As well as telling people what the subject is, a title can...

Express bias., Grab attention., Indicate the tone of the text.

What does the word 'layout' mean?

The way everything is assembled on the page.

What is one use for bullet points?

Presenting information in a clear and memorable way.

Brightly coloured pictures usually make a text...

Exciting, fun and eye catching.

Why use bold or italic text?

For emphasis and to make reading easier.

What's a biased text?

Anything Katie Hopkins writes., A text created to support a specific opinion.

A good factual text will...

Answer the audience's questions about the subject matter.

A fire safety leaflet would probably include...

Facts about house fires and ways to prevent them.

Why would a writer select a particular colour in a text?

The readers associations with the colour and it's mood.

Diagrams and maps are primarily used to...

Aid memory, provide information, and make a text interesting

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Presentational Features

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A simple quiz on GCSE level presentational devices.

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1
As well as telling people what the subject is, a title can...
Express bias.
Grab attention.
Cure cancer.
Indicate the tone of the text.
2
What does the word 'layout' mean?
The way everything is assembled on the page.
A photo montage of people sleeping.
A word's size, colour and font.
The number of pages the text has.
3
Other useful presentational devices/features include...
Quotes, pictures and bullet points.
Bribery, blackmail and celebrity endorsement.
Puppies, kittens and sloths.
As many memes as you can fit in.
4
What is one use for bullet points?
Presenting information in a clear and memorable way.
Prophetic fallacy.
Nothing. They're useless.
Shooting people.
5
The devices used in a text often depend on...
Nobody. They're strong, independent devices *snaps fingers*
How much it's creator is being paid
The intended audience.
The current economic climate.
6
Brightly coloured pictures usually make a text...
Exciting, fun and eye catching.
Childish and idiotic.
More factual and informative
Boring.
7
Why use bold or italic text?
To instruct people.
It looks so pretty.
For emphasis and to make reading easier.
To scare people.
8
The purpose of a factual text is...
To persuade.
To inform.
To make people laugh.
To show everyone how clever you are.
9
Which of the following is a presentational device?
Rhyme.
Audience.
Illustrations.
Donald Trump.
10
What's a biased text?
A factual, objective text.
A text with an exciting format.
Anything Katie Hopkins writes.
A text created to support a specific opinion.
11
A good factual text will...
Make the writer famous.
Answer the audience's questions about the subject matter.
Be soooooooooooooooooooooooooo boring.
Include plenty of emotive language.
12
A fire safety leaflet would probably include...
A coupon for hosepipes.
A disk loaded with the entire box set of fireman Sam.
Facts about house fires and ways to prevent them.
Lots of pictures of the firemen with their shirts off.
13
Why would a writer select a particular colour in a text?
It's their favourite.
It's easier to print.
They shouldn't. It must be colourless.
The readers associations with the colour and it's mood.
14
Diagrams and maps are primarily used to...
Aid memory, provide information, and make a text interesting
Help the reader find the buried treasure.
Confuse the audience.
Tell people what to do next.

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