HW: Week 3 non-fiction writing

'Listen, I'm not going to sit here and list all the reasons why vegetables are disgusting. But they taste awful, smell really bad, make me feel sick and look gross.'

What technique is this an example of?

• Exaggeration

• Juxtaposition

• Irony

• Pun

'The duck said to the bartender, 'put it on my bill.'

What technique is this an example of?

• Pun

• Exaggeration

• Simile

• Irony

'We waited for an appointment for a million years before we finally got to see a doctor.'

Which technique is this an example of?

• Irony

• Pun

• Juxaposition

• Exaggeration

Which definition best describes what the 'tone' of a piece is?

• The mood or attitude of a piece of writing.

• The pace of a piece of writing

• What music suits a piece of writing

• The colour of font you use to write a piece of writing.

'Ladies and gentlemen, it is with great pleasure that I speak to you today regarding a very tragic issue...'

Is the tone informal or formal?

• Informal

• Formal

'Mate, we need to chat about the absolute rubbish that's been going around...'

Is the tone informal or formal?

• Informal

• Formal

'I made us some dinner, because I was hungry.'

Which is the subordinate clause?

• I made us some dinner.

• because I was hungry.

'We went to the shops, to buy some clothes.'

Which is the subordinate clause?

• we went to the shops

• to buy some clothes

'Even though I did all my chores, Mum didn’t let me go out with Pippa.'

Which is the subordinate clause?

• Even though I did all my chores

• Mum didn't let me go out with Pippa

 

'I went to the cinema with Grandma, which was brilliant, and saw the new Marvel film.'

Which is the subordinate clause?

• I went to the cinema with Grandma

• which was brilliant

• and saw the new Marvel film