Tone Deaf
What is tone?
The way an author sounds
This is what the author is responding to
What is the issue?
67% of students agree that uniforms should not be compulsory
What are statistics?
How the writer presents themselves to the reader.
How the author establishes themselves
Astronauts become up to 3% taller in the space due to the lack of....?
What is gravity/
Pick the tone:
There are so many different ways we can help our youth avoid jail
Optomistic and hopeful
This is how the author feels
We should change the law relating to youth crime. It is our responsibility to ensure that our youth are not instutionalised.
Inclusive language
The writer is trying to say something is good
Which is the only continent on earth that doesn't have reptiles
What is Antarctica
Pick the tone
Upon analysis of the data, it's evident that.....
What is formal or factual
What is tone?
The repeat of a consonant, especially at the start of words.
What is an alliteration?
Identify the type of argument.
The writer wants the audience or someone else to do something.
The writer is proposing an argument
This summer fruit has more vitamin C by weight than an orange
What is a strawberry
Pick the tone
"Oh, great, another flat tyre. Just what I needed!"
What is scarastic
The specific group of people who the writer targets with their message.
What is the audience?
What is figurative language?
Identify the type of argument.
The writer is questioning something
The writer is proposing an argument
In which Australian state would you find the towns of Eggs And Bacon Bay, Milkshake Hills, Trousers Point, Granny’s Gut, Satan’s Lair, Lovely Bottom and Stinkhole?
What is Tasmania?
Pick the tone
"We must act now! Every moment we waste increases the danger"
What is urgen?
The specific reasons that writer gives to support their contention.
What are arguments
This type of language is less formal and often used in everyday situations
What is Colloquial language?
Identify the argument.
The writer is saying something is bad
The writer is opposing or criticising
Only two mammals on Earth lay eggs. Both are found in Australia. What are they?
What is the echidna and the platypus?