Understanding context,
audience and purpose
Understanding form
and structure
Exploring language
and style
Analysing texts/ Key writing skills
100

The following is an example of what?

She still wavered, her anxious eyes on his face. ‘Why didn’t you come down to the beach to fetch me, the day

I was at Granny’s?’ she asked.

What is a novel?

100

One way parts of a text that assist us in understanding what we are reading

What is grammatical cohesion?

100

What words help with imagery?

Individual answers

100

What should a commentary include?

What is detailed comments on the writer’s use of language and its effect on you as a reader?

200

The following is an example of what?

Ellen looks at the distant sailboat through the window, then turns to Archer.

ELLEN: Why didn’t you come down to the beach to get me the day I was at Granny’s?

ARCHER: Because you didn’t turn around. You didn’t know I was there. I swore I wouldn’t call you unless you looked around.

What is a film script?

200

Another way parts of a text that assist us in understanding what we are reading

What is semantic cohesion?

200

What are the three pars of speech?

What is N, Adj, V?


200

What is the difference between the following? 

There, their, they’re

When are they used?

There- placement

Their- possession

They're- people

300

The following is an example of what?

Lucy: This girl always wins anyway she’s (brilliant) at losing money [laugh]

Kathryn: I know

What is friends talking about a game?

300

Simile, metaphor and symbolism are examples of what?

What is figurative language?

300

What is an example of each?

Individual answers

300

What is the rule with I's and E's?

i before e except after c and when the sound is ‘ee’

and 

e before i when the sound is not ‘ee’

400

True or false: 

Context, register, and manner are similar aspects in writing?

What is True?

400

What is this an example of?

I thought it was going to be a normal day. It started as normal, you know, coffee, cereal, toast, listening to the news on the radio. But then

What is Foregrounding?

400

What does a compound sentence structure do?

What is the narrator seems in control of all his actions and leaves less room for additional thoughts

400

What are punctuations for?

What are examples?

What is to clarify or express meaning?


500

What are the three aspects needed in an introductory paragraph?

What are hook, background information, and thesis statement?

500

She has Pandora’s box of problems 

Your explanation is clearer than mud 

Steal someone’s thunder


What is allusion, hyperbole, and idiom?

500

What does a compound – complex structure do?

What is time and its effect on people can be explored with a sense of psychological and emotional depth.

500

What tenses are there?

What are the following examples of?

"go"   "was going"   "will have"


Present simple

Past continuous 

Future perfect