Using feedback to improve dystopian descriptions | English

Starter quiz

What is the process of reading our work once finished, to check for mistakes, known as?
- proofreading ✓
- checking
- editing
- redrafting
Match these punctuation marks to their definition.
- colon
  
  ⇔
  
  goes before a list or explanation. ✓
- semicolon
  
  ⇔
  
  indicates a pause between two independent, related clauses. ✓
- dashes
  
  ⇔
  
  interrupt a sentence to give extra information. ✓
Which punctuation mark is usually used after expressing emotion?
- question mark
- comma
- full stop
- exclamation mark ✓
What piece of punctuation is missing from this sentence: 'The building now engulfed in flames stood out like a beacon on the horizon.'?
- exclamation mark
- question mark
- dashes ✓
- full stop
Which of the below is the best definition of the word 'desolate'? Here it is used in a sentence: 'The once thriving town was now desolate'.
- An impression of bleak emptiness. ✓
- An impression of optimism and joy.
- An impression of fear.
- An impression of poverty.
If you have a feeling of foreboding then you are convinced that...
- something bad is going to happen. ✓
- something good is going to happen.
- something strange is going to happen.
- something boring is going to happen.

Which of the following is NOT a good reason to proofread?
- To spot spelling errors
- To spot grammatical errors.
- To spot punctuation errors.
- To spot adjectives that can be changed for more ambitious ones. ✓
What is being described here: 'The rules about how words change and combine to make accurate sentences.'?
- 'Grammar' ✓
The words 'buy', 'bye', and 'by' all sound identical but are spelled differently. As such they are...
- synonyms.
- homophones. ✓
- antonyms.
- pronouns.
A verb's ______ will tell you whether the action happened in the past, present or future.
- 'Tense' ✓
What pronoun is missing from this sentence: 'They slowly marched through the barren streets, anticipating the misery that lay before ______'?
- 'them' ✓
Which teacher target below is the most clear and specific in relation to descriptive writing?
- Add more adjectives to your piece of writing.
- There aren't enough dystopian conventions and you only use commas and full stops
- Add a semantic field of suffering to develop your theme of oppression further. ✓
- Vary your punctuation.

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Sentence level accuracy includes spelling, punctuation, sentence structures, syntax and fluency
Re-writing a section of your descriptive writing is important as it shows a good understanding of the feedback
It is important to understand where a mistake is, so that it can be avoided in the next piece of descriptive writing

That the first draft is the final draft.

The best writing is achieved through a cycle of initial creation, feedback and re-drafting.

Grammar - Grammar refers to the rules about how words change and combine to make accurate sentences.
Tense - A verb’s tense will tell you whether the action happened in the past, present or future.
Foreboding - A feeling of something bad about to happen can be described as a feeling of foreboding.
Homophones - If two words are pronounced the same way but spelled differently they can be described as homophones (e.g. here and hear).
Desolate - If a place is uninhabited and gives an impression of bleak emptiness, it can be described as desolate.