Year 9 Checkpoint Review

For magazine articles, all these features are correct except....

• • Use subheadings for better organization and presentation.

• • Begin with a catchy headline.

• • First Paragraph: ▪ Who? ▪ When? ▪ Where? ▪ What?

• Make use of rhetorical questions

What paper demands you use summary writing?

• Paper 1

• Paper 2

For summary, you need to do 2 of the following ...(select three correct answers)

• give opinions

• • Use connectives to form complex sentences.

• • Try grouping points which are similar.

• use direct speech

What writing type uses these features?

• Write the date in the corner or on the first line.

• Use informal language but avoid using colloquial words and abbreviations.

• Sign off with your name/name of the character if based on the extract of Section A.

• News report

• Speech

• Formal letter

• Diary

Which writing type uses these features?

• Introduce yourself.

• Make an impressive opening statement using either of these:

  • A rhetorical question

  • A surprising statement

  • A famous quote

• Diary

• Speech

• News article

• News report

Which writing type uses these features?

• Literary devices

• Facts

• Opinions

• Emotive language

• Use a variety of sentence structures.

• Use the rule of three.

• Formal Letter

• Informal letter

• Speech

• Diary

Which of the following creates imagery?

• Personification, Oxymoron and Puns

• Puns, Similes and Metaphors

• Personification, Metaphors and Hyperbole

• Similes, Metaphors and Personification

What is Author's Purpose?

• To help you understand text better and choose your audience

• To improve your writing

• To capture, persuade and inform

• To entertain, persuade and inform

When you are asked to explain the difference between one paragraph compared to other paragraphs in a text, what should you do?

• Compare and contrast the paragraphs

• Compare only

• Contrast only

• Look for vivid descriptions and figurative language

Look at these sentences and write down two similarities.