Starter quiz
- What is the definition of a non-fiction text?
- a text that is based on factual information ✓
- a text that is based on the author's imagination
- a text that has a mixture of imaginative and factual parts
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- Which of the following is not likely to be a non-fiction text?
- a poem about stars ✓
- a newspaper article about the discovery of a new star
- an information website about a particular star
- a biography of an astronomer who discovered an important star
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- What does it mean if a text is written in 'chronological order'?
- It's written in random order.
- It's written in the order the events happened. ✓
- It's written in alphabetical order.
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- Which of the following best describes a 'paragraph'?
- there is only one sentence
- there is more than one sentence
- the sentences are about different things
- the sentences are linked by a shared theme ✓
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- Which is the best definition of a subheading?
- a title for a whole piece of writing
- a title for a section or paragraph of writing ✓
- a title for a particular sentence
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- Which of the following might be the subjects of non-chronological reports?
- major cities in the USA ✓
- how the author felt driving across the USA
- the president of the USA ✓
- the author's criticisms of the president of the USA
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