Component 01 — Speech (40 marks)

Question: Write the text of a speech to be delivered to your school governors arguing for or against compulsory uniform. (40 marks: 24 AO5 + 16 AO6)

Mark scheme — Level 6 (33–40 marks):

• AO5 (21–24): Direct address sustained; tricolon thesis; anecdote; rhetorical question; emotive peroration; structure follows exordium → narratio → confirmatio → peroratio; tone calibrated to adult professional audience.
• AO6 (13–16): Accurate use of dashes for emphasis; minor sentences for impact; ambitious lexis; secure Standard English.

Indicative features: Aristotelian ethos/pathos/logos, anaphora ('Imagine… Imagine… Imagine…'), call-back to opening anecdote.