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Explanation Text Key Features
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- 1. Multiple Choice
Tick the key features of an explanation text
Title - Shows what the text is about
Opening paragraph
Chronological order - Time order
Step by Step Instructions
Diagrams/Pictures
- 2. Multiple Choice
What does chronological mean?
In order of size
In order of time
In order of importance
- 3. Multiple Choice
An explanation text is used to...
Tell a story.
To make someone laugh.
Explain something clearly.
- 4. Poll
Diagrams help the reader in an explanation text. Why?
They make the text look more exciting.
They support facts and record data in an easy-to-read way.
They tell the reader everything about the text so they don't have to read it.
- 5. Multiple Choice
Why are paragraphs so important in explanation texts?
They make the text look nicer.
They break up the information.
They break up the information into chronological order and easy-to-read chunks.
- 6. Multiple Choice
Why is it important to include facts in an explanation text?
They give the reader clear and detailed information about what they are researching
They make the explanation texts longer
Makes the author look like they know what they are talking about.
- 7. Poll
Which fact would fit into an explanation text about sloths?
The jungle is home to many different species of animals.
Noted for their slowness of movement, Sloths spend most of their lives hanging upside down in the trees of the tropical rainforests of South America and Central America.
Global warming is a major problem throughout the world.
- 8. Multiple Choice
Which conjunction expresses time?
Next
But
Also
- 9. Multiple Choice
Which tense are explanation texts usually written in?
Past tense.
Present tense.
Future tense.
- 10. Poll
What should we do when we finish writing our explanation texts?
Relax.
Read over your writing to see if there are any areas you can add more detail to.
Check your writing against the key features success criteria.
Tidy up.
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