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WorksheetsAdventure Writing at TES!
Total questions: 13
Worksheet time: 7mins
What is adventure writing?
A type of poetry.
Writing about something exciting or unusual.
An essay.
Something to do with watching paint drying.
Which of these is NOT an example of an adventure story?
Treasure Island
The Hobbit
The Three Musketeers
Horrible Histories: The Vile Victorians
We read an interesting real life account of a young girl riding a giraffe at nighttime...but what was the title of this piece of adventure writing?
Wild Child
Wild Ride
Wild Slide
In The Wild
True or false?
Adventure writing contains interesting vocabulary.
True
False
Which of these is a good feature of effective adventure writing?
Exactly 17 syllables.
Very lengthy paragraphs.
Boring events.
An opening sentence which 'hooks' the reader.
Which of these is important in effective adventure writing?
Descriptive language.
Rhyming words.
Lots and lots of dialogue.
PQE paragraphs.
Which of these is NOT a type of sentence?
Simple
Compound
Hyperbole
Complex
A simple sentence contains...
at least two verbs.
one main clause.
a metaphor.
Mr Cole, Ms Ashworth and Ms Moran.
Which is these sentences does NOT use the active voice?
Adam hit the baseball out of the stadium.
Theo converted the try.
Veronika vaulted the very venerable horse.
The Gucci dress was purchased by Isla.
True or false?
Adventure writing often uses visual effects (such as images and interesting fonts) to engage the reader.
True
False
Which of these is not an example of descriptive language?
Sensory description.
Adjectives.
Alliteration.
Metaphors and similes.
True or false?
Punctuation, grammar and proofreading are not important when it comes to adventure writing.
True
False
Which is the correct sentence?
Year 6 always write impressively.
Come rain or come shine, Year 6 always write in a very impressive manner.
Year 6: what an impressive collection of writers!
Year 6 are awful at writing (I blame that horrible Mr Cole)!
