Linguistic features of a journalistic report
I can use direct and reported speech and I can use a range of cohesive devices to connect ideas.
Linguistic features of a journalistic report
I can use direct and reported speech and I can use a range of cohesive devices to connect ideas.
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Key learning points
- A journalistic report contains factual statements mixed with different individuals' perspectives.
- It has a formal tone and it is written in the third person, using both past and present tense.
- When we give individuals' perspectives, we can use direct speech or reported speech.
- Direct speech uses inverted commas to say the exact words a person said; reported speech does not.
- A journalistic report contains a range of cohesive devices used to connect ideas together.
Keywords
Formal tone - the effect created by using serious, factual language
Direct speech - when the exact words spoken by someone are written down, usually enclosed in inverted commas to indicate speech
Reported speech - when we write what someone said without using the exact words they spoke and without using inverted commas
Inverted commas - punctuation marks used to indicate the beginning and end of direct speech or a quotation
Cohesive devices - language structures that develop text cohesion
Common misconception
Pupils may struggle to punctuate direct speech correctly.
Visual prompts for punctuating different types of direct speech can be found in our KS2 Grammar curriculum.
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Starter quiz
6 Questions
someone who pushes for something to happen
seriousness
something you throw
keep things calm
Exit quiz
6 Questions
Objects were thrown, but no-one was hurt.
Although objects were thrown, no-one was hurt.
Projectiles, which were thrown by protestors, caused no injuries.