Starter quiz

  • What type of information is found in non-fiction texts?
    • factual  ✓
    • imaginary
    • subject-specific  ✓
  • Which of these is not an example of a non-fiction text?
    • a newspaper report about the Titanic sinking
    • a biography about Emmeline Pankhurst
    • a narrative story about a dragon  ✓
    • a non-chronological report about Anglo-Saxons
  • What is the language of a text?
    • the reason a text is written
    • the type of words chosen in a text  ✓
    • the person or people who read a text
  • Match the term to its meaning.
    • purpose
      ⇔
      why the text was written ✓
    • audience
      ⇔
      who the text was written for ✓
    • language
      ⇔
      language choice and tone ✓
    • layout
      ⇔
      how information is presented ✓
  • Which of these is not a feature of a non-chronological report?
    • paragraph
    • title
    • subheading
    • dialogue  ✓
    • formal tone
  • Match the layout feature to its purpose.
    • title
      ⇔
      the name of a text ✓
    • subheading
      ⇔
      a word, phrase or sentence used to introduce part of a text ✓
    • paragraph
      ⇔
      a section of a piece of writing indicated by a new line ✓
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