October test revision Flashcards
why would someone keep a diary?
to record and report their feelings, thoughts and important events in their lives
key features of a diary:
thoughts, feelings, first person, past tense, chronological order.
context:
background info to help set the scene
fiasco:
a complete disaster
foreshadowing:
telling or indicating what is to come
inconsolable:
unable to be comforted
relativity
a concept of physics relating to space and time
define fiction and its purpose
DEF. a made up story
PUR. to entertain
what is a blurb
a short piece of writing that describes or summarises something longer and more complicated.
Layout of a FORMAL letter
your address, person’s address, date, opening/greeting, content, sign-off
layout of an INFORMAL letter
your address, date, opening/greeting, content, sign off
what is the purpose of a letter?
a request/entry/resignation or conversation
an open letter is a letter that
is intended to be read by more than one person
what is an idiom?
a word or phrase that means something different from the literal definition
name four Genres of fiction:
Horror, Fantasy, Romance, Historical
