Using compound adjectives and analogies for effect in non-fiction writing

English

Conceptualising travel writing and making predictions based on titles

Comparing Stevenson and Steinbeck's attitudes to their travelling companions

Identifying and using different perspectives

Making inferences from two non-fiction texts

Writing concise and developed comparisons of non-fiction texts

Using inverted sentence structures and chiasmus for effect

Writing a compelling account

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 the same topics.

In this unit, pupils develop their non-fiction reading and writing skills by looking at non-fiction texts about explorers. They first conceptualise travel writing, before building towards making concise and developed comparisons between texts. They finally create a compelling account about a place.

Non-fiction: explorers

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

What do we call an adjective that is made up of two or more words?

What combination of word classes makes the following compound adjective 'bitter-sweet'?

a comparison between two different things in order to clarify or explain.

a statement that is contradictory but which nonetheless reveals a truth 

a figure of speech in which an object is used to represent an idea

the repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words

Which of the following is the best description of an analogy?

they make abstract ideas into concrete realities.

they are often visually powerful and aid understanding.

they are difficult to create and therefore impressive.

Analogies can be effective because they ...

In the following analogy, which words are making the comparison: The school prom reminds me of diving off the highest board at the pool.  You get all worked up about it and then it's over in minutes.

they modify nouns by adding more information

they demarcate the beginning of sentences

Which of the following best explains the function of adjectives? 

In the word 'open-minded' what is the correct term for the punctuation found in the middle?

Which of the following is a past participle?

categories of words grouped by similar meanings

 categories of words grouped by similar sounds

categories of words grouped by grammatical function

categories of words grouped by similar effects

What do we mean when we talk about word classes?

What linguistic device beginning with M compares two things?

Which word beginning with S describes a method which compares two things using like or as?

Starter Quiz

Which of the following best explains the function of adjectives?