Key Terms

Question 1

Non-fiction

Answer 1

Writing that is factual, rather than fictional or made up

Question 2

Interpret

Answer 2

Explain the meaning of something in your own words, showing your understanding

Question 3

Explicit

Answer 3

Starting something clearly and openly

Question 4

Implicit

Answer 4

Suggesting something without starting it openly

Question 5

Implied

Answer 5

Suggested

Question 6

Connective

Answer 6

I want you to contact words, phrases, clauses and sentences, e.g ‘and’, ‘but’, ‘however’

Question 7

Visual

Answer 7

Some think you can see

Question 8

Present tense

Answer 8

Describe something that is happening now, e.g. ‘they laugh’

Question 9

Chronological

Answer 9

Arranged in the order things happen

Question 10

Second – person perspective

Answer 10

A story or account told using second person pronouns, e.g.’you’

Question 11

Topic sentence

Answer 11

The sentence that introduces or summarises the main idea of a paragraph

Question 12

Inclusive pronoun

Answer 12

A pronoun that refers to move than one person or group of people, E.g. ‘we’ ‘they’

Question 13

Purpose

Answer 13

The reason for writing a text, e.g. to entertain to inform or to persuade

Question 14

Present participle

Answer 14

Parts of the verb used for something that has happened and is still happening

Question 15

Technical

Answer 15

Relating to a particular subject, e.g. Mountaineering or mechanics

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Past tense

Answer 16

A verb that describe something that happened in the past, e.g. ‘they laughed’

Question 17

Abstract

Answer 17

Something you cannot see or touch

Question 18

Sensory

Answer 18

Something you can sense or feel

Question 19

Summary

Answer 19

On account of the main points of something

Question 20

Synthesis

Answer 20

Making connections between ideas

Question 21

Inference

Answer 21

A conclusion about something based on evidence

Question 22

Autobiography

Answer 22

A personal account of someone’s life, written by that person

Question 23

Connotations

Answer 23

The underlying Ideas and feelings suggested by a word

Question 24

Abstract noun

Answer 24

A word used to identify emotions, ideas and qualities, rather than physical things, e.g. ‘bravery’, ‘happiness’

Question 25

Statistics

Answer 25

Figures such as 85% or 4000 children.

Question 26

Discourse marker

Answer 26

A word or phrase used as an organisational tool to link ideas

Question 27

Direct address

Answer 27

Speaking directly to your audience using ‘you’

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Repetition

Answer 28

Repeating something

Question 29

Rhetorically question

Answer 29

A question asked for a dramatic effect where the answer is not required

Question 30

Tone

Answer 30

The attitude of a piece of writing

Question 31

Form

Answer 31

The type of text, e.g. a letter or an article

Question 32

Abbreviation

Answer 32

Shorten the form of a word or title

Question 33

Cliché

Answer 33

A phrase used so often has lost its meaning

Question 34

Contractions

Answer 34

When a word is made shorter by dropping one or more letters

Question 35

Modal verb

Answer 35

A verb used to express something which might or could happen

Question 36

Standard English

Answer 36

A corrected form of English used in most books and newspapers

Question 37

Linguistic device

Answer 37

Language features used for effect