News reports
What narrative voice is a news report written in? 1st or 3rd person?
3rd person
Is this direct or reported (indirect) speech:
The reporter said that he saw the building collapse.
Reported (indirect) speech
What is the pronoun in this sentence?
The girl and her sister went shopping.
her
What word do we used to describe 'paragraphs' in poems?
stanzas
What paragraph in a news report answers: who, what, where, when
The lead paragraph
What is the relative pronoun used in this sentence?
The runner, who won the 100m sprint, was from Horizon International School.
who
What is the adjective in this sentence?
The ballerina was elegant.
elegant
What type of figurative language is this?
SPLAT!
Onomatopoeia
What part of a news report catches the readers attention?
The headline
What relative pronoun would best fit this sentence?
The girl, _________ parents live in Kenya, sang beaiutifully.
whose
What is the adverbial phrase and adverb used in this sentence?
The boy ran quickly across the playground.
across the playground (where) - phrase
quickly - adverb
What type of figurative language is this?
The ocean was as blue as a sapphire.
Simile
Name the 4 parts of the inverted pyramid (structure of a news report)
Headline
Lead
Main Body
Tail
Is this sentence in the active or passive voice?
Charlie picked a book from the library.
Active
Give a powerful synonym for this verb:
run
dash
sprint
dart
bolt
bound
What type of figurative language is used in this sentence?
The rainbow danced across the sky.
Personification
What type of figurative language does this headline use:
Super student wins sports day
alliteration
Change this active sentence into the passive voice?
Rachel close the curtains in the classroom.
The curtains in the classroom were closed by Rachel.
OR
In the classroom, the curtains were closed by Rachel.
What are the word classes (parts of speech) of these homophones?
plain
plane
plain - adjective
plane - noun
Think of another metaphor (likening the sea to a dog) to add to this one, to create an extended metaphor.
The sea is an angry dog.
The waves wag their tails.
The sea barks in anger.
The waves bound onto the beach.