Linguistic features of a non-chronological report about Ancient Greeks | Exit Quiz | Oak National Academy

What is a linguistic feature?

• the way pictures are arranged in a report

• the way punctuation is used to show an emotion

• the way words are used in a sentence to make the meaning clear

• the size of words in a piece of text

Answer explanation

Linguistic features help us understand and communicate with each other using language.

Tick the three words that are specific to the topic of Ancient Greeks.

• Acropolis

• soldier

• government

• hoplite

• Parthenon

Answer explanation

Subject-specific vocabulary includes words that are used to refer to a particular topic or subject.

What type of fronted adverbial is 'impressively'?

• fronted adverbial of time

• fronted adverbial of place

• viewpoint fronted adverbial

• fronted adverbial of cause

Answer explanation

A viewpoint fronted adverbial expresses the writer's opinion.

Which two of these are viewpoint fronted adverbials?

• Slowly,

• Intriguingly,

• Fearfully,

• Significantly,

Answer explanation

Viewpoint fronted adverbials give information about the writer's opinion at the beginning of a sentence.

Which two of these are true for a fronted adverbial of cause?

• It links a cause to its effect.

• It lists two adjectives to describe a noun.

• It links one sentence to the next sentence.

Answer explanation

Fronted adverbials of cause are words at the beginning of a sentence to link a cause to its effect.

Match the cause to the effect.

• They were philosophers.

• As a result, their architecture influenced other buildings.

• They built grand temples.

• As a result, they developed many new ideas about society.

• They had democracy.

• As a result, the citizens were given a say.

Answer explanation

One action or event (effect) is the result of another action or event (cause).