Books and the age printed beside them
Original practice source: a commentary about reading across age categories.
An age description can help a reader find a suitable starting point. It may indicate an intended audience or the kind of presentation being offered. Such information can be useful without becoming a judgement about every person who later opens the book.
A work written for younger readers may reward an older reader through precision, humour or a perspective they had forgotten to consider. Enjoyment need not prove that the original audience was a mistake. The difficulty begins when a useful guide becomes a rule about who is allowed to take the work seriously.
A reading magazine is inviting articles on the statement: “Adults should leave books written for children to children.”
Write an article for the magazine arguing your view. You may use ideas from the source and your own ideas.
60 exam-style questions on Oxford AQA IGCSE English Language 2.2.1 Writing for audience and purpose. Each one has a worked solution and a mark scheme showing where the marks go.