Year 6 GC Imaginative Writing Pre-Assessment

What is the primary role of an imaginative text?

• To persuade the reader.

• To entertain the reader.

• To inform the reader.

Identify the language technique used in the following sentence.

"The room was as cold and official as a courtroom."

• Personification

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Verbs

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

What is the most accurate definition of the language device 'personification'?

• When the weather is described.

• A word which describes the actions of something.

• The attribution of human characteristics to something non-human.

• When you compare something to something else using 'like' or 'as'.

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

Which sentence uses personification effectively?

• The mountains were tall and gigantic.

• The mountains shielded the lake and the little village.

• The mountains were as tall as a skyscrapers.

• The mountains were overbearing statues.

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

What is the best definition of the term 'characterisation' ?

• The physical description of a character.

• The list of things a character does and says in a book.

• The inclusion of a variety of characters to suit readers with lots of different interests.

• The way an author shows or describes what a character is like.

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

What is the 'narrative voice' ?

• The perspective the story is told from.

• The main character of the story.

• The narrator of the story.

• The dialogue that takes place in a story.

Tags

CCSS.RL.1.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

What would be the most accurate theme of the text 'Wonder' by R.J Palacio?

• Some people are kind and some are not.

• Kindness is hard.

• Choose to be kind when encountering differences.

• Kindness

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.5.9

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

An author can share the central message with his/her reader by...

• Writing it in the blurb at the back of the book.

• Gradually sharing it with the reader through the characters, setting and events found within the book.

• Using the words in the narration or through the dialogue of the characters.

• Stating how the characters changed at the end of a story based on their experiences.

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.5.9

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

What is the following text the best example of

"Bill's nose burned in the frigid air, and he squinted against the sun reflecting off the street."

• The Five Senses

• Figurative Language

• Show, Don't Tell

• Sentence Structure

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

What is emotive language?

• words or phrases that produce a mental impression

• words or phrases linked to internal feelings

• words or phrases that produce a cause and effect

• words or phrases that produce an effect or change in a person

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.6.8

CCSS.RI.7.8

CCSS.RI.8.8