Starter quiz
- What does 'chronological order' mean?
- The events in a text are not written in the order in which they happened.
- The events in a text are written in the order in which they happened. ✓
- A text is written in a formal, informative way.
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- Select the purpose of an essay.
- to inform the reader about a person's life
- to create suspense for the reader
- to recount the events of someone's day
- to inform the reader about a particular topic ✓
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- Research is...
- the detailed study of a subject. ✓
- the analysis of a text.
- the editing of a piece of writing.
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- Select the types of non-fiction writing from the list:
- poem
- essay ✓
- narrative story
- non-chronological report ✓
- journalistic report ✓
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- Identify the linguistic features of essays:
- fronted adverbials ✓
- personification
- subject-specific vocabulary ✓
- similes
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- Which of these fronted adverbials is not appropriate to use in an essay?
- However,
- Consequently,
- Furthermore,
- Suddenly, ✓
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