Starter quiz
- Which answer best describes a travelogue?
- A type of diary where someone records their personal thoughts about daily life.
- A detailed account of someone's journey, including descriptions of places. ✓
- A fictional story set in a distant land, often involving adventure.
- A guidebook that provides practical information and advice for travellers.
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- Which of these examples uses a direct quotation?
- She said she would be late.
- He mentioned that it was raining.
- "I can't believe it's already noon," she exclaimed. ✓
- They wondered about the weather.
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- Complete the following sentence: A first person narrative perspective is a good way to ...
- share and write about personal experiences. ✓
- write an autobiography. ✓
- write a leaflet.
- create a rapport with the reader. ✓
- write academically.
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- "She has survived killer snakes" is written using which narrative perspective?
- 'third person' ✓
- Which rhetorical device is being used in this sentence: "How will people learn if they don't make mistakes?"
- 'rhetorical question' ✓
- "Although there was a dreadful swell, still the atmosphere was heavy and close." Which words are the adjectives in this sentence?
- close ✓
- heavy ✓
- swell
- dreadful ✓
- atmosphere
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Exit quiz
- What is the form of this text: 'The woman who helps keep Bear Grylls safe' an article by Emine Saner?
- 'article' ✓
- When writing an analytical paragraph which compares two texts, you should start with a ______ which states the paragraph's main idea.
- 'topic sentence' ✓
- Starting with the first, put these sentence ideas in the order for a paragraph which compares two texts.
- 1⇔create a topic sentence stating the paragraph's main idea
- 2⇔develop your topic sentence by stating an idea about Text 1
- 3⇔compare Text 2 to Text 1
- Which word best completes this sentence comparing two texts (Nellie Bly and Emine Saner): "______ Bly and Saner foreground the experiences of women."
- Whilst
- However
- Both ✓
- But
- Similar
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- Which word best completes this sentence comparing two texts (Nellie Bly and Emine Saner): "______ Bly presents her personal experiences, Saner weaves a narrative from another person's story."
- Whilst ✓
- However
- Both
- Similar
- But
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- Emine Saner begins her article by writing: "She has been attacked by lions ..." What narrative perspective is the article written in?
- 'third person' ✓
Worksheet
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Lesson Details
Key learning points
- Comparing one text to another can often help you evaluate it more clearly.
- You can compare what each writer chose to write about, and how they chose to write about it.
- The opening of comparative paragraphs could start with a topic sentence which states the paragraph’s main idea.
- The next sentences of a comparative paragraph could focus on the differences between the two texts you wish to compare.
Common misconception
You can't compare different text types to each other. For example, an article to a memoir.
By comparing different forms, we can often come to understand why a writer chose a particular text type more deeply - what this particular text type allowed them to do or convey to the reader.
Keywords
Form - the type of text a writer uses; an article, letter and speech are all examples.
Method - the tools a writer uses to create their work; structure, form and language are perhaps the most significant examples.
Evaluate - to consider something carefully and make a judgement about it.
First person - written from the writer’s perspective using pronouns like ‘I’, ‘we’, ‘me’.
Third person - the writer is not a person in the text using pronouns like ‘she’, ‘he’, ‘they’.