May 2025 Paper 1: Sample Response 1 (Real Estate)
This week, we are starting to publish sample responses from the May 2025 examinations. Over the next few months, our goal is to provide you with a variety of exemplars to help your students succeed.
First up is this May 2025 Paper 1 examination – one of three different Paper 1 exams in different time zones. Text A is an advertisement selling a renovated apartment in Perth, Australia. Found on the website realestate.com.au, the listing (advert) by Bourkes, a real estate company, presents a luxury apartment for sale.
The guiding question was: How and to what effect are persuasive elements used in this text and why? It’s a standard guiding question and a question students should be prepared for in an exam.
You will find the student does a lot right. They are focused on the guiding question, and the various ways the real estate agency uses persuasive elements in the text. They unpack their evidence well, discussing the writer's choices in a consistent manner. It’s not perfect, and does not score perfect marks, but overall, this is a great model example for students to use to help improve their own writing.
Best,
Tim and David