Year 10 - English
Considering and understanding the attitude of a non-fiction text
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 identify and analyse connotations and semantic fields to consider the writer's attitude towards certain subjects.
Key Notes
- A writer's attitude is how they feel about a subject.
- We might identify and analyse their attitude by considering connotations of words and semantic fields.
- A writer's attitude is important because it helps us to understand what their intentions were.
- A writer's attitude can also influence the perception of the reader and how they see the writer and subject.
Vocabulary To Learn
- attitude: how the writer feels about a subject
- connotation: a feeling or idea that is suggested by a word in addition to its basic meaning
- semantic field: a group of words or expressions that are related in meaning
- non-fiction: prose writing that is informative or factual rather than fictional
- tone: the writer's attitude toward or feelings about the subject matter and audience
Common Mistakes To Avoid
- We don't need to analyse the writer's attitude in non-fiction because it's all factual information.
3 Quick Questions (With Answers)
1. Explain this English learning goal in two key points.
A writer's attitude is how they feel about a subject. We might identify and analyse their attitude by considering connotations of words and semantic fields.
2. Define this language term and use it in a sentence. 'attitude'
how the writer feels about a subject.
3. Correct this common English misunderstanding.
Mistake: We don't need to analyse the writer's attitude in non-fiction because it's all factual information. Correction: Analysing the writer's attitude in non-fiction is important because it helps us to understand why the writer has presented information in a certain way and how they want us to interpret the information.
More Lessons In This Unit
- Analysing and comparing language techniques in non-fiction writing Study Guide
- Considering and analysing attitude 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
- 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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