Year 10 - English
Considering and analysing attitude in non-fiction writing
Non-fiction: changing views
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Unit Summary
In this unit, pupils develop their non-fiction reading and writing skills. They look at a range of nineteenth century and modern texts in tandem, and practise comparing viewpoints. They then practise emulating different techniques from the texts in order to develop their speech and opinion writing.
Lesson Summary
You will learn to make predictions about a writer's attitude through contextual information and then identify and analyse their attitude.
Key Notes
- The writer's attitude is the way that they feel towards a subject.
- We might make predictions about a writer's attitude by considering contextual information around the text.
- We might analyse the writer's attitude by considering the connotations of their word choices.
- We also might analyse the writer's attitude by considering language techniques such as semantic fields.
Vocabulary To Learn
- attitude: the way someone thinks or feels about a particular thing
- context: background information that can help us understand a text further (e.g. when it was written)
- sensational: causing great public interest and excitement
- candid: truthful and straightforward; frank
- sceptical: not easily convinced; having doubts or reservations
Common Mistakes To Avoid
- A writer's attitude will remain the same throughout a non-fiction text.
3 Quick Questions (With Answers)
1. Explain this English learning goal in two key points.
The writer's attitude is the way that they feel towards a subject. We might make predictions about a writer's attitude by considering contextual information around the text.
2. Define this language term and use it in a sentence. 'attitude'
the way someone thinks or feels about a particular thing.
3. Correct this common English misunderstanding.
Mistake: A writer's attitude will remain the same throughout a non-fiction text. Correction: If a writer is recounting an experience then their attitude may change from the beginning to the end of their text.
More Lessons In This Unit
- Analysing and comparing language techniques in non-fiction writing Study Guide
- Considering and analysing the use of anecdotes in a non-fiction text Study Guide
- Considering and emulating onomatopoeia and alliteration in speech writing Study Guide
- Considering and emulating the use of anaphora in speech writing Study Guide
- Considering and emulating the use of direct address in the opening of a speech Study Guide
- Considering and emulating the use of extended analogies in non-fiction writing Study Guide
- Considering and emulating the use of hyperbole in opinion writing Study Guide
- Considering and emulating the use of rhetorical questions in opinion writing Study Guide
- Considering and emulating the use of similes in non-fiction writing Study Guide
- Considering and understanding the attitude of a non-fiction text Study Guide
- Crafting an effective comparison of non-fiction texts Study Guide
- Developing reading skills and personal responses to non-fiction texts Study Guide
- Planning a speech and building your counter-argument Study Guide
- Using colons, dashes, and semicolons effectively in opinion writing Study Guide
- Using comparatives and superlatives to effectively compare non-fiction texts Study Guide
- Using inference and embedded quotations to craft effective summaries Study Guide
- Using rhetorical devices to write an effective speech Study Guide
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