Comparing Texts

What type of text is the 'Journal Entry of an officer on board the Charlotte'?

• Historical Recount Text

• Fantasy Text

• Persuasive Text

What type of text is 'Rowan of Rin'?

• Historical Recount Text

• Fantasy Text

• Persuasive Text

What type of text would have noun groups describing ‘Fire breathing dragons’ and ‘Magical Maps’?

• Historical Recount Text

• Fantasy Text

• Persuasive Text

‘Ten fathoms of water’ and ‘Wretched band’ are examples of language from a:

• Historical Recount Text

• Fantasy Text

• Persuasive Text

How are the 'Journal Entry of an officer on board the Charlotte,' and the excerpt from 'Rowan of Rin' similar? (Choose two from the options below)

• Both use dates to show the progression of time

• Both use prepositional phrases to help the reader understand the sequence of events

• Both use descriptive verb groups to help the reader understand the actions of the people in the text

• Both have noun groups that give the reader an understanding of a real, historical event

How are the text structures and language features of ‘Journal Entry of an officer on board the Charlotte,’ and the excerpt from ‘Rowan of Rin’ different? (Choose two from the options below)

• ‘Rowan of Rin’ has a structure that is arranged in paragraphs while the ‘Journal Entry’ is short entries that occurred on specific dates

• Direct Speech is used in the ‘Journal Entry’ to help the reader better understand a character while there is no direct speech in the ‘Rowan of Rin’ excerpt

• The ‘Journal Entry’ is a recount written in a narrative structure while the ‘Rowan of Rin’ excerpt is written as short entries that occurred on specific dates

• The ‘Journal Entry’ begins with a preposition while the 'Rowan of Rin' excerpt doesn't.