Linguistic features of a non-chronological report about Ancient Greeks
I can identify and explain linguistic features of a non-chronological report.
Linguistic features of a non-chronological report about Ancient Greeks
I can identify and explain linguistic features of a non-chronological report.
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Key learning points
- Subject-specific vocabulary, including numerical facts, is used in a non-chronological report.
- Fronted adverbials of cause are used at the start of a sentence to explain a reason.
- Sentences can start with a range of fronted adverbials like formal and viewpoint fronted adverbials.
Keywords
Non-chronological report - a non-fiction text that informs about a subject or event and that is written out of time order
Language - a way of communicating using words for expressing ideas, thoughts and information
Fronted adverbial - a sentence starter followed by a comma
Common misconception
Non-chronological reports can be written in first person.
Non-chronological reports are only written in third person. A non-chronological report is not a biography or recount.
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