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WorksheetsREVIEW ENGLISH YEAR 7
Total questions: 55
Worksheet time: 29mins
Name this concept: "The person or group that the text is trying to reach and speak to."
Context
Purpose
Audience
Name this concept: "The reason for which something is done, or created, or for which something exists."
Context
Purpose
Audience
What different purposes might a text have?
To write, read or study
To persuade, entertain or inform
To write, advise or post on a wall
What is the purpose of a film review?
To argue the film critic’s opinion and inform the reader about key parts of the film
To argue the film critic’s opinion and persuade people to watch the film
To entertain the reader and inform them about how the film ends
What is the purpose of an in-flight emergency leaflet?
To instruct people of procedures and advise of what to do in an emergency
To persuade people to buy in-flight snacks
To entertain people during the flight
What is the audience/purpose of this text: A book of over 1,000 knock-knock jokes.
parents / inform
college students / entertain
doctors / persuade
kids / entertain
What is the audience / purpose of this text: An article comparing and contrasting American and Swedish health care systems.
students / entertain
doctors / inform
babies / persuade
teachers / inform
Who is the target audience for this image?
Males
Children
Adults
Females
Who is the target audience?
Children
Young Adults
Older Adults
Females
What is the purpose of this document?
Advertise
Educate
Inform
Entertain
What is the definition of a Target Audience?
The people who a document is made for
The group of people that make a product
A particular group at which a product, service or information is aimed
A particular group that decides what a product will look like
What is the most likely purpose of an essay that is full of claims, evidence, and reasons?
To argue a specific issue
To teach a helpful skill
To describe an important scene
To explain a difficult concept
A student has been assigned to write a paper summarizing the themes of Shakespeare’s play, Macbeth. What is the most likely purpose of the paper?
To entertain readers with stories from the play
To convince other people to read the play
To persuade readers to attend a play
To explain the main ideas in the play
A student has been instructed to write a two-page, first-person essay about her recent trip to the Grand Canyon. What title would best reflect her purpose?
The Grand Canyon: A Geological Marvel
The Ten Best Things about the Southwest
My Vacation with Canyons, Donkeys, and Scenery
Grandma Helena’s Dream Trip Come True
After completing a project in one of your classes, your teacher asks you to write an additional piece in which you talk about how the assignment went and what you learned from it. The purpose of this piece of writing can BEST be described as . . .
To evaluate
To reflect
To inform
To entertain
What is the purpose of a police report of specific crime, including eyewitness reports?
To evaluate
To entertain
To describe
To reflect
The author focuses on the history of the country while writing the poem.
Biographical
Sociocultural
Linguistic
What kind of context refers to social groups that make up our society?
personal
social
cultural
historical
What kind of context refers to the background and life experiences of people?
personal
social
cultural
historical
What kind of context refers to the beliefs and customs shared by groups of people?
personal
social
cultural
historical
What kind of context refers to a time and place in when it was created?
personal
social
cultural
historical
In our country, we celebrate the new year by counting down near a clock and watching the fireworks. What context is this an example of?
personal
social
cultural
historical
When I go out with friends, we like to eat Korean and then sing at karaoke. What context is this an example of?
personal
social
cultural
historical
What is the definition of setting?
the time and place of a story
where and how the events take place in the story
when and to what extent the events take place in a story
the motives behind a character's actions in a story
Why is setting important to a story?
It explains the conflict of the story.
It sets the mood and gives the context for the characters' actions in the story.
It helps predict the ending of the story.
It resolves the conflict between the characters.
One summer day, Randolph the Bright slept alone in his room in the castle at Reddington. The light of the morning seeped slowly through his curtains. Randolph blinked against the day, smiling as his dream came to a peaceful conclusion.
What is a character trait?
What someone is like on the inside
What someone looks like
A rumor or lie about someone
Even though Marcus knows the answer to his teacher’s question, he doesn’t raise his hand.
Marcus is...
happy
shy
disrespectful
Adrian wanted to dunk a basketball more than anything. He would not give up until he could do it. He would work in the gym for hours practicing his steps and jumping at just the right time.
Adrian is...
sad
lazy
determined
End of the story where loose ends are tied up
Exposition
Resolution
Story Elements
Climax
The sequence of events in a story or novel is called the ________.
action
conflict
setting
plot
What is the purpose of Narrative Text?
To tell the past event
To describe particular thing
To entertain the reader
To notice someone
What is included in the type of narrative text?
Poem
Biography
Novel
Legend
Choose which is NOT part of the generic structure in the narrative text!
Complication
Event
Orientation
Resolution
What is complication of the text?
Where the problems in the story developed.
Where the problems in the story is solved.
Where the story is began.
Where the story is ended.
What is the orientation of narrative text?
The end paragraph of the story.
The opening paragraph where the characters of the story are introduced.
The middle paragraph of the story.
The social function of the text.
What is resolution of the text?
Where the problems in the story developed.
Where the problems in the story is solved.
Where the story is began.
Where the story is ended.
What is the dominant structure used in the narrative text ?
Simple Present Tense
Simple Past Tense
Present Continuous Tense
Passive Voice
What is the purpose of an informative text ?
To entertain
To give information
To persuade
To give answers
What is the structure of an information report?
Introduction, series of descriptive paragraphs and conclusion
Series of descriptive paragraphs , conclusion and introduction
introduction, conclusion and series of descriptive paragraphs
What is the purpose of the Introduction in an information report?
to give factual information about the the subject
to summarise the text
to make a general statement and classify the subject.
all of the above
The purpose of the description is to …
write a series of funny paragraphs about the subject
to introduce what you are writing about
to summarise the whole text
to write a series factual paragraphs about the subject
Which of the following is NOT an informative text
James and the Giant Peach
A newspaper article
A book about birds
instructions on how to make something
What is the purpose of the conclusion ?
to give an overview of what the text is about
to describe the subject of the report
to summarise the text
What is a statement that can be proven?
Central Idea
Quotation Marks
Opinion
Fact
A statement that cannot be proven, expresses a person’s beliefs, feelings, or thoughts.
Fact
Opinion
Tone
Dependent Clause
Tells MORE information about the central idea.
Supporting Details
Central Idea
Substantiated
Independent Clause
Computers are more efficient and versatile than they were 20 years ago.
Fact
Opinion
Sharks are very scary animals.
Fact
Opinion
All of the following are true for high fantasy except:
characters have magical powers
there is a conflict between good and evil
the setting is the real world with real events
it is a narrative
Fantasy is created by manipulating or changing one or more element of a narrative to take the reader away from reality.
True
False
Fantasy can include all of the following except:
talking animals
magic wands
non-human creatures with human-like qualities
factual information
What is the definition of fantasy?
Made up
Exciting
Not realistic
Contains mythical creatures
Which of the following examples DOES NOT match the fantasy genre?
A wizard casting a spell.
A king pulling a special sword from a stone.
Aliens invading the Earth.
A goblin speaking a different language.
The setting in fantasy is very important. The setting could be:
different from the real world
in a secondary world
the same as the real world
all of the above
none of the above
