Common Language Features
What is a simile?
When opening a paragraph, you want to start with this.
What is a topic sentence?
The author of 'The Doll's House'
Who is Katherine Mansfield?
Thomas Edison's most famous invention
What is the lightbulb?
My favourite colour.
What is purple?
Using a short story within your writing to communicate an idea.
What is an anecdote?
Unfamiliar text has these 3 text types.
What are poem, prose and nonfiction?
The author of 'Punishment'
Who is Seamus Heaney?
The artist who painted The Mona Lisa.
Leonardo da Vinci
What are English Literature and History?
Referencing another text or calling on another image that is well-known, to develop your idea or purpose
What is allusion?
These are the three questions that help shape your paragraph response in Unfamiliar.
What is 'What, How, and Why'?
This is the name of the toy that Lacy has from her childhood, in 'Nosedive'.
Who is Mr Rags?
The world's longest river.
What is the Amazon River?
This is the name of the high school I went to.
What is Matamata College?
This is a language feature that makes you feel included, because you are being referred to.
What is inclusive language?
This is the acronym to consider when writing your 2.3 Unfamiliar Answer.
What is 'TEA'?
Keiza loved this part of the doll's house, in the short story 'The Doll's House'
What was the lamp?
Hardest known natural material
What are diamonds?
What is Hutt Valley High School?
Using this language feature will help your audience feel more drawn in to what you are saying, as it feels familiar to them.
What is colloquial language?
If you want to achieve Excellence, this is the adjective you need to achieve in your discussion of the texts.
What is 'perceptive'?
The real name of the artist in the short text 'Mr Van Gogh'
Who is Frank Reprieve Wilcox?
This Narnian lion appears in several other forms, including a lamb.
Who is Aslan?
This is the name of my dog.
What is 'Liar'?