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"I wandered lonely as a cloud /That floats on high o'er vale and hills/ When all at once I saw a crowd/ A host of golden daffodils." This is a famous example of poetry by William Wordsworth.
Text (Identifying Different Types) 01
Different texts have different jobs. Learn how to spot biographies, news reports, adverts, and instructions by their features, so you can read, compare, and write confidently.
1 .
Where might you read the following excerpt?
Mr Walter Smith was born in 1901, the eldest son of .......
Mr Walter Smith was born in 1901, the eldest son of .......
Autobiography
Biography
Play
Poem
Biography uses the third person, e.g. "he lived in ......."
2 .
Where might you read the following excerpt?
Waiter: Can I help you sir?
Man 1: I'm just looking .......
Waiter: Can I help you sir?
Man 1: I'm just looking .......
Biography
Essay
Play
Poem
A playscript sets out the characters and speeches
3 .
Where might you read the following excerpt?
She began her teaching career in a small school in .......
She began her teaching career in a small school in .......
Autobiography
Biography
Play
Poem
Third person narrator; this is biographical writing
4 .
Where might you read the following excerpt?
Oliver: Can I have some more?
Teacher: More? No!
Oliver: Can I have some more?
Teacher: More? No!
Autobiography
Biography
Play
Poem
In play scripts the character's name precedes the speech so actors know who should be speaking
5 .
Where might you read the following excerpt?
My father ran a carpentry business, my mother .......
My father ran a carpentry business, my mother .......
Autobiography
Biography
Letter
Play
Autobiography uses first person narrator: "I was ......." or "my ....... "
6 .
Where might you read the following excerpt?
....... so readers take action now! Yours, Disgruntled of Mull.
....... so readers take action now! Yours, Disgruntled of Mull.
Autobiography
Biography
Letter
Poem
This is the ending of a letter
7 .
Where might you read the following excerpt?
Mr. Wright / saw a light / in the middle of the night.
Mr. Wright / saw a light / in the middle of the night.
Autobiography
Biography
Play
Poem
Not all poems have rhyme, but they are all laid out differently from prose
8 .
Where might you read the following excerpt?
I always wanted to become a doctor.
I always wanted to become a doctor.
Autobiography
Biography
Play
Poem
The "I" narrates autobiography
9 .
Where might you read the following excerpt?
Join us later / alligator / take a while / crocodile.
Join us later / alligator / take a while / crocodile.
Autobiography
Biography
Letter
Poem
Rhyme is very obvious here
10 .
Where might you read the following excerpt?
Dear Editor .......
Dear Editor .......
Autobiography
Biography
Letter
Play
This example sounds like the beginning of a letter to a newspaper editor
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