English Year 7
General Revision
Writing
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I. Recurrent Topics in Reading Questions and Useful Techniques in Writing
1. What are the literary techniques that can be found in reading texts and can be used in
any piece of writing?
1. Figures of speech (used in fiction, informative or persuasive writing)
a) simile
b) metaphor
c) personification
2. Sound effects: (used in fiction writing)
a) Alliteration: the repetition of first consonant sound in two or more neighbouring
words (ex.: sweet birds sang) (used in persuasive writing)
b) Sibilance: repetition of certain sounds, hissing or hushing sounds, in words or
phrases. These sounds are /s/, /z/, /ᵹ/ or “sh”.
c) Assonance: repetition of vowel sounds in words that are close together in a
sentence. Example: made – paid – laid
heir – bear
d) Rhyming words: two or more words that have the same or similar ending sound
3. Rhetorical questions: used to grab reader’s attention and create dramatic effect or to
make a certain point. (argumentative and persuasive writing)
4. Repetition: of words or phrases or small questions; emphasizing a point or trying to
persuade the reader of a certain idea. (used in fiction writing as well as persuasive
writing)
5. Idioms (informal tone in writing)
6. Hyperbole: exaggeration (ex.: mile-high ice-cream cones) (used in fiction writing as well
as persuasive writing)
7. Euphemism: a mild or indirect word used instead of a too hard or blunt one when
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referring to something unpleasant happening. Example: ‘senior person’ instead of ‘old
man’, ‘downsizing’ instead of ‘cuts’
8. Rules of three (used in persuasive writing)
9. Use of emotive language (used in fiction, argumentative and persuasive writing)
2. Why do writers use literary techniques?
to make their text more interesting to follow
to deliver the message they can to make in a creative way
to create a certain atmosphere in the text
to emphasize a certain mood the writer wants the reader to feel
to help emphasize/highlight/show a point they want to make
to help in depicting or drawing the character they are writing about
to add sound and music to the text
to grab the readers’ attention
3. Writers use different types and length of sentences to create a pace that adds to the
atmosphere of the text:
a) long complex sentences, clauses of equal length
adds details
adds a lot of description
slow pace
shows a calm relaxing atmosphere
adds drama/ sense of tension (negative)
b) Short sentences, paragraphs, one-sentence paragraphs, one-word paragraphs:
fast pace
tense atmosphere
creates suspense (positive: excitement; wanting to know what is happening next)
creates tension, nervousness (negative)
4. Why does the writer start new chapters or paragraphs?
To start a new day
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To talk about a new character/event/topic
II. Building Coherence and Cohesion in Writing
The use of linking phrases, linkers and connectives to connect ideas in the same sentences,
paragraph and between paragraphs is a crucial issue to achieve a well-structured piece of
writing; in fiction or non-fiction writing.
Coherence:
unity of ideas
flow of ideas
each paragraph should focus on a main idea introduced by a topic sentence
Cohesion:
linking words/Conjunctions (using transition words to show relationships between ideas
in sentences)
pronouns (replacing nouns with pronouns to maintain the flow of ideas)
similar grammatical structures for similar ideas in one sentence (e.g.: to read, to write
and to learn)
repetition of major concepts: repeating core concepts of using synonyms to keep the
focus on the topic
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