the ability to bounce back from difficulties or challenges

to encourage or provoke someone to take action

things are not fair or equal for everyone

to confidently express your thoughts or feelings in a respectful and clear manner

a short and personal account or story, used in persuasive writing to create a rapport with the audience

 Evaluating and improving model responses on non-fiction texts

English

In 'Perspectives on Gender', pupils write and deliver speeches, presenting clear arguments. In 'Spoken Language: The Language of Change', pupils use rhetoric to create and perform persuasive speeches.

Spoken language: the language of change

The ability to bounce back from difficulties or challenges.

To encourage or provoke someone to take action.

Things are not fair or equal for everyone.

To confidently express your thoughts or feelings in a respectful way.

A short and personal account or story, used in persuasive writing.

Match the key words to the correct definitions. 

In her speech "Freedom or Death", which rhetorical device does Emmeline Pankhurst **not** use?

Comparative conjunctions can be used in your writing to show similarities and differences. Which **one** of these is **not** a comparative conjunction?

Neither/nor and both/and are examples of.....

Which words best describe the tone of Emmeline Pankhurst's 'Freedom or Death' speech when she says "I am here as a soldier"?

"My dream wasn’t like that of an average kid, my dream was to be the best tennis player in the world." Williams uses anecdotes in her 'Letter to the Dreamers', why does she do this?

explore both similarities and differences in the text.

When writing a comparative response, you should aim to...

"To all incredible women who strive for excellence."

"[w]omen have to break down many barriers on the road to success."

In her 'Letter to the Dreamers', Serena Williams uses a first person perspective. Which quote is an example of this?

"It is about eight years since the word militant was first"

"I am here as a soldier who has temporarily left the field of battle"

"No man was ever put out of a public meeting for asking a question"

"You have to make more noise than anybody else"

''That is the whole history of politics.''

In her speech 'Freedom or Death', Emmeline Pankhurst uses direct address. Which one of these quotes is an example of this?

“We were called militant, and we were quite willing to accept the name”, is an example of …

Comparative conjunctions can be used to make comparisons clear. Which one of these is **not** a comparative conjunction.

Conjunctions can be used to make close comparisons. {{}} conjunctions come in pairs.

This lesson will be removed by end of Summer Term 2025.

Evaluating and improving model responses on non-fiction texts

Lesson outcome

This lesson will be removed by end of Summer Term 2025.