a figure of speech that involves comparing two unlike things using the words 'like' or 'as'

a feeling or idea that is suggested by a word in addition to its basic meaning

a freelance photographer who pursues celebrities to get photographs of them

if a person or thing is under scrutiny, they are being studied or observed very carefully

the action of showing something to be right or reasonable

Considering and emulating the use of similes in non-fiction writing

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Developing reading skills and personal responses to non-fiction texts

Using inference and embedded quotations to craft effective summaries

Considering and understanding the attitude of a non-fiction text

Crafting an effective comparison of non-fiction texts

Considering and emulating the use of direct address in the opening of a speech

Considering and emulating the use of anaphora in speech writing

Considering and emulating onomatopoeia and alliteration in speech writing

Using colons, dashes, and semicolons effectively in opinion writing

Considering and emulating the use of rhetorical questions in opinion writing

Considering and emulating the use of extended analogies in non-fiction writing

Considering and analysing the use of anecdotes in a non-fiction text

Considering and analysing attitude in non-fiction writing

Analysing and comparing language techniques in non-fiction writing

Considering and emulating the use of hyperbole in opinion writing

Using comparatives and superlatives to effectively compare non-fiction texts

Planning a speech and building your counter-argument

Using rhetorical devices to write an effective speech

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 express similar or differing viewpoints.

In 'Non-Fiction: Crime and Punishment', pupils analyse the language choices of authors in non-fiction texts. In 'Non-Fiction: Changing Views', pupils compare language choices in non-fiction texts.

In this unit, pupils develop their non-fiction reading and writing skills. They look at a range of nineteenth century and modern texts in tandem, and practise comparing viewpoints. They then practise emulating different techniques from the texts in order to develop their speech and opinion writing.

Non-fiction: changing views

Discriminatory behaviour or images, whether on the grounds of race, gender, disability, religion or belief or sexual orientation, or otherwise.

Depiction or discussion of discriminatory behaviour

What is being described here: 'the words, ideas, feelings or concepts we associate with a word or symbol.'?

'A person or thing being studied or observed very carefully' is the definition of which word beginning with 's'?

'The action of showing something to be right or reasonable' is the definition of which word beginning with 'j'?

Which of the following does Reedy compare her life to in 'My life as a little person'?

that she is able to pass unobserved for the most part

that she feels lonely in her day to day life

In 'My life as a little person', Reedy compares her life to a 'circus' - what does this suggest about how Reedy feels?

decide on the idea you want to communicate to the audience

consider what extra details you can add to extend your comparison

Starting with the first, put the steps to creating an effective simile in chronological order.

'A figure of speech that involves comparing two unlike things using the words 'like' or 'as'.' is the definition of a ...

"Bent double, like old beggars under sacks".

Which of the following quotations contain a simile?

'A feeling or idea that is suggested by a word in addition to its basic meaning' is the definition of which word beginning with 'c'?

Which of the following might we say are connotations of the word 'celebrity'?

'The action or fact of treating someone unfairly in order to benefit from their work' is the definition of which of the following?

A spectacle can mean which of the following things?

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