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English (Edexcel)
Non-fiction: teenage kicks
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Which of the following are examples of non-fiction texts?
history book ✓
newspaper article ✓
novel
collection of short stories
restaurant review ✓
Match the word with the definition.
form
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the text type ✓
purpose
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the reason why the writer wrote the text ✓
audience
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the person or group of people being addressed by the text ✓
Which of the following is an example of a text's purpose?
to argue ✓
to shock ✓
to organise sentences
to be accurate
What word class are the following words: we, our, us? They may be referred to as inclusive or collective...
'pronouns' ✓
What do we mean when we say the context of a text?
The style in which it was written.
The circumstances in which it was written. ✓
The effect a text has on a a reader.
Which of the following is not a valid description of the use of prediction skills before reading complex texts?
Predicting is the beginning of engagement with the text.
Predicting allows us to guess at the topic of the text. ✓
Predicting links our new reading to previous reading we may have done.
Predicting links our new reading to other knowledge we have.
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