help you produce a stronger piece of writing.