Convincing Claims
What is the main purpose of a persuasive text?
To convince the reader to agree with the writer’s opinion.
What are the key features of a fantasy story?
Name the relative pronouns.
Which, that, whose, where, when, who, and whom.
What are the three main sentence types?
Simple, compound, complex.
Identify the figurative language: “Her voice was music to his ears.”
Metaphor.
Name the persuasive techniques.
AFOREST (alliteration, facts, opinion, rhetorical questions/repetition, emotive language/exaggeration, statistics and rule of three)
The silver dragon soared over the ancient ruins as lightning crackled in the sky.”
Identify two fantasy elements and explain why they belong to the genre.
Silver dragon (magical creature), ancient ruins with lightning (mysterious setting).
What punctuation marks should surround speech in writing?
Quotation marks (“ ”)
Which conjunctions are used to join compound sentences?
FANBOYS (for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so).
What type of figurative language is used here?
Her cloak danced with the wind as she sprinted through the forest.
Personification
What tense is used in persuasive writing?
Present tense
Why do fantasy stories often have a quest or mission?
To give the hero a purpose and create adventure/conflict.
Identify the Mistake:
“I will protect the kingdom said the prince. “look out for the trolls” Said the ranger.
"I will protect the kingdom," said the prince.
"Look out for the trolls," said the ranger.
Identify the subordinate clause: “Although it was raining, we went outside.”
Although it was raining.
What are the narrative points of view?
1st, 2nd, 3rd (limited/omniscient)
Identify the persuasive technique in this sentence: “Surely we all want a better future for our children!”
Emotive language
Name story opener techniques.
Correct the punctuation in this dialogue: jake said i cant wait to play
Jake said, “I can’t wait to play.”
Complete with a relative pronoun: A police officer ____________ car was parked at the next corner stopped and arrested them.
whose
Replace the weak words with stronger, more vivid ones.
The forest was dark and not nice.
The forest was eerie and menacing.
Replace the weak words with stronger, more vivid ones.
It’s very important to read books because it helps people a lot.
Reading books is essential because it broadens your mind and enhances your knowledge.
Name suspense techniques.
Identify the Mistake:
Each of the potions are labelled carefully.
Each of the potions is labelled carefully.
Simple sentence, compound sentence, and complex sentence
A simple sentence consists of only one clause, with a single subject and predicate.
A compound sentence is made up of two main clauses connected by a coordinating conjunction.
A complex sentence is a sentence with one independent clause and at least one dependent clause.
Replace the weak words with stronger, more vivid ones.
The wizard was really powerful.
The wizard was incredibly formidable.