Linguistic features of a non-chronological report about anglerfish
I can identify and explain linguistic features of a non-chronological report.
Linguistic features of a non-chronological report about anglerfish
I can identify and explain linguistic features of a non-chronological report.
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Key learning points
- Subject-specific, factual vocabulary, including numeral facts, is used in a non-chronological report.
- Fronted adverbials of cause are used at the start of a sentence that gives an effect to the cause in the previous one.
- Sentences can start with a range of fronted adverbials like formal and viewpoint fronted adverbials.
- Non-chronological reports are non-fiction texts that inform the reader about a specific subject.
Common misconception
Non-chronological reports can be written in the first person.
Non-chronological reports are only written in the third person. A non-chronological report is not a biography or recount.
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
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