Starter quiz
- What situation does the use of past tense signify?
- a situation that has already happened ✓
- a situation that is currently happening
- a situation that will happen
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- What is a diary?
- a chronological record of what someone experiences ✓
- a speech designed to persuade people
- an informative article about current news
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- What is first person narrative?
- one character sharing experiences that are happening to them ✓
- a god-like narrator giving the reader context
- a narrator telling the story through a protagonist and referring to them by name
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- In Shakespeare's 'The Tempest', which of the following is true of Miranda's experience?
- For twelve years, she lived on the island with only her father and Caliban. ✓
- While on the island, she and Prospero had many visitors.
- For one year, she lived on the island with only her father and Caliban.
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- The five senses are: taste, touch, smell, sight and ______.
- 'hearing' ✓
- Which sense does the following sentence appeal to: 'The stone was cool under my palm'.
- taste
- touch ✓
- hearing
- smell
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Exit quiz
- Which of the following sentences is written in first person narrative voice?
- I heard the waves break on the side of the boat. ✓
- She heard the waves break on the side of the boat.
- Miranda heard the waves break on the side of the boat.
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- Which of the following sentences appeals to the sense of sight?
- The sudden appearance of the sun temporarily blinded me. ✓
- The crash of the waves shook me from my sleep.
- The scent of freshly baked bread made my mouth water.
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- If you live in an isolated place, then you...
- don't live near to other people ✓
- are constantly around other people
- live in a very untidy and unclean place.
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- If something is convincing then it is...
- hard to believe
- easy to believe ✓
- far from reality
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- A large group of people who live together in an organised way is a...
- society ✓
- nomad
- government
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- If an account is written in which the order is following the series of events as they happened then it is written in ______ order.
- 'chronological' ✓
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Key learning points
- A diary is a person’s private record of events, thoughts, or feelings that are written down every day.
- A diary should be written in first person narrative voice and past tense.
- A diary is usually written in chronological order.
- Using descriptions that show the senses can help to create a convincing character voice.
- We don’t know what happens to Miranda after the end of the play.
Common misconception
That creative writing should be in present tense.
Because diaries are records of events that have happened, they should be written in past tense.
Keywords
Convincing - If something is convincing then it’s able to make you believe that it’s true or real.
Chronological - Chronological order means following the order in which a series of events happened.
Isolated - Being isolated means being away from people and other places in a remote place.
Society - A society is a large group of people who live together in an organised way.
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