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Year 10
AQA

Considering how Verne uses sentences in ‘Journey to the Centre of the Earth’

I can explain how different sentence types work together to create an overall effect.

New
New
Year 10
AQA

Considering how Verne uses sentences in ‘Journey to the Centre of the Earth’

I can explain how different sentence types work together to create an overall effect.

Lesson details

Key learning points

  1. Writers vary the position of subordinate clauses in a sentence, to alter pace, tension and emphasis
  2. Writers vary the types of sentence used (interrogative, exclamatory, declarative and imperative) to convey emotion
  3. When analysing sentences, give precise examples from the text
  4. When analysing sentences, break down the effect of different sentence structures in detail

Common misconception

Main and subordinate clauses are merely grammatical terms not worthy of analysis.

A writer's decision to use subordinate and main clauses is a creative choice. Their use can achieve different things (e.g. tension, pace).

Keywords

  • Science Fiction - Fiction based on imagined scientific or technological advances or major social or environmental changes.

  • Main clause - A clause in a sentence that can form a complete sentence when standing alone.

  • Subordinate clause - A clause in a sentence that cannot stand alone as a complete sentence. It complements a main clause.

  • Interrogative sentence - Sentences that ask a question.

  • Exclamatory sentence - Sentences that express sudden or strong emotions.

'Journey to the Centre of the Earth' is a famous and widely read story - consider using an audiobook version in the reading. It might also be worth showing students a trailer from a movie adaptation to set the scene.
Teacher tip

Equipment

There is a copy of the extract from 'Journey to the Centre of the Earth' available in the additional materials.

Content guidance

  • Depiction or discussion of sensitive content

Supervision

Adult supervision recommended

Licence

This content is © Oak National Academy Limited (2024), licensed on Open Government Licence version 3.0 except where otherwise stated. See Oak's terms & conditions (Collection 2).

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6 Questions

Q1.
If a sentence contains a single independent clause then it is a ...
compound sentence.
complex sentence.
Correct answer: simple sentence.
Q2.
Which of the below are conjunctions?
Correct answer: and
Correct answer: but
Correct answer: so
additionally
for example
Q3.
Which of the below is an example of a compound sentence?
I went to the market.
Correct answer: I went to the market and I bought some apples.
Intending to buy apples, I went to the market.
Do I need to buy apples from the market?
Q4.
Which of the below is the correct definition of a complex sentence?
A sentence with a single clause with a subject and verb
A sentence with two independent clauses linked by a conjunction
Correct answer: A sentence with a combination of a main clause and a subordinate clause
A sentence that conveys intense emotion
Q5.
Look at the definitions below. Which of these is the best definition of an interrogative sentence?
A sentence that gives commands
A sentences that conveys facts
Correct answer: A sentence that asks questions
A sentence that expresses sudden or strong emotions
Q6.
Look at the definitions below. Which of these is the best definition of as exclamative sentence?
A sentence that conveys facts
A sentence that contains a main and subordinate clause.
Correct answer: A sentence that expresses sudden or strong emotions
A sentence that give commands

6 Questions

Q1.
Who wrote 'Journey to the Centre of the Earth'?
Correct Answer: Jules Verne, Verne, verne, jules verne, Jules verne
Q2.
In 'Journey to the Centre of the Earth', the character of Axel has become separated from his friends. How?
Correct answer: He took a different 'stream' and is now separated from them.
He was blinded by the Aurora lights and has lost his way.
In a battle with a prehistoric dinosaur, he was cut off from them.
They have deliberately abandoned him.
Q3.
At one point in 'Journey to the Centre of the Earth' Axel says, "To what unknown depths had my companions gone? Where was I?" What sentence types have been used here?
Exclamative sentences
Correct answer: Interrogative sentences
Declarative sentences
Imperative sentences
Q4.
Which words are missing from this definition of 'science fiction': 'Fiction based on __________ scientific or technological advances or major __________ or environmental changes.'
Correct answer: imagined, social
interesting, political
fake, biological
exaggerated, human
Q5.
In 'Journey to the Centre of the Earth' Axel says, "My brain throbbed with agony as I tried to discover the solution of this terrible problem." What sentence type has been used here?
compound
Correct answer: complex
simple
interrogative
Q6.
Look at the this sentence: "Mechanically I crawled about, feeling the dry and arid rock." Which of the below best describes it?
Correct answer: It is a complex sentence with the main clause at the beginning.
It is a complex sentence with the subordinate clause at the beginning.
It is a compound sentence joined by a conjunction.
It is an exclamative sentence showing the character's fear.
It is two simple sentences joined by a comma.

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