a Latin expression that refers to a story that starts in the middle of the action

dramatic ending to a text which leaves the audience wondering what will happen next

demanding that people obey completely, without asking or caring about anyone else's opinions

the careful watching of a person or place, especially by the police or army

a situation in which something becomes greater or more serious

Structural methods in a dramatic account

English

Exploring attitudes to teenagers across time

Applying reading strategies to non-fiction texts

Comparing ideas and advice on love in different centuries

Exploring how love has changed over time

Exploring vivid childhood accounts

Using juxtaposition and foreshadowing in childhood accounts

Understanding and planning open letters

Writing an open letter

Using and understanding irony in non-fiction writing

Writing humorously

Analysing a dramatic description of an event

Withholding information and timing revelations

Using dialogue effectively

Analysing and improving an article

Using credible expert views in a non-fiction article

Planning an effective article

Writing an effective article

In 'Non-Fiction: Teenage Kicks', pupils evaluate how authors use language, to express similar or differing viewpoints. In 'Non-Fiction: Explorers', pupils analyse how historical or social context may lead to authors having differing views, on the same topics.

In 'Non-Fiction: Changing Views', pupils compare language choices used in non-fiction texts. In 'Non-Fiction: Teenage Kicks', pupils evaluate how authors use language to expresses similar or differing viewpoints.

In this unit, pupils develop their non-fiction reading and writing skills by looking at a collection of non-fiction texts about the theme of teenagers. They first build towards writing an open letter, before then looking at how they can write nuanced and sophisticated articles in an original voice.

Non-fiction: teenage kicks

Subjects which particular individuals may be sensitive to, eg, adoption, migration, bereavement or death, divorce, poverty, deprivation.

Depiction or discussion of sensitive content

Match the words on the left with their synonyms on the right. 

What Latin phrase refers to a narrative technique where a story starts in the middle of the action?

What do we call the narrative technique when a story ends with a question or a new mystery has been set up?

Which of the follwoing discourse markers indicates a shift to the past?

Which of the following discourse markers indicate a shift to the future?

the use of literary devices to create dramatic imagery

 the organisation and arrangement of ideas or events

the use of dialogue to develop characters

the choice of vocabulary to convey tone and mood

Which of the following is the best definition of structural methods in a text?

Finish the tile to Hyeonseo Lee's book: 'The Girl with ...."

Which country did Hyeonseo Lee escape from?

What word beginning with 'R' refers to the repeated use of the same word or phrase for emphasis or effect?

the use of descriptive language to create imagery

the use of symbols to convey deeper meanings

the organisation and arrangement of ideas and events in a text

Which of the following is the best definition of 'structural techniques' in a text?

Which of the following is the best synonym for 'variations'?

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